By Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma The Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ) has called for increase in women representation in leadership positions in Nigeria. The Chairman of Board of Trustees of WIMBIZ, Ms Bisi Adeyemi, made the call at a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos. Adeyemi said that womenContinue Reading
By Yusuf Yunus Mr Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), has expressed the Federal Government’s readiness to collaborate with the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) to increase the country’s oil production and revenue. Lokpobiri said that the partnership became necessary to address the dwindling oilContinue Reading
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By Franca Ofili The Minister of State for Youth Development, Mr Ayodele Olawande, says the Federal Government is making efforts to harness the potential of digital economy in empowering the youths. Olawande communicated this on Tuesday in Abuja when the Senior Executive Course (SEC) 46, 2024, of the National InstituteContinue Reading
By Victor Adeoti Prof. Joseph Oyedele of the Department of Estate Management, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun, says Nigeria needs $15 billion annually to fix infrastructural needs of the country. Oyedele said this while delivering lecture at the Critical National Assets and Infrastructure summit organised by the Nigeria SecurityContinue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe Some experts have advocated the need for policy action for the Nigerian paper industry amidst digitalisation to boost economic growth and development. They made the call at a Business Roundtable and inauguration of World Envelopes Day to commemorate the FAE envelopes 50th anniversary on Tuesday inContinue Reading
By Rukayat Adeyemi Shareholders of Afriland Properties Plc. have unanimously endorsed a total dividend of N343.5 million for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2023. The shareholders gave the approval at the company’s 11th Annual General Meeting on Tuesday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that theContinue Reading
By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu/Bolu Akindoyin The National Library of Nigeria (NLN), Lagos, in collaboration with Zacchaeus Onumba Dibiaezue Memorial Library (ZODML) on Tuesday unveiled the ‘Green Library’, to promote environmental literacy. Speaking during the unveiling of the library situated within the Lagos branch of NLN, the Co-founder of ZODML, Mrs IfeomaContinue Reading
By Martha Agas The Federal Government has indefinitely suspended mining activities within the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) campus and the OAU Teaching Hospitals Complex in Ile-Ife, Osun. This is pending investigations into suspected illegal mining activities in the area. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, announced theContinue Reading
By Ahmed Ubandoma The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Atiku Bagudu, has stressed the need to capture the yearnings and aspirations of senior citizens in the National Development Plan. Bagudu said this at a one-day capacity enhancement workshop for state commissioners and Directors of Social Welfare on theContinue Reading
