Manufacturers cut 25% energy costs by switching from diesel to gas
POLYFILM Packaging Nigeria Limited, a manufacturer of flexible packaging focused on the food and consumer sectors, has recorded over 25 per cent savings in energy costs after switching from diesel to gas, at a time when rising diesel pricesare forcing businesses to adopt gas as an alternative fuel.
Earthquake kills 95 in China
No fewer than 95 people have died and another 220 are injured following an earthquake in north-west China on Monday, state media report
FDI: Tackling Poor Signaling, By Dakuku Peterside
Nigeria faces unprecedented economic uncertainties and desperately needs to “bend the curve” on most economic indices. Even the optimistic people among us struggle with what to hold onto to defend our slide into economic quagmire. This results from several years of economic mismanagement and the devastating global impact of COVID-19. We need urgent economic recovery, and […]
Kogi: APC raises alarm over attack on Woman Leader ‘by SDP thugs’
The All Progressive Congress Kogi Campaign council has called for the arrest of the SDP stakeholders
PWDs: Group unveils 5-year strategic plan to achieve inclusive education, others
By Ezra Ukanwa, Abuja In a significant move towards achieving inclusivity and equal educational opportunities, a Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, Voice of Disability Initiative, VDI, has announced its strategic plan to promote inclusive education and various other initiatives. Aside from the unveiling of the five-year strategic plan, the event also witnessed the unveiling of its quarterly […]
PSLSIA partners ALGON, NGF to drive local govt competitiveness
By Juliet Umeh Former Minister of National Planning, Dr. Shamsudeen Usman, has assumed a pivotal role as Chair of the Public Sector Leadership and Social Innovation Academy, PSLSIA, leading the effort for sustained and impactful Local Government Competitiveness. This groundbreaking initiative, launched recently in Abuja, marks a strategic collaboration between the PSLSIA and the Association […]
Reconnecting to the global radar (6), By Eric Teniola
From last week continues the narrative of Federal government’s intervention in African countries The advance team visited Masvingo, Victoria falls, before we finally settled down in Harare. Bob Marley and other musicians played on the eve of Zimbabwe’s independence. It was during that time that Samora Machael of Mozambique described the new country as the “jewel of […]
That the Sun may shine Again
By Sola Ebiseni It’s no gainsaying that for the greater part of the second term of Rotimi Akeredolu which began on 21st February 2021, as Governor of Ondo State, things have not been at ease. The centre has not held for the state having been dogged by the state of health of the governor and the […]
DELTA Programme Implementation: NASENI, Delta-2 ink $21.7m projects agreement
By Emmanuel Elebeke, Abuja The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has signed an agreement worth $21.7 million with eleven firms in Nigeria as beneficiaries for the take-off of the Delta-2 Projects. The agreement is the outcome of the bilateral collaboration between the federal government of Nigeria and the Czech Republic. The Nigerian […]
36 bag 1st-Class as Mountain Top varsity holds 5th convocation
Mountain Top University, MTU, has stated that 36 of it students, who made First Class, will be recognised among other honoraries at the institution’s Fifth Convocation ceremony, slated for Thursday.
