COP28: Children seek global attention to mitigate climate change impact
Children and young people from Nigeria and 13 other countries across the world are demanding better access to climate education, more funding for climate-resilient infrastructure and a seat at the table with their voices heard as the annual climate conference, COP28, taking place in Dubai, UAE, opened weekend in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
PTD faction to NUPENG: Law doesn’t recognise sentiments, emotions
The National Executives of Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, branch of NUPENG under the control of Comrade Lucky Osesua has taken a swipe at the parent body for allegedly engaging in forum shopping, blackmail, contempt of Court and using sentiments to foist their illegal leadership on the Federal Government and other stakeholders in the oil and gas industry“
US firm, Barker Hughes set to build oil refinery in Nigeria
American oil firm, Barker Hughes, has expressed interest in investing in refineries in the country, as the federal government intensifies effort to end petroleum products importation.
Nigeria needs Prof Ejeta for food security
It was late at night; and sleep refused to come despite trying all the tricks known to me. As usual, I got up; opened my set to read some news of our world. Bored by the Israel-Hamas War report and the final selection of a Speaker for the US House of Representatives, I went in search of news which would be positive and uplifting. Suddenly, there it was. The story of Professor Gebisa Ejeta, a plant geneticist, teaching at Purdue University, USA, who was born in a poor village in Ethiopia; had a difficult childhood; trekked miles shoeless to school everyday, without breakfast and who overcame all those mind-boggling obstacles to become the person who can save Africans from mass starvation in the future.
Nigeria’s economy begins major shift as oil sector rebounds
There are indications that Nigeria’s economy is reversing back to oil-sector led development while the gains made in non-oil sector is now reversing.
Investors gain N1.01trn in Nov, position for seasonal trends
Stock market investors raked capital gains amounting to N1.013 trillion in the month of November this year, just as they are positioning for the seasonal trends this month.
