By Emmanuella Anokam Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), has convened a high-level meeting with key stakeholders in the oil and gas sector to resolve issues surrounding the Dangote Refinery. This is contained in a statement by Nneamaka Okafor, the Special Adviser to the minister on MediaContinue Reading
AfDB invests $10.9 bn in Nigeria – Official By Lucy Ogalue The Director-General of West Africa Region, African Development Bank (AfDB), Lamin Barrow, says the banks’s cumulative financing approvals in Nigeria stands at 10.9 billion dollars. Barrow said this at the Second Interactive Session and Workshop on Developing Bankable BusinessContinue Reading
By Hajara Leman Some Community Based Organisations (CBOs) in Gombe, have urged the state government to rehabilitate dilapidated school structures to avert building collapse. Malam Adamu Aliyu, the representative of the group, stated this on the sidelines of the State Level Sensitisation on the implementation of Safe School Declaration inContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja has refused to shut down all expenditures of Gov. Siminalay Fubara of Rivers pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit field by the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers Assembly. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on the motion ex-parte marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/984/24Continue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Army (NA) has reiterated that the ban on the unauthorised use of military camouflage remains in full effect. The Director of Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Sunday while reacting to a video depicting a soldier molesting a civilianContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman A financial expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, says the directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), that balances of dormant accounts be transferred to it, was in order. Unegbu, a seasoned banker and past president of Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), said this in anContinue Reading
Territory By Sumaila Ogbaje The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has called for broad-spectrum collaborative effort in addressing the contentious issues of how armies can better protect the nation’s territory. Lagbaja said this while presenting a paper at the symposium on “Peace, Security and the Commitment ofContinue Reading
By Isaiah Eka The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, says the Federal Government is targeting to install two million meters annually to bridge the metering gap in the country. Adelabu disclosed this on Friday during a facility tour of Metering Solutions Manufacturing Services Limited in Onna, Akwa Ibom. TheContinue Reading
By Chiazo Ogbolu Mrs Blessing Onuh, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Land Transportation, has pledged to give the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) the needed legislative backing to boost the rail sector. Onuh made the pledge when the committee paid an oversight visit to the NRC on Friday inContinue Reading
By Kingsley Okoye The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said in Abuja on Friday that its monetary policies and actions have stimulated growth and stability of the nation’s economy. CBN Governor, Mr Olayemi Cardoso, said this during an engagement with Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions. CardosoContinue Reading
