Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the oil and gas sector accounts for about 10 per cent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Sylva added that crude oil exports represented about 86 per cent of total export earnings,…
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has described the death of business mogul and chieftain of the APC, Idahosa Okunbo as a painful loss. Kalu, in a condolence message issued on Monday in Abuja, acknowledged the contributions…
The Conservator-General (CP) of Nigerian National Park Service, Dr Ibrahim Goni has charged newly decorated officers to free the various parks in the country from criminal elements. Goni gave the charge on Monday in Abuja during the decoration of two…
A 59-year-old man, Emmanuel Chinedu, on Monday appeared in a Grade I Area Court, Karu, Abuja, for allegedly cheating his business partner of over N 1 million. The Prosecution Counsel, Edwin Ochayi, told the court that the complainant, Okechukwu Onyia…
The Federal Government has announced a new date of Aug. 16 to begin administering the second batch of COVID-19 Moderna vaccines doses donated by the U.S. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the announcement on Monday…
The Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, at the weekend, said small scale business operators will be the major beneficiaries of a $500m support fund from the African Development Bank. Osinbajo stated this while speaking at the…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a trading surplus of N43.57bn in April 2021 representing a 23.64% increase over the N35.24bn surplus it recorded in the previous month of March 2021. This is contained in the April 2021…
The Law programme of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin has been fully accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The Registrar of the University, Omololu Adegbenro, in a statement made available to journalists in Akure, said six other programmes run by the…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate the reported spending of over N880bn of…
At least sixty persons lost have their lives across many communities in Katsina State following the outbreak of cholera in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Yakubu Danja disclosed this on Saturday during the 2021 Annual General Meeting of…
