By Aderonke Ojediran The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) on Thursday announced a partnership with LaLiga, the Spanish league, to train Nigerian players. Gbenga Elegbeleye, the Chairman of the League Management Company (LMC) made the announcement at a press conference in Lagos. Consequently, the NPFL inaugurated a Technical Committee toContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NUPRC) has confirmed that search and rescue operations of Personnel on Board (POB) of Seplat Energy’s capsised drilling rig in Delta have started and are still on-going. The drilling rig had capsised while in transit and was partially submerged at aboutContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) is reviewing its 2020-2021 reports of the oil, gas and mining industries for stakeholders’ input for approval and release. Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, Executive Secretary, NEITI said this at the Stakeholders’ Roundtable for the Review and Approval of NEITI AuditContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and Afreximbank have jointly signed a commitment letter and term sheet for an emergency three billion dollars crude oil repayment loan. The signing took place on Wednesday in the bank’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, according to a statement byContinue Reading
By Franca Ofili Mrs Kachollom Daju, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health says it will improve on the available data to mobilise necessary resources for the achievement of HIV response in the country. Daju, represented by Mr Gbenga Ijaodola, Director, Health Planning, Research, and Statistics in the ministry said thisContinue Reading
By Usman Aliyu Climate change experts have advocated a total ban on the production of single use plastics to mitigate the effect of climate change. The experts made the call during a webinar titled “Embracing Zero Waste: A Path to Addressing Climate Change” organised by the Environmental Rights Action/Friends ofContinue Reading
By Chiazo Ogbolu The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 299 cartons of codeine syrup, with a pledge to continue to curb unrestricted access to the drug being abused by some youths. The Acting Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Mr Adewale Adeniyi, announced the interception at a news conference in LagosContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on Wednesday trained 130 persons from Anglophone countries in West and Central Africa on financial management. Dr Dede Ekoue, IFAD Country Director said this in Abuja at the first regional workshop on Financial Management of IFAD-Funded projects, for Anglophone countriesContinue Reading
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer Neveah Ltd, a leading commodity trading company, says it has completed issuance of Series 6-13 Commercial Paper, wherein a cumulative amount of N8.9 billion was raised. This is contained in a statement signed by the Chief Executive Officer of Naveah, Mr Ibidapo Lawal on Wednesday in Abuja.Continue Reading
By Usman Aliyu The Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO) has launched Digital Prosperity Awards to honour and celebrate remarkable digital contributions from member states. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the DCO is a global multilateral organisation founded in November 2020, to enable digital prosperity for all by acceleratingContinue Reading
