By Emmanuella Anokam Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), says the Federal Government is set to seal a deal worth 20 billion dollars to boost oil and gas production in Nigeria. Lokpobiri said this on Thursday in Abuja when a delegation of Schlumberger (SLB) Ltd. ledContinue Reading
By Isaac Aregbesola Operatives of the Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a young woman, Janty Emmanuel, for allegedly abusing the Naira. EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the woman was arrested on Monday following intelligenceContinue Reading
By Femi Ogunshola Abuja The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has placed the National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF ) on special probe scrutinising its documents from 2018 till date. Rep. James Faleke, the chairman of the committee said this at the ongoing probe of revenue leakages in governmentContinue Reading
By Grace Alegba Vice President of the Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF), Prince Adeyinka Adewole says 200 schools have registered for the forthcoming National Schools’ Team Chess Championship. Adewole disclosed this in a statement by Austen Osokpor, Head, Corporate Affairs Department of the Ecobank Nigeria Plc, on Tuesday in Lagos. TheContinue Reading
Borno: From ashes of insecurity to agric revolution By Hamza Suleiman, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Prior to the Boko Haram insurgency Borno was one of the most agriculturally advanced states in Nigeria with more than two-third of its population engaged in cereal crops, livestock, fishery, and poultry production. ThisContinue Reading
By Ijeoma Olorunfemi The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has granted licence to the Institute of Information Management (IIM), to conduct examinations and certify data protection professionals for global competitiveness. The National Commissioner of NDPC, Dr Vincent Olatunji, who said this on Monday while presenting licence to IIM in Abuja,Continue Reading
Nigeria’s cinema generates N2.25bn revenue in Q1, 2024 By Taiye Olayemi Nigeria’s cinema has generated a revenue of N2.25 billion from tickets sold in the first quarter of 2024. Filmone Entertainment, an independent film distribution and production company, revealed this in its Nigerian Box Office Year Book for 2023, releasedContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister for State Petroleum Resources (Oil), says the Federal Government is committed to deepening bilateral ties and investment opportunities with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Lokpobiri said this on Monday when he received Mr Salem Al Shamsi, the UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, and hisContinue Reading
By Olaide Ayinde The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), has begun screening exercise for 606 candidates in the North-East under its overseas scholarship scheme. Mr Suraju Fari, Head of In-country Scholarship, PTDF, stated this on the sidelines of the three-day screening and physical verification exercise, on Monday in Bauchi. AccordingContinue Reading
By Joshua Olomu The Federal Government has created Nigerian Academy for Cultural Studies (NACUS), a specialised institution to train individuals for innovative studies and the development of Nigeria’s culture and history. Otunba Biodun-Ajiboye, Executive Secretary of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) made this known in a statement onContinue Reading
