FG to reward IT solution providers to quicken ease of doing business with N1.5 trn
The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) on Tuesday opened registration for the first edition of #PEBECHack, a series of Hackathons designed to solve problems at the intersection of government…
How Danbatta, NCC boss, secured MTN N221m waiver in Kano
A timely intervention by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, has secured a permit fee waiver of a whopping N221 million for…
Ganduje, Emir of Kano, others laud NCC on DBI initiative
Executive Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje said his administration will provide scholarship to 100 youths in the State to bridge the gap in Information and Communications Technology…
Reprieve as OPEC exempts Nigeria from production cut, cites militancy in Niger Delta
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) has agreed to further extend the agreement to cut global oil production by 1.2 million barrel per day till April, 2018….
Nigeria has $2.3bn Excess Crude Account balance, AGF tells NEC
HIGHLIGHTS OF NEC (4TH IN 2017) 77TH NEC MEETING – THURSDAY, 25TH MAY, 2017 REPORT ON EXCESS CRUDE ACCOUNT BY ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION ∑ The Accountant General of…
Nigeria adopts wait and see to join OPEC production caps; Kachikwu says peace in Niger Delta is a decider
Nigeria is not opposed to joining OPEC production caps but will have to wait and see production back to acceptable levels. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe…
Privatisation of power sector not working, Senate wants review; PENGASSAN lauds FG on refineries
The Senate has called for a review of the privatization of the country’s assets, especially power, done by the Goodluck Jonathan administration on the ground that it is not working….
OPEC meeting favours extension of output cuts as Oando chief predicts jump to 2.2m barrels per day in Nigeria
OPEC and non-OPEC ministers are about now meeting for informal consultations in Vienna in a last-ditch bid to agree the duration of oil output cuts. The ministers would also seek…
14% MPR irks MAN, wants a reduction
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) Ogun Chapter, has condemned the retention of interest rate by the Monetary Policy Committee of CBN at 14 per cent. The MAN Chairman, Mr…
Speed up conversion of illegal refineries to modular refineries – Group tell FG
An activist group in Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta region has called for the government to advance plans to allow illicit bush refineries to be converted into legal operations. Nigeria is pushing…