UN body appoints Oyedemi, PWAN Plus boss, peace advocate
By Kingsley Adegboye The Managing Director of PWAN Plus Business Concerns Limited, Julius Olaniyi Oyedemi, has added another feather to his list of sprawling accomplishments, as he has just been decorated with the prestigious UN-POLAC Peace Advocate, by the United Nations Positive Livelihood Award Centre, UN-POLAC. By the virtue of the distinguished appointment, the renowned […]
Mining to contribute 5% to Nigeria’s GDP by 2025 — FG
By Alice Ekpang The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Architect Olamilekan Adegbite, has said that the ministry has a target of increasing the mining sector’s contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, by 5% in 2025. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Adegbite lamented that mining which contributed about 12 per cent of the country’s […]
Nigeria’s oil & gas earnings climb to N24trn in 5yrs
•Funds not effectively managed — Experts By Michael Eboh Despite the huge global crash in prices, Nigeria’s earnings from oil and gas in the first half of 2020, is N2.41 trillion just 8.7 per cent below the N2.63 trillion recorded in the corresponding period of 2019. This brings the country’s total earnings from this mainstay […]
#EndSARS: There’s zero room for police brutality – Toki urges Buhari
Nigerian-America-based artist and repertoire cum artist manager Oluwatoki Tope-Anifowose also known as Toki has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to hear the plights of the youths who have spoken through the rampaging protest across the country against the police brutality in the country. Toki joined the long list of celebrities who have lent their voices to […]
Kaduna private school owners appeal to El-Rufai to reopen
The Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai has been told that private schools in Kaduna are fully ready for resumption.
News extra: UK unemployment rate rises to 4.5%
Britain’s unemployment rate has jumped to 4.5 percent as the coronavirus pandemic continues to destroy jobs, official data showed on Tuesday. The reading for the June-August period compared with an unemployment rate of 4.1 percent for May to July, the Office for National Statistic said in a statement. Early estimates for September meanwhile “suggest that […]
