St. Bakhita Initiative, an NGO, commenced a three-day sensitisation programme on COVID-19 prevention for border community…
Category: Economy
Kuchazi, Ex-P&ID’s Commercial Director gets bail
A former Commercial Director of Process and Industrial Development, (P&ID) Limited, Mohammed Kuchazi who is being…
Fashion designer convicted for cybercrime in Ibadan
The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, February 4,…
Surety forfeits property to FG as Maina’s son, flees to the U.S.
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja on February 4, 2021, ordered…
Oil prices rise as OPEC+ maintains output cuts
Oil prices extended gains on Thursday, February 4, 2021, as the OPEC+ alliance of…
Sokoto partners water user associations to explore commercial opportunities
By Ife osemedua Sokoto State Commissioner for Water Resources, Alhaji Umar Bature, has…
DPR clarifies crude accounting process
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has clarified the process it uses for accounting for crude…
Court orders reopening of Wuse, UTC markets in FCT, imposes N50,000 fine
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) mobile court has ordered the reopening of Wuse, UTC markets…
Federal University Dutse commends Works Ministry over road rehabilitation
The Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State has commended the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing officials…
EFCC arrests two brothers for ATM card fraud
Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested…
Court gives EFCC nod to arrest ExxonMobil Nigeria MD
A Federal High Court, Abuja has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the nod…
£2,5bn Scam: Court admits more evidence against Petro Union Oil & Gas, others
The ongoing trial of Petro Union Oil and Gas Company Limited, Abayomi Kukoyi, Prince Kingsley Okpala,…
Proposed Higher Ground Polytechnic set to commence academic activities this year
By David Christopher, Nasarawa The management of a proposed Higher Ground Polytechnic located along Keffi-Kaduna Expressway…
Ndokwaland accuses Okowa of neglect, threatens legal redress
By Ife Osemedua The people of the oil-rich region of Ndokwa land in Delta state, have…
FG, labour receive technical committee report on PMS
The Technical Committee on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) Pricing Framework has submitted its report to the…
Borno, Adamawa, Yobe to get $20m GPE grant to improve inequalities – Minister
Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states are to benefit from a 20 million dollar grant to improve…
Executives of College of Education Warri Cooperatives Docked for Alleged N32m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office on Tuesday February 2, 2021 arraigned…
NDDC not birthright of any ethnic group or state – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has condemned the posture of some ethnic groups in the…
Kyari commends President Buhari’s non-interference in NNPC
…Tasks Govts, Institutions on Technology, Innovation The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation…
N1.4bn oil subsidy fraud: Court admits more evidence against Nadabo Energy
Justice C.A. Balogun of a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, February 2,…
FG extends NIN-SIM linkage deadline
The Federal Government has extended the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)…
New Maritime Policy will boost AfCFTA, FDI says Minister
By Ade Jacobs The National Maritime Transport Policy has been developed by the federal government to…
Tambuwal urges NASS to pass PIB
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has appealed to the National Assembly to speedily consider the…
FG disburses grants to 2,800 women in Enugu
The Federal Government on Sunday began the disbursement of grants to 2,800 rural women in Enugu…
NDLEA burst drug ring, seizes cocaine worth N28bn at Lagos airport
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said its operatives seized cocaine and heroin worth…
Buhari assures transparency in 2021 budget implementation
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians of full implementation of the 2021 budget, with all transparency…
NNPC pledges support for $3.6bn Brass Methanol Plant
…As partner take FID on Project The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it would do…
Traders directed to obey presidential Covid-19 guidelines at markets
The Market Traders’ Association of Nigeria (MATAN) has directed its members across the country to comply…
Dollar drops as risk appetite improves
The safe-haven U.S. dollar fell on Thursday as risk sentiment improved after data showed…