By Dorcas Jonah Dr Elijah Ogbuokiri, President, Chartered Institute of Development Studies and Administration of Nigeria (CIDSAN), on Saturday attributed the infrastructural deficit in Nigeria and Africa to scarcity of trained developers. Ogbuokiri said this at a news conference after a stakeholders meeting in Abuja to announce the formation ofContinue Reading
By Vivian Emoni The Federal Government on Saturday expressed commitment to transform and promote geological survey activities to global best practices. The Director-General (D-G) of Nigeria Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), Dr Abdulrazaq Garba, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Garba said thatContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has said that Nigeria’s economic growth in the first quarter of 2023 (1Q23) stood at 2.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y). OPEC made this known in its Monthly Oil Market Report for August obtained by the News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
By Florence Onuegbu The Rotary Club of Omole Golden has called on government at all levels to act fast in providing the expected palliatives to the citizens. Speaking in separate speeches, during the investiture of Rotarian Veronica Isijola, as the 20th President of Rotary Club of Omole Golden in Lagos,Continue Reading
By Vivian Ihechu Annually on Aug. 12, the International Youth Day celebrates the determination, ideas and leadership of young people as humanity works toward a better world. The youth is so important as they represent an important human resource within society, renewing, refreshing, maintaining as well as acting likeContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne A social enterprise organisation, Illuminating Minds, said it trained 67 teachers in the Mangu IDP camp in Plateau State on trauma-informed classroom care. Founder of the organisation, Dr Itari Turner, said in a statement on Saturday that the training tagged “A Teacher with a Difference”, was conductedContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says, its Non-OPEC oil supply is expected to expand by 1.5 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2023. This is a slight upward revision from the previous assessment of 1.4mb/d. OPEC said this in its Monthly Oil Market ReportContinue Reading
By Vivian Emoni The Nigeria Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), says the agency is willing to collaborate with global agencies and other relevant stakeholders to improve laboratories. This according to the agency is to enable them conduct mineral sample tests. The Director-General of the agency, Dr Abdulrazaq Garba said this inContinue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe Stakeholders have advocated the adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by organisations and individuals to impact lives, environment and reduce poverty level. They spoke on Thursday in Lagos, at the AS+A Communications 2023 CSR Forum/Exhibition and Awards with the theme: “CSR: Boosting Sustainability, Societal Impact and ReturnContinue Reading
By Perpetua Onuegbu Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has called for more concerted effort, creative and innovative ideas from the World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE) in reversing the infrastructure deficit in Africa. Sule, made the call during the First Regional Summit of the WCCE in Abuja. The summitContinue Reading
