Investment in Mechanised Farming Will Entice Youths to Embrace Agriculture- Ogbeh
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, has urged Nigerians to change their perception about farmers…
FG Targets 2.2mbpd Crude Oil Production By January 2019, Approved 30 Field Works, Capable of Increasing Output By 500,000 bpd – Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, says the Federal Government is targeting to grow crude oil production to 2.2 million barrels per day (mbpd)…
Call Masking: Telecom Industry Globally, Loses About $60bn Annually – NCC
 Executive Vice Chairman, EVC, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) , Prof. Umar Danbatta says the telecom industry globally loses about 60 billion dollars annually to call masking….
Nigeria’s economy to grow by 3% next year, predicts Udoma
Nigeria’s economy is expected to grow by 2 percent this year and by 3 percent in 2019, Â Minister of Budget Udoma Udo Udoma said on Wednesday. The World Bank expects…
Delta Assembly passes 2019 N390.3bn budget in less than 60 days
The Delta State House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the state 2019 Appropriation Bill of N390.3 billion. The bill which was passed during the plenary of the assembly in Asaba…
Nigeria, Ghana, Microsoft, others shine at TD year-end party
A host of dignitaries including government functionaries, corporate big-wigs and a star-studded line-up of guests and artistes were in attendance as Technology Distributions Ltd. (TD), Sub-Saharan Africa’s foremost ICT distribution…
Chocolate Companies Have Failed on Pledge to Stop deforestation in W/A- Report
Major chocolate companies have failed to keep a promise they made a year ago to stop forests in West Africa, WA, being destroyed for cocoa production, a campaign group said…
Consumer Confidence in Nigeria Dips, as Ghana Sees Some Gains
Nigeria’s latest Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) for the third quarter of 2018 has shown a four-point decline to 118, while Ghana’s CCI for the same quarter has…
Peace in Delta: Okowa Bags NUPENG Award
Delta State Governor Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has bagged NUPENG’s Award for Peace in recognition of his contributions to peaceful oil and gas exploration in the Niger Delta region. Governor Okowa…
Alleged $390m OML 42 Fraud: Shell Reviews Deals Involving Ex-executive Accused of Bribery
Royal Dutch Shell has concluded that a Nigerian oilfield sale where it suspects an executive took bribes was not linked to a separate court case in which he…