The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) and the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority to fully digitalise their operations before the end of the year. Otunba Niyi Adebayo, Minister, Industry, Trade and Investment, who…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has advised the Federal Government to remain focused on increasing Nigeria’s domestic refining capacity. IPMAN’s President, Mr Chinedu Okoronkwo said on Friday in Lagos that having functional refineries was in the best…
The Federal Government has approved a 25 percent increase in freight rate for petroleum products, raising it from N9.5 per litre to N11.87 The National President of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), Alhaji Yusuf Othman made this…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a preacher and the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) in Lagos for carrying 54 sticks of drugs. According to a statement…
The Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Police has repelled an attack by suspected terrorists, neutralising four of them and recovering 131 rustled cows and 55 sheep. The police Spokesperson in the state, SP Gambo Isah, disclosed this while briefing…
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, is seeking urgent intervention from the Federal Government to support the production of goods, as diesel price continues to increase. Lanre Popoola, the chairman, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti and Ondo…
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the Federal Government to address the country’s gas infrastructure. President of the chambers, Dr Michael Olawale-Cole, made the call in a statement on Sunday on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine since…
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), on Saturday applauded the Federal Government’s ban on direct purchase of farm produce by foreign nationals. The commendation is contained in a statement issued in Damaturu by Alhaji Muhammed Magaji, the National Secretary…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says no fewer than 19.4 million Nigerians may face acute food and nutrition insecurity between June and August. Mr Jasper Mwesigwa, Food Security Analyst, FAO, made this known on Friday in Abuja at the…
Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has said the criticism by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that the state is proliferating universities with recent establishment of three new ones is false. Okowa spoke on Friday at the inauguration of chairmen…
