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Nigeria Moves to Harmonize National Blood Database

Nigeria Moves to Harmonize National Blood Database In a significant step towards improving the country's blood banking system, the Federal Government of Nigeria has initiated efforts to establish a unified National Blood Database. This move was announced by Professor Saleh Yuguda, Director General of the...

FG Signs MOU to Boost Talent Exports, Attracts Foreign Investment

FG Signs MOU to Boost Talent Exports, Attracts Foreign Investment The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, yesterday, supervised the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between the ministry and UTEL Ltd to accelerate talent export from Nigeria. The agreement seeks to connect...

Tinubu Appoints New Heads for NOSDRA, OORBDA

Tinubu Appoints New Heads for NOSDRA, OORBDA President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Engr. Chukwuemeka Woke as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA). Furthermore, the President has approved the appointment of Dr. Adedeji Ashiru as the...

BOI Disbursed N496.72bn Loans to 75,809 Beneficiaries in One Year

BOI Disbursed N496.72bn Loans to 75,809 Beneficiaries in One Year The Chairman of the shareholders committee of the Bank of Industry, Muhammed Bala, revealed that no fewer than 75,809 beneficiaries received credit funding worth N496.72bn from the Bank in 2023. The loans were disbursed to beneficiaries...

Nigeria Produced 159 million barrels of oil in Four Months, Says NUPRC

Nigeria Produced 159 million barrels of oil in Four Months, Says NUPRC Data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission shows that Nigeria produced 159,158,191 barrels of crude oil in the first four months of 2024. According to the NUPRC data, 44.2 million barrels of crude...

Discos Rake in N1.1tn as FG Spent N629bn on Electricity Subsidy in One Year

Discos Rake in N1.1tn as FG Spent N629bn on Electricity Subsidy in One Year The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission data has revealed that the Federal Government spent N628.61bn as subsidy on electricity in 2023, as power distribution companies collected a total revenue of N1.08tn during...