Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it has concluded plans to resume its Post-Graduate Foreign scholarship to qualified indigent youths in the Niger Delta. Mr Ibitoye Abosede, NDDC’s Director of Corporate Communications, announced this in a statement in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. He stated that the Governing Board and ManagementContinue Reading
The UN has urged the Nigerian authorities to give more attention to protecting the girls and children, who were victims of sexual violence and abuse by the Boko Haram terrorists. Ms Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, stated this while briefing on the International DayContinue Reading
Man ‘sets ablaze’ wife over ‘Eid shopping’ in Multan By Owais Qarni Published: June 19, 2018 The woman succumbed to her wounds after spending five days in critical condition. PHOTO: FILE MULTAN: A woman succumbed to her burn wounds on Tuesday after her husband allegedly set her ablaze following a quarrel over Eid shopping inContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia is struggling to convince fellow members of Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) including Gulf allies on the need to raise oil output, sources familiar with the talks said on Wednesday, adding to complications ahead of an OPEC meeting this week. The meeting of OPEC countries onContinue Reading
No fewer than 25 ships expected with petroleum products, food and other goods will arrive at Apapa and Tin Can Island ports between Tuesday and June 30, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says. The authority noted in its “Shipping Position” bulletin in Lagos that eight of the 25 ships would sail inContinue Reading
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has beefed up security and surveillance at the major airports in the country following a recent report that terrorists were sneaking into Nigeria from Syria. The General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos onContinue Reading
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Tuesday in Lagos said gas supply to generating stations had built up gradually after the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) restored a ruptured pipeline. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, General Manager, Public Affairs of TCN, said within a day power supply would be restored toContinue Reading
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), says out of the N1.58 trillion allocated for capital expenditure in 2016, only N1.219 trillion was cash backed. According to the commission’s 2016 Annual Report and Audited Accounts obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, the cash backed amount indicatesContinue Reading
The Director-General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr Segun Ajayi-Kadri, has praised the Federal Government for adopting measures to improve Nigeria’s ease of doing business rating. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday, Ajayi-Kadri said the improved rating would assureContinue Reading
