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NCDMB, DPR To Check Abuse Of Expatriate Quota In Oil Sector   All companies seeking to engage expatriates in the Nigerian oil and gas industry must...

Revival Of Ajaokuta Steel Will Save Nigeria Billions Of Dollars The Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KADCCIMA) says when Ajaokuta Steel Company...

Customs Intercepts COVID-19 Vehicle For Smuggling Frozen Products     The Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a COVID-19 designated vehicle over...

FG, North-South Power Sign Gurara 30MW Concession Agreement     The Federal Government on Tuesday signed a concession agreement for the Gurara 30 megawatts hydropower plant with...

C/River Has Over N3bn In Reserve Fund, Says Commissioner     Cross River State Commissioner for Finance, Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr, has disclosed that the state now has...

Northern Youths Reject Proposals on guinea pigs for vaccine trials. The Northern Youths Council of Nigeria(NYCN) has rejected  recent proposals to use citizens of northern...

Senate receives Buhari’s request to confirm Law Reform Commission, NDIC nominees. The Senate on Tuesday received President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for the confirmation of Professor...

FG Sets Up Panel To Revive Ajaokuta Steel Plant   The Federal Government has inaugurated the Ajaokuta Presidential Project Implementation Team with the aim of diversifying...

NERC Reappoints 12-member Power Sector Peace Panel   The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Monday approved the reappointment of a 12-member Dispute Resolution Panel for the...

Egbin, 10 Other Power Plants Suffer Gas Shortage     The nation’s biggest power plant, Egbin, and 10 others saw their output levels reduce by gas constraint...

Manufacturing, Employment Recorded Sharp Decline In April     New orders, output and employment witnessed sharp falls as prices rose amid supply chain disruption in April. These was...

COVID-19: Customs Donate N40.9m Relief Materials To Ministry   The Western Marine Command of Nigeria Customs Service says it has donated relief materials worth N40.9m to...

COVID-19: Buhari Stops Import Duty On Medical Equipment   As part of efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, President Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered the immediate evacuation...

Inadequate Distribution Facility Stalls 17,945.3MW Electricity Generation   The lack of distribution infrastructure stalled the generation of 17,943.5 megawatts of electricity between April 24 and May...

Nigerians’ll Pay Higher Electricity Tariffs, FG Promises IMF     Nigerians will pay much higher tariff for power in 2021, going by promises made by the Federal...

PenCom Concludes Nine-year Intervention In First Guarantee Pension   The National Pension Commission has concluded its regulatory intervention in First Guarantee Pension Limited (PFA) and handed...

Tinubu To CBN: Cut Interest Rates To Boost Economy   The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said the Central Bank...

Buhari Appoints Sunday Thomas As NAICOM Boss   President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Sunday Thomas as the substantive Commissioner for Insurance/Chief Executive Officer,...

COVID-19: Kaduna ICT Hub Funds Young Nigerian Inventor to Produce Ventilators The Kaduna State ICT Hub has granted financial resources for the production of 'sophisticated'...

Eight Power Plants Idle, Generation Drops To 2,983MW     The number of idle power plants in the country rose by two to eight on Tuesday, worsening...