The Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Mr. Osagie Okunbor, has pledged to work with officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to reconcile the statutory financial contributions of the oil company to the Commission. Okunbor made…
Chairman of the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, Dr Michael Tidi, has empowered 250 Small Scale Entrepreneurs (SSE) to help boost their businesses. This, he said is the maiden edition of Enterprise and Empowerment programme as part of efforts to scale up economic activities in the city.…
The former Secretary General of Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU), Comrade Owei Lakemfa, has said that organisation is key to trade union growth and progress. Comrade Lakemfa, in his lead paper at a three-day leadership and organising academy for members of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and its…
The governorship candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) in Oyo State, Aduragbemi Animasawun-Euba has distributed books and some educational materials to students in Deborah Animasawun College, and TMAS Group of Schools, both in Badeku, Ona Ara Local Government Area of the State. Speaking on the occasion, Animasawun-Euba said the…
A meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) ostensibly arranged to discuss the ongoing cash swap failed to hold on Tuesday. The president was said to have canceled it in view of the court order forbidding government from extending the February 10, 2023 deadline for the…
Adverse weather conditions like global warming and climate change are some of the factors militating against high food yield and food security in the country, Kwara state government has said. It added that the consequences would lead to global food insecurity. Chairman, Kwara state Teaching Service Commission, Mallam Taoheed A.…
Equities trading at the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) on Tuesday was bearish as All-Share Index (ASI) relapsed by 0.13 per cent to close at 54,299.76 basis points, halting six days of successive rally on the local bourse. Specifically, profit-taking on FCMB Grouo, UACN, Geregu and Dangote Cement shares impacted the…
A few weeks before the general elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) seized the initiative to take its campaign manifesto across the country. Launched on Tuesday, the Renewed Hope Ambassadors of Nigeria under the directorate of Civil Society Organisations of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). Speaking at the unveiling of…
Arising from a meeting with top government functionaries in Asaba on Monday, the Delta state chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) said it has decided to throw its weight behind the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar and his running mate and Governor…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned in totality the blockage of its member and Senator representing Ebonyi North at the National Assembly, Sen. Sam Egwu by some political thugs during campaign in Abakaliki local government of the State. The Director, Media and Publicity PDP Governorship Campaign Council, Chief Abia…