Biden to challenge Britain’s Johnson on N. Ireland Brexit dispute
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to tell British Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to let the row over Northern Ireland’s Brexit arrangements put the […]
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Navy inaugurates new landing ship tank in UAE
The Nigerian Navy (NN) has commissioned a new Landing Ship Tank (LST) at Damen Shipyard, Sharjah, UAE, to replace its first set of LSTs, an […]
FG says digital technology key to reducing crude oil production cost
The Federal Government says deployment of digital technology is key to reducing the Unit Operating Cost (UOC) of producing crude oil in Nigeria to $10 […]
Russia will not provide free vaccination to foreign citizens – Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia would not vaccinate foreign citizens against COVID-19 for free. “There is a practice where people from […]
75 companies bid for concession of 12 federal highways
A total of 75 companies are bidding for 12 federal roads to be concession under the first phase of the Highway Development Management Initiative (HDMI). […]
COVID-19:Taiwan outbreak may be coming under control, says CECC
Taiwan’s worst outbreak of COVID-19 seemed to be easing, Central Epidemic Control Command (CECC) Chief, Chen Shih-chung, said on Monday. Shih-chung attributed this development to the […]
Taiwan parliament adds $15bn to COVID-19 aid programmes
Taiwan’s parliament authorised payment of over 15 billion dollars for COVID-19 related economic and social assistance funds on Monday for people and companies affected by the current […]
DPR issues award letters to successful marginal field investors May 31
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it has concluded arrangements to issue award letters to successful investors in the 2020 marginal field bid round […]
Saraki faults Abdulrazaq, accuses him of ‘throwing mud and staining the predecessor’
Immediate past Senate President and former Governor of Kwara State, Mr Bukola Saraki, has faulted a report released against him by the Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq government. […]
Lagos pays N4.2bn pension arrears in two years, says commissioner
The Lagos State Government says it has paid over N4.2 billion to its pensioners, under the Defined Benefits Scheme, otherwise known as ‘Pay As You […]
20 parastatals affected by EndSARS — Lagos Govt
The Lagos State Government through its Parastatals Monitoring Office on Tuesday said 20 of its parastatals were affected by the EndSARS destruction in October 2020. […]
Jobberman, NYSC partner to train 120,000 corps members yearly
Jobberman, the largest job placement website in sub-Saharan Africa, has partnered the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to train 120,000 corps members yearly. Jobberman disclosed […]
Edo warns government agencies, others against tax default
Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS), has called on the federal, state government’s agencies and multinational companies in the state to be tax compliant to […]
Stakeholder advocates standard to sign-up musicians
A stakeholder in the Music industry, Oladiran Ibironke has emphasised the need to sensitise record label owners on a standard for signing new artists to […]
FG to conclude [email protected] celebration with special awards in September — Official
The Federal Government says it is set to wrap up the [email protected] celebration with a National Special Awards for Achievement and Recognition of Exceptional Nigerians […]
Micro Insurance: LAPO CEO urges flexible processes for small businesses
Dr Godwin Ehigiamusoe, the Managing Director, Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) Group, has urged flexible and innovative processes in the provision of micro insurance products […]
Union kicks against `one-man-show’ in aviation governance
The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), has identified what it called a “one-man-show’’ as the bane of the aviation sector in the country. […]
NB shareholders approve N7.52bn dividend for 2020
Shareholders of Nigerian Breweries (NB) PLC. at the 75th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held April 22 approved dividend of N7.52 billion for the 2020 financial year. […]
Apapa gridlock: Lagos NUJ chairman seeks urgent action on holding bays
Mr Adeleye Ajayi, Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos State Council, has urged shipping companies and terminal operators to expedite action in constructing functional […]
USAID initiates $3m food insecurity grant for Nigeria
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Nigeria says it has launched a COVID-19 Food Security Challenge for three million dollars in grant […]
Democratic U.S. senators urge Biden to speed sanctions over Nord Stream 2
Two senior Democrats U.S. Senators have urged President Joe Biden’s administration to apply all diplomatic weight to stop the Nord Stream two natural gas pipeline […]
NSE tasks Lagos State Govt, NPA on sustaining electronic call-up for trucks
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has appealed to Lagos State government and the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) to sustain enforcement of electronic call-up system for […]
NGO calls for effective sensitisation on waste management
Clean-Up Nigeria (CUN) an NGO, on Tuesday urged all tiers of government and relevant stakeholders to engage in effective sensitisation for positive result on waste […]
Court to hear application challenging jurisdiction in 200bn libel suit March 24
A High Court in Ibadan has fixed March 24 to hear an application challenging the court’s jurisdiction to hear a N200 billion libel suit instituted […]
Kwara medical, agro-allied SEZs to commence soon- NEPZA
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) says development of Medical and Agro-allied Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Ilorin, Kwara would soon commence. Prof. Adesoji […]