By Martha Agas The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake has assured women in the mining sector of Federal Government`s commitment to training them with requisite skills necessary to thrive in the sector. Alake gave the assurance during a virtual conference organised by the Women Miners Association toContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Northern Ethnic Group Assembly (NEYGA), an NGO, has supported the move by the Senate to probe the Ajaokuta Steel Company (ASC), over allegations bordering on corruption. Its spokesman, Mr Ibrahim Dan-Musa, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the petition to the Senate by someContinue Reading
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
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
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
By Vivian Emoni The Executive Chairman, Kano State Internal Revenue Service (KIRS), Mr Sani Dambo, has said that the state was targeting N10 billion internally monthly. Dambo said this at the 154th Meeting of the Joint Tax Board (JTB) on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the state generated aboutContinue Reading
By Lucy Ogalue Lennart Oestergaard, Resident Representative Friedrich- Ebert-Stiftung Nigeria Foundation, says trade is pivotal to the development of Nigeria and Africa as a continent. Oestergaard said this at a media briefing on Wednesday in Abuja organised to summarise a Policy Focus Book “ How Africa Trades”. The News AgencyContinue Reading
By Olawunmi Ashafa Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, President of Africa Development Bank (AfDB), says late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Premier of the defunct Western Region of Nigeria, remains the pacesetter and forerunner for development in Africa. Adesina made the remark when he received the 2023 award of Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership,Continue Reading
By Lucy Ogalue The Federal Government has reiterated that diversifying the country’s energy mix to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) will create more jobs and wealth for Nigerians. The Director-General, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), My Joseph Osanipin, said this at the Critique/Validation Workshop for the recently developed NationalContinue Reading
By Kamal Tayo Oropo Some experts on Monday said that Africa needs supportive policies and robust infrastructure to tap the limitless opportunities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to leapfrog its development. They said this in a statement issued on Monday by the Communications Section of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)Continue Reading
