Minister recommends capital punishment for vandals of power infrastructure

By Constance Athekame The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu has recommended capital punishment for vandals and theft of power infrastructure. The minister said this in Abuja on Monday while reacting to the frequent vandalism of power infrastructure. He said that the issue of power infrastructure vandalisation and theft wasContinue Reading

IWD: SMEDAN rebrands, restates commitment to women’s prosperity

By Lucy Ogalue The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has unveiled a new brand aimed at ensuring prosperity for small business owners, especially women. The Director-General of SMEDAN, Mr Charles Odii, on Friday in Abuja, said it was part of the agency’s way of celebrating InternationalContinue Reading

Nigeria’s tourism assets to be marketed through virtual realities, documentaries – Minister

By Taiye Olayemi The Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John, says plans have begun to market the enormous potential in Nigeria’s tourism industry through virtual reality gadgets and documentaries. Ade-John disclosed this on Thursday during a meeting with the Association of Nigerian Journalists and Writers of Tourism (ANJET). According to her,Continue Reading

Customs to deploy new technology for anti-smuggling operations

By Martha Agas The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it will soon deploy Geographic Information System (GIS) to strengthen its anti- smuggling operations. The National Public Relations Officer, NCS, Chief Superintendent of Customs, Abdullahi Maiwada, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday inContinue Reading