The federal government has inaugurated a high-powered committee comprising law experts from various fields to review, update and consolidate archaic Nigerian laws in the country within six months. The move is said to be part of the ongoing efforts of ...
Read More »Category Archives: Breaking News
$50m Nigerian Content Fund Boosting Oil Sector Research, Devt – NCDMB
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has said that the $50 million Nigerian Content Research and Development Fund is contributing significantly in boosting the country’s oil and gas sector. The executive secretary, NCDMB, Felix Ogbe, who made this ...
Read More »Ministry Of Local Govt &Chieftaincy Affairs Receives New Perm Sect
It was a roller coaster of emotions as Management and Staff of the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, witnessed a leadership transition, following assumption of duty of the new Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Barr Bassey Ekanem and ...
Read More »CBN To Launch BVN Platform For Nigerians In Diaspora – Cardoso
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is set to roll out a new Bank Verification Number (BVN) platform by December 2024, aimed at enabling Nigerians living abroad to access banking services without the need for physical verification. CBN Governor Olayemi ...
Read More »N100bn Suit: Dangote Refinery Drags NNPCL, 5 Oil Firms To Court Over Import Licences
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE has approached a Federal High Court in Abuja, praying it to void the import licenses issued to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC), Matrix Petroleum Services Limited, A. A. Rano Limited, and ...
Read More »Experts Blame Frequent Power Grid Collapses On Underinvestment
Power experts have attributed frequent power grid collapses in Nigeria to inadequate investment in modernising and upgrading infrastructure. They said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. The experts also emphasised the ...
Read More »AfDB To Mobilise $15bn for Abidjan-Lagos Highway Project
The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, announced the mobilisation of $15 billion for the construction of the Lagos-Abidjan Highway project in collaboration with various partners. Adesina emphasised that the Abidjan-Lagos Highway corridor, managed by the Economic ...
Read More »Foreign Airlines Deploy Rickety Aircrafts On Nigerian-bound Routes, Passengers Cry Out
…says Royal Air Maroc is a disaster Nigerian travellers have accused foreign airlines operating into the nation’s airports of deploying rickety and dilapidated aircraft on the Nigerian routes. The travellers who complained bitterly accused Egypt Air, Royal Air Maroc, Turkish Airlines, ...
Read More »Gowon At 90: Nigeria Must Move Forward With Love – Obi
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has said Nigeria must move forward with love. Obi said this in response to the barrage of attacks he received at the weekend for congratulating the former Head of ...
Read More »NNL Pre-season Seminar Will Bring Out The Best In Our Coaches – Akanji
With less than one week to the NNL pre-season seminar aimed at equipping second tier team coaches and media officers with good knowledge of how to handle issues related to the league, one of the resource persons, John Joshua Akanji, ...
Read More »