By Vivian Emoni The Director-General (DG), Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office (MCO), Mr Obadiah Nkon, on Friday said that the office increased revenue generation to about N18 billion from 2019 to May 2023. Nkon said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said thatContinue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe Stakeholders have advised government to pursue initiatives that will widen tax net instead of increasing taxes to reduce the burden of taxation in the country. They spoke in Lagos during the fifth symposium of Issuers and Investors Alternative Dispute Resolution Initiative (IIADRI) Clinic with the theme: “NigeriaContinue Reading
By Fabian Ekeruche Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke, an expert in Climate Change and Development, has hailed the contributions of Nigerian academics in shaping the country’s long term climate strategy. Okereke disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos during the stakeholder consultation on Nigeria’s Long-TermContinue Reading
By Fabian Ekeruche The Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF) has highlighted the importance of improving primary healthcare infrastructure, saying it will aid in achieving better vaccine programmes. The Vice-Chairman of NSSF, Mr Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, made the assertion his address of welcome during a webinar on expanding access to vaccines inContinue Reading
By Nefishetu Yakubu The Management of Seplat Energy JV, in partnership with the NNPCL E&P, on Friday said no fewer than 96,000 people have in the last 12 years benefitted from its eye care programme in Edo and Delta communities. The Director of External Affairs & Sustainability, Seplat Energy, DrContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project has advanced with the signing of four Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to ensure progress and strategic direction of the 25 billion dollars Trans-Atlantic gas pipeline project. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four MoUs were signed on Friday inContinue Reading
By Gregg Mmaduakolam The Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (CIPMN) has been inaugurated. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 12-member council, chaired by Chief Emmanuel Olabode-Afolayan, was inaugurated on Friday in Abuja. Members include Mr Tunji Aritomo as Vice-Chairman, President ofContinue Reading
By Lydia Ngwakwe Naira on Thursday lost against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging N702.19 to the dollar. The local currency depreciated by 5.75 per cent when compared with N664.04 for which it exchanged for the dollar on Wednesday. The open indicative rate stood at N658.50 toContinue Reading
By Kingsley Okoye Rev. Unuefe Ikhiuwu, the General Overseer, Christ’s Chosen Church of God International (CCCG), has urged Nigerians, especially Christians, to give the country’s President, Bola Tinubu, the needed support to succeed. Ikhiuwu said this in Abuja on Thursday during an assessment tour of ongoing Church projects in differentContinue Reading
By Abiodun Azi Aspire Coronation Trust Foundation (ACT Foundation), in partnership with IHS Towers, has given one million naira grant to Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) to build secondary school students capacity on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). This is contained in a statement by Mr Paschal Achunine, HEI, Executive Director, on ThursdayContinue Reading
