By Michael Eboh The Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board, NCDMB, has announced plans to introduce a new financing scheme to address the gaps witnessed under the Bank of Industry, BOI, funding initiative for companies operating in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. Speaking in Abuja, Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Mr. Simbi Wabote, stated that […]

Oil-producing communities under the auspices of Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas, HOSCON, yesterday, said they had had drawn up a template to be presented to the Federal Government, for the management of the 13 per cent Derivation Fund.

Niger State Government and Happy Home Builders Nigeria Limited, a real estate development firm, under a Public-Private-Partnership, PPP arrangement, have commenced construction of 200 units of one bedroom bungalows and two-bedroom duplexes residential housing estate at  Rafinsayin known as Abubakar Sani Bello Housing Estate along Suleja-Madalla Abuja Road, Niger State. The estate is named after the state governor.

Owerri—The Southeast zone of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday said that it sympathised with the people of South East who had travelled home to participate in the election before it was postponed.

At last, Sea Trucks Group Limited, STG, a British Virgin Island company and West African Ventures Limited, WAV, a 100 per cent Nigerian company have resolved their dispute amicably in Lagos.

By Michael Eboh Management of the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries have commended the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, for its welders’ training programme, stating that the welders had added significant value to the operations of the country’s refineries. In a statement in Abuja, Head, Press and External Relations of the PTDF, Mr. Kalu Otisi, […]

OLEH—AS mixed reactions continue to trail the postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections, a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, Dr. Nelson Ejakpovi has said that the All Progressive Congress, APC, was aware that the game was over, saying it would concede defeat in the forthcoming poll as the PDP did in 2015.

NIGERIA is not on track to meet the targets for the reduction of moderate and severe malnutrition in children under 5 years old. The country is also off track for  exclusive breastfeeding among infants 0-6 months of age. 

IBADAN—THE Oyo State Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, has again insisted that Mr Rotimi Ajanaku remains the authentic candidate for Ibadan Northwest/Southwest Federal Constituency.