UBA boosts Nigeria’s oil production with $200m facility
The facility is part of a $1.5 billion Pre-Export Finance Facility provided by consortium of Nigerian commercial and international banks, with UBA as the lead arranger, for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and its upstream subsidiary, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC.
We’re ready to work with all youths’ organizations ― Minister
…Endorse Nigerian Youth Congress By Chris Ochayi ABUJA: The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare has said that the ministry is ready to accommodate and work with all the youth organizations in order to spread its programmes and initiatives across the country. He made the assertion in his office in Abuja while […]
School Resumption: We are ready, FGC Port Harcourt
By Egufe Yafugborhi & Chijioke Nwankpa PORT HARCOURT – AMIDST restraint by the Rivers State Government insisting on decontamination of schools before resumption, the Federal Government College Port Harcourt has declared readiness to resume academic activities for Senior and Junior Secondary students in compliance with the federal directive. Principal of the school, Mrs Ukpe Akpan, […]
Nigeria losing 20,000 women annually to poor breastfeeding, says FG
UNICEF: Nigeria has a long way to go on early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding By Joseph Erunke ABUJA – AN estimated 20,000 women die every year in Nigeria due to poor breastfeeding, the federal government said Tuesday. To this end, the government has recommended early initiation of breastfeeding within an hour of birth, exclusive breastfeeding […]
NUC says 32 universities involved in research to tackle impacts of COVID-19
The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, says 32 federal, state and private universities across all geopolitical zones are involved in different stages of research toward tackling direct and collateral impacts of COVID-19. Rasheed, who was represented by Dr Suleiman Yusuf, Deputy Executive Secretary, Academics, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday […]
Recapitalisation: Low returns scare investors away from insurance sector
Rosemary Onuoha Investors are scared of investing in the insurance sector due to the consistent low returns on investment by some operators in spite of the opportunities offered by the recapitalisation exercise for new investors to buy into insurance companies Disclosing this while speaking to Vanguard, Ada Ufomadu, Senior Financial Institutions Analyst at Agusto & Co, […]
