Agribusiness: OLAM soon to inject 90,000 metric tonnes of milled rice into domestic market

Agribusiness: OLAM soon to inject 90,000 metric tonnes of milled rice into domestic market

…says over 2, 000 Nigerians employed in line with local content policy …as Gov Sule commissions OLAM funded school …promises to construct major rural road to boost economic activities By Gabriel Ewepu and Fortune Eromosele ABUJA-AS Nigeria’s rice consumption increases, an agribusiness giant, OLAM Rice, Tuesday, disclosed of injecting 90,000 metric tonnes of milled rice […]
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COVID-19: NMA says vaccination protects even infected persons

COVID-19: NMA says vaccination protects even infected persons

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Edo Branch, has said taking the COVID-19 vaccine effectively protects one from getting seriously ill, “even if you have COVID-19”. According to him, “getting vaccinated may also protect people around you, particularly people at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19.” Dr Harrison Omokhua, Chairman of NMA Edo, gave the […]

Telecom @ 20:  Before Obasanjo, successive govts ignored sector — Ndukwe

Telecom @ 20: Before Obasanjo, successive govts ignored sector — Ndukwe

By Juliet Umeh Reminiscing his time at the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC as Executive Vice Chairman, current Chairman, MTN Nigeria, Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, lamented the inability of successive Nigerian government have not given telecommunications deserved attention even when they know the sector remains the most powerful enabler of growth. Ndukwe was only to single out […]

COP 26: Buhari tells international partners to finance projects in Nigeria through gas

COP 26: Buhari tells international partners to finance projects in Nigeria through gas

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJA PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has told international partners to finance projects using transition fuels such as gas in Nigeria. Buhari, who stated this yesterday in Glasgow, Scotland, while delivering his national statement at COP26 Leaders’ Summit, pledged that Nigeria would cut its emissions to net zero by 2060. The President said attaining […]

Court judgment empowers our regulatory oversight— NIWA

Court judgment empowers our regulatory oversight— NIWA

By Godfrey Bivbere and Providence Adeyinka National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, has said it will guaranty adequate protection to stakeholders in possession of its approvals on the right of way to secure their projects and investments against harassment from illegal operators. A statement from NIWA cited a a 2014 judgment in suit, CA/L/886/2014- Lagos Waterways […]