By Martha Agas, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Nigeria is blessed with 44 different types of minerals in commercial quantities, found in no fewer than 500 locations across the country. Among these, seven are classified as strategic and critical for the global energy transition. These minerals have the potential to transform theContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Director General, Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC), retired Maj.-Gen. Garba Wahab says there is need to have journalists embedded by the military in its operations planning and execution. Wahab said this at a One-Day Seminar organised by Defence Correspondent Association of Nigerian, on Tuesday inContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje Troops of Operation Delta Sanity have deactivated 41 illegal refining sites and impounded stolen crude oil and other products worth N8.6 billion in three weeks. The Director of Naval Information, Rear Adm. Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Ayo-Vaughan said variousContinue Reading
By Lilian U. Okoro A Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Taiwo Obindo, on Wednesday said that some Nigerians might be prone to developing mental health conditions, due to the visible hardships in the country. Obindo, also the President of Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN), gave the assertion in an interviewContinue Reading
By Aderonke Ojediran/Oluwatope Lawanson The Lagos State Government says modalities are underway for the implementation of its other promised interventions to reduce the current economic hardship in the country. Mr Gbenga Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, made this known in anContinue Reading
Nestlé Nigeria PLC has declared a N547.1 billion sales increase for the 2023 financial year, translating to a 22.4 per cent increase of N100 billion compared to the corresponding period of 2022. Its operating profit also jumped by 41.2 per cent, reaching 122.7 billion; while Profit After Tax was negativelyContinue Reading
By Oluwatope Lawanson Mr Steve Omanufeme, Managing Director/Editor-In- Chief, Daily Independent Newspapers, has urged the Federal Government to implement friendly policies to enable businesses to flourish in the country. Omanufeme made the appeal during the 2023 Annual Thanksgiving Service of the Daily Independent Newspapers, held on Wednesday at Ogba, Lagos.Continue Reading
Troops reject N1.5m bribe from alleged cattle rustlers in Plateau Continue Reading
By Chimezie Anaso The National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down some unregistered satchet water production factories in Anambra. The companies were said to be producing water in unhealthy environment and operating without subjecting their processes to regulatory standards. Louis Mmadubuatta, Coordinator of NAFDACContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), says Nigeria is among the largest beneficiaries accounting for about 60 per cent of its US$30 billion funding of the energy sector in Africa. The Afreximbank said it has been able to make modest contributions in the oil and gas sectorContinue Reading
