Over one million youths from the Niger Delta region have registered on the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, youth empowerment programme platform, tagged Holistic Opportunities Programme of Engagement, Project HOPE. Speaking in an interview with journalists at the NDDC headquarters…
The Chief Executive of the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Engr Gbenga Komolafe, has assured prospective investors interested in participating in the country’s oil rounds of a conducive environment to conduct their business. Komolafe made this assertion at the…
The Federal Government has announced the ground-breaking ceremony for the building of a 1,600-capacity student hostel in Akwa Ibom State. This project is part of a N98.2 billion nationwide initiative to enhance educational infrastructure. The Honourable Minister of Finance and…
By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo A former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election in Osun State, Prince Dotun Babayemi will be defecting to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday. This was disclosed in…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola has described the multiplicity and duplication of same roles at the nation’s seaports by government agencies as hindrance to the Federal Government’s national policy on the…
The Lagos State government has taken a significant step towards promoting gender equality and empowering women and girls in the state. A nine-member committee has been established to domesticate the National Women’s Economic Empowerment Policy, which aims to improve access…
By Professor Kayode Soremekun As the Tinubu administration approaches the one year mark, it is important to effect a review of what has transpired in the last twelve months. At the level of sheer policy postures and pronouncements, much has…
In April 2024, the headline inflation rate rose to 33.69 percent, up from 33.20 percent in March 2024, marking an increase of 0.49 percent points according to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Comparing year-on-year data, the inflation rate in April 2024…
By Haitham Al-Ghais, OPEC Secretary General Since assuming the office of OPEC Secretary General almost two years ago, I have had the privilege of visiting every African OPEC Member Country, as well as several other African countries. Every visit has…
For years, the narrative has been the same — the economy withers and the common man cries out for reprieve, only to be met with an endless array of impediments. When it is time to intercede for the poor, Nigerians are…
