BrentexCPP, AKK Contractor Assures to Deliver Project on Time and Cost     Brentex Petroleum Services Ltd/ China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co Ltd (CPP), one of the consortia executing Federal Government’s Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline Project has pledged to deliver the project on schedule and within cost. The...

Fed Govt Licenses 203 Agents To Boost NIN Enrolment       The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has approved the licensing of 173 private sector Agents and 30 State Governments/Public Sector Institutions to conduct enrolment of Nigerians and legal residents into...

China Approves Loan For $2.6bn AKK Gas Pipeline         China has approved and will disburse its 85 per cent loan required to fund the $2.6bn Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline project, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, and Group Managing...

Poultry Sector Gets Boost with N12.5bn CBN Largess The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released the sum of N12.552 billion to large, medium and small-scale poultry farmers in the country as part of its strategy to boost egg and meat production as well as...

Banks’ Non-performing Loans Now N1.17trn – NBS         Non-performing loans in the Nigerian banking sector fell by N42.4bn in three months, latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics have shown. According to figures obtained from the NBS’ latest Selected Banking Sector Data Report on Sunday, the...

COVID-19: Airlines Face New Threat As Second Wave Spreads       With the rising cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria and other countries, Nigerian airlines are likely to be hard hit again by the impact of the looming second wave on air travel. Aviation experts have expressed worry that...