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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has completed plans to employ more workers. spokesperson, of the cooperation Mr Olufemi Soneye, confirmed this in a statement on Friday. Soneye explained that the recruitment would be for various positions across various departments within the energy company. He directed interested applicants to visit the NNPC careers page for ...
Money market
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, disclosed yesterday that the Federal government has injected palliatives worth N1 trillion into the manufacturing sector within the last year. Also, the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Zacch Adedeji, has declared that the accelerated stabilisation fund, which focuses on ...
News
The President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly, Godswill Obot Akpabio, CON, has called for sufficient funding for the health sector. Akpabio who was represented by the Deputy Leader, Senator Oyelola Yisa Ashiru,at the opening ceremony of the 5th Annual Legislative Summit on Health, on Thursday 18th July 2024, made this call ...
Education
There was rowdy session as stakeholders at the ongoing 2024 Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) policy meeting in Abuja have protested the new minimum admission age of 18 years, causing a disruption to the minister’s address. The stakeholders, comprising representatives from tertiary institutions across the country, loudly expressed their disapproval, prompting the minister to ask, ...
Education
No fewer than three candidates scored 367 during the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and by that emerged as the highest scorers for the examination. This was revealed at the ongoing 2024 policy meeting by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday in Abuja. They are Olowu Joseph from Ondo State, Alayande David from ...
Business
Blaze Metals, a global gold firm, has harped on the role of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting in sustainable business practices. This was the highlight African Natural Resource and Energy Investment Summit in Abuja. This significant event is providing a platform for Blaze Metals to showcase her commitment to ESG standards and sustainable mining ...
Health
In a bid to commemorate this year’s World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday has highlighted over what it term as a ‘disheartening’ situation of cancer in the African region, disclosing that approximately 882 882 new cancer cases occurred in the WHO African Region with around 573 653 deaths in 2022. Revealing ...
Business
By Matthew Denis The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to hold the third quarter Capital Market Committee (CMC) meeting in 2023. The meeting is scheduled to be held on Thursday at the Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos, while the usual SEC Management interaction with the Press is planned for Friday, November 17, 2023, ...
News
By Matthew Denis The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) has tasked Government agencies and the private sectors to always patronise professional Estate Surveyors and Valuers as the first experts in property Development chains to give them the right advices before buying or developing landed properties to curb problems of building collapses, abandonment ...
Business
By Matthew Denis In a bid to enhance employment opportunities and create jobs for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), a United Kingdom based Nigerian Enterprenuer, Mr. Temitope Emmanuel Amujo has concluded plans to launch a FinTecH app called ‘finREMIT’ in December 1, 2023 Speaking to journalists via zoom meeting yesterday, Mr. Amujo who is the ...