Saudi Crown Prince: Tunisian Activists Protest Ahead of Visit, Over Khashoggi Killing
Dozens of Tunisian rights activists and journalists staged a small protest on Monday against a planned visit by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the killing…
African Fishing Communities Face ‘Extinction’ as Blue Economy Grows… $42 Billion Lost yearly to Illegal Fishing- Experts
By: Kevin Mwanza Fishing communities along Africa’s coastline are at a greater risk of extinction as countries eye oceans for tourism, industrial fishing and exploration revenue…
FG Tasks State Govts to Reduce Unnecessary Overhead Costs
Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed The Federal Government has called on state governments to reduce unnecessary overhead costs, increase Internally Generated Revenue and embrace fiscal discipline…
PIGB: FG Fully Committed to Timely Passage, says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the presidency was closely working with the National Assembly for the quick passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB)….
3 Private Modular Refineries Set for Operations in 2019- Kachikwu… Enjoins DPR to Create the New National Gas Policy
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has said there are strong indications that three out of the 40 planned modular refineries would come…
How Ajudua conned me of $8.4m in 2 years – Bamaiyi tells court
Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (rtd), a former Chief of Army Staff, on Monday told an Ikeja High Court in Lagos how an alleged serial conman, Fred Ajudua, allegedly defrauded him of…
Strike continues as FG, ASUU meeting inconclusive
The meeting between the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday in Abuja has ended without any agreement, meaning strike continues. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President,…
Okowa calls for Stringent Measures to End Gas Flaring
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has called on the Federal Government to put stringent measures in place to end gas flaring in the country. Okowa…
IDPs: Customs Boss Urges States to Evacuate Food Items, Others as Quickly as Possible
CG Customs, Col. Hameed Ali The Comptroller-General of Customs, Retired Col. Hameed Ali, on Monday, urged states hosting Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to evacuate food items allocated to…
New National Minimum Wage: Efforts to Tackle Wage Inequality and Stimulate Economic Growth- Ramaphosa
Just as the government of Nigeria is yet to ascent to the new minimum wage of N30, 000 as demanded by the organised labour, her counterpart Cyril…