Abimbola Abatta Stakeholders in the oil and gas industry have stressed the need for Nigerian women to leverage the numerous opportunities available in the sector. This is even as they urged the government to put mechanisms in place to encourage…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has developed a comprehensive non-oil export optimisation framework, which would be launched at its maiden summit on non-oil exports on June 16. The Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Mr Osita Nwanisobi, explained that the…
First City Monument Bank (FCMB), through EasyAgents, its agency banking network and other channels, has successfully onboarded and empowered one million financially excluded Nigerians, ensuring they have a better and more sustainable future through access to financial services. As part…
An Upper Area Court Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced a 29-year-old sales representative, Solomon Gamble to four months imprisonment for defrauding his employer of N97,300. The convict, who resides in Gwako village, Gwagwalada, is charged with criminal breach of trust…
Borno Police Command, on Wednesday, said it had arrested eight suspected kidnappers in the state. Parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Maiduguri, the Police Commissioner in the state, Abdu Umar, said that the suspects were arrested by men…
The Edo Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Wednesday announced the arrest of 10 suspects in connection with suspected adulterated petroleum product. The state Commandant of the corps, Mr Samuel Dan, announced this in his office…
Another killing in Benue on Sunday, the 12th of June, 2022, had generated reactions resounding the course for self-help by citizens to defend themselves, since it appears the Government may be failing in its duty to protect lives and properties.…
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 20-year-old man, Temitope Agbebiyi be remanded for allegedly raping and impregnating a 12-year-old girl. The Magistrate, Mrs Ejiro Kubeinje, who did not take Agbebiyi’s plea, ordered that he should be remanded…
Shareholders of Dangote Sugar Plc at the company’s 16th Annual General Meetings (AGM) approved a dividend of N12.147 billion dividend, representing N1.00 per share of 50 kobo each. The company’s financial result for the year ended December 31, 2021, revealed …
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), has released a fresh report on crude oil production of its member countries, indicating that six countries increased their crude oil output while seven countries declined in production. The information is contained…
