By Emmanuella Anokam The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has welcomed with high expectations, the growing interest of the organised private sector, banks and financial institutions, in the implementation of beneficial ownership disclosures. Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, Executive Secretary, NEITI, told a regional Conference of Member States of theContinue Reading
By Deji Abdulwahab Some Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have called on the Federal Government to increase Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) tax to 20 per cent of the final retail price to reduce sugar consumption and NonCommunicable Diseases (NCDs). The Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax Coalition and Corporate and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) gave theContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Navy says its College of Health Sciences and Technology Offa, Kwara, trains only serving medical personnel and not opened to civilians. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, in a statement on Wednesday, said the online advertisement and sales of admission forms in theContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar on Wednesday visited and commiserated with the families of the deceased crew members of the ill-fated MI-171E Helicopter that crashed in Niger on Aug. 14. The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air CommodoreContinue Reading
How culture impairs widowed small-scale farmers in conflict-impacted communities of Plateau A Report by Martha Agas, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Talatu Yohanna 40, (not real name), a widow from Zanwra village of Plateau`s Bassa Local Government Area has resorted to doing menial jobs to survive after her husbandContinue Reading
By Perpetua Onuegbu The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) said on Wednesday that plans have been concluded to construct Golden Jubilee Estates across the six-geo political zones of the country. The Managing Director, FHA, Sen. Gbenga Ashafa, said this at the unveiling of the logo for the commemoration of the authority’sContinue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe Business community stakeholders on Wednesday, urged entrepreneurs and exporters on the integration of e-commerce to fully exploit the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) 3.4 trillion dollars market. They spoke at a masterclass workshop and exporters on-boarding in Lagos with the theme: “Operationalising the AfCFTA Agreement forContinue Reading
By Kingsley Okoye The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Barau Jibrin, has felicitated with the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar on the occasion of his 67th birthday. Jibrin in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Ismail Mudashir, described theContinue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe Marble Capital Ltd., frontline Ethical and Islamic Fund Manager, is offering a N500 million Marble Halal Fixed Income Fund (MHFIF) an investment opportunity for risk-averse investors. Dr Akeem Oyewale, Marble Capital’s Managing Director, via a statement on Wednesday in Lagos, said the investment opportunity was for risk-averseContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The United Kingdom Minister of State for Armed Forces and Veterans, Mr James Heappey, said the UK government would deepen synergy with the Nigerian military to enhance existing relations between the two countries. Heappey gave the assurance when he led his team on a courtesy callContinue Reading
