By Constance Athekame The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and the Africa Mini-Grid Developers Association (AMDA) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote and accelerate mini-grid development in Nigeria. Speaking at the signing ceremony in Abuja, Mr Salihijo Ahmad, Managing Director of REA said that the MoUContinue Reading
By Lydia Ngwakwe Winners have emerged at the Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) National Competition 2023, held in Partnership with FirstBank Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the overall winner of the competition is the Sustainable Future Advocate Company, from Kosofe Secondary School, Lagos. TheContinue Reading
By Ikenna Uwadileke President Bola Tinubu has expressed the Federal Government’s commitment to develop the mining sector by creating an enabling environment for players in the industry to thrive. The president said this at the opening of the 8th edition of Nigeria Mining Week in Abuja. Represented by the SecretaryContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman The Grassroots Entrepreneurship Skills Acquisition (GESA) Initiative, an NGO, has called on the Nigerian government to look inwards and review the country’s governing and borrowing policies and develop a framework that could reduce debt servicing. Cynthia Obazee, National Coordinator of GESA Initiative, said this on Monday inContinue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says its corruption survey is aimed at assessing the Federal Government’s fight against corruption. The Statistician-General of the Federation, Prince Semiu Adeniran, said this at the Train the Trainers programme for the Third National Survey on Quality and Integrity of PublicContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris The Federal Government, in collaboration with Wema Bank is inviting eligible Nigerians to apply for its recently launched digital skills programme for the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Mr Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and MSMEs, Office of the Vice-President,Continue Reading
By Sani Idris Tax Justice Network (TJN), in partnership with the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS), has engaged the media in ensuring possible ways of increasing visibility of Internally-Generated Revenue (IGR) through their reportage in Kaduna. The round table engagement, which was aimed at enlistment of the support ofContinue Reading
Mr Kayode Adeleke, CEO, RusselSmith By Adeyemi Adeleye The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), has granted RusselSmith an approval to deploy its industrial non-metallic additive manufacturing solution in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The additive manufacturing solution from RusselSmith utilises advanced 3D printing technology toContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is playing an active role in mediating on the debt debacle facing some countries. The Managing Director of IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, said this on Friday in Marrakech, at the Fund 2023 Annual Meetings Plenary. According to Georgieva, more than halfContinue Reading
By Adeyemi Adeleye The Centre for Human and Socio-economic Rights (CHSR) has called on Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State to reopen Owode Onirin and Mile 12 International markets to prevent compounding economic hardship. The President of CHSR, Mr Alex Omotehinse, in a statement on Saturday described theContinue Reading
