The Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to pay the oil communities in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom a cumulative damages of 81.9 billion over oil…
By Omoregie Tina, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a take-off grant of N18 billion naira for the establishment of two new universities of technology and health sciences in 2021. The Universities of Technology will be located at Jigawa and…
As part of its continuing effort at providing cutting-edge knowledge for optimum delivery of the Commission’s mandate, 12 officers of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have been presented with IQ Level 3 Organisation Certificate in…
By Seun Ibiyemi Amidst the falling piracy incidence in the Nigerian waters and the Gulf of Guinea since February when the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) deployed the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure popularly known as…
By Seun Ibiyemi Barely six months after the expected commencement of the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement on the continent, issues with Rules of Origin criteria, amongst others is still delaying the implementation of the…
By Seun Ibiyemi The immediate past Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Hassan Bello, over the weekend lamented that there is lack of synergy among maritime agencies in the maritime sector Bello who was giving his valedictory message…
By Kayode Tokede The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it will sell N722 billion worth of Treasury Bills (TBs) in the third quarter of 2021 (Q3’21). The apex bank disclosed this in its Nigeria Treasury Bills Issue Programme for…
By Ayo Fadimu To mark the 2021 ‘World Blood Donor Day-themed “Give blood and keep the world-beating,” staff of Wema Bank, Nigeria’s leading innovative bank, in partnership with the Department of Haematology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) have volunteered to donate blood…
By Kayode Tokede Ecobank Nigeria has announced the promotion of 682 staff effective May 1st, 2021 representing 26per cent of its core staff despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and all the attendant impact on business performance globally. This…
By Kayode Tokede Naira against the Dollar at the Investors & Exporters Foreign Exchange window (I & E FX) on Monday depreciated by 0.16 per cent to close at N411.67 from N411.04 it opened for trading. Also at the I…
