THE Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, (NLNG) Company has appointed Mr Basheer Koko as the new Deputy Managing Director, haven taken over from his predecessor Engineer Faithful Abbi Abbiye Suku recently. Koko, had long made a mark in the banking and advertising sectors began to parade their whiz kids, making a youthful executive of multimillion dollar business fashionable.

Chevron Nigeria Plc has recorded a significant improvement in its financials, posting a 317 per cent increase in its bottom line for the third quarter financial performance.

Key housing sector data may provide direction for Wall Street in the coming week as the market looks for confirmation of economic recovery and girds for the year-end holiday period.

VT Leasing Limited has expressed its readiness to list on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) within the next two years.
Speaking during its 20th Anniversary Celebration in Lagos, weekend, the Managing Director of the company, Mr. Akin Opeodu disclosed that its decision to list on the NSE was borne out of the enormous opportunities for growth and expansion presented by listing.

THE Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) operated Joint Venture produced a total of 512 million standard cubic feet of gas (MMscf/d) in Western Niger Delta on November 18, 2009 representing the highest volume achieved in the last two years.

THE Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) has completed 100% mapping of all the types and distribution of Nigerian solid minerals, and foreign mining firms have been besieging the NGSA to purchase the new information.

By Chinyere Amalu ABUJA—The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) stands as a universal standard for building a better world for the best interest of the children, says Executive Director, UNICE, Ann Veneman. Veneman made this declaration as UNICEF and ECOWAS joined the rest of the world in celebrating the 20th anniversary of […]

Plans are underway to put up a solar energy training facility in Nigeria where people can be trained. This is a welcome development because barely one month to the December target date for the attainment of 6,000mw electricity promised the nation by the Federal Government, it has become obvious that it cannot be met as the nation has less than 3,000mw now.

By  Peter Duru MAKURDI— The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has pledged to partner the Benue State government in the areas of maternal and infant mortality, HIV/AIDS and gender issues. Country Resident Representative of the UNFPA, Mrs. Agatha Lawson, gave this assurance while on a courtesy call on Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue […]

Umuahia—ABIA State Government,  weekend raised hope that the  NNPC depot at Osisioma, near Aba would soon be reopened. The government said its hope was hinged on series of discussions it had with the Petroleum Resources Minister on the matter. Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. John Nwokocha who made the announcement, also said that […]