By Vivian Emoni The Director-General of Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office (MCO), Mr Obadiah Nkom, has said the office is committed to bringing more foreign investments into the sector to generate funds in the country. Nkom said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja onContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State on Wednesday pledged not to interfere with the activities of the State House of Assembly. Sani, who stated this in Abuja, at a three-day post-inauguration induction programme for members of the 10th Kaduna State House of Assembly, appealed for a strongContinue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) has lauded the President Bola Tinubu-led administration’s tempo at addressing salient economic issues such as fuel and electricity subsidy removal. ICSAN outgoing President, Mr Gbenga Owokalade, said this at a news conference on Friday in Lagos. OwokaladeContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The African Energy Chamber has urged Gazprom, Russian energy company, and African communities to drive gas development and utilisation in Africa. The energy chamber decried the fact that 600 million people across Africa lacked access to electricity while 900 million, especially women lacked access to clean cookingContinue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe The Institute of Directors Nigeria (IoD Nigeria), a governance institute and promoter of ethical professional standards in Nigeria, has elected Alhaji Tijjani Borodo as its President and Chairman of Governing Council. Borodo emerged as president during an election at the institute’s 39th Annual General Meeting (AGM) onContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Nyanya, on Thursday, restrained the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), its Commander-General (C-G), Mr Ahmed Audi, and others from further harassing a contractor, Mr Christian Igbo, over a completed contract. Justice Edward Okpe, in a judgment also ordered theContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje An FCT High Court has awarded a cumulative fine of N800 million against L.M. Ericsson Nigeria Ltd, a foreign international company, for breaching a contract it entered with a Nigerian firm, Aqua Oli Nigeria Ltd, in 2006. Justice Chizoba Orji, in her judgment, held that though theContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Yashim, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) From Thursday, June 1 to Sunday, June 5 no fewer than 25 journalists from across the world converged on Kazanlak, a city in central Bulgaria, about three and a half hours drive from the capital, Sofia. They were there not only toContinue Reading
A News Analysis by Leonard Okachie, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) According to the World Bank, by linking producers to markets, workers to jobs, students to school, and the sick to hospitals, roads are vital to any development agenda. Roads are vital for the development of any nation as theyContinue Reading
By Chimezie Anaso The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has called on States to demonstrate full commitment to the success of the Olympic Day celebration. Ibrahim Abdul, Chairman of the Sports-for-All Commission of the NOC made the call during a virtual meeting of the Committee ahead of the Olympic Day RunContinue Reading
