One Billion Oil Barrels Discovered In North-East, Says FG
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said on Wednesday that the nation’s oil and gas sector has worsened as the uncertain fiscal environment put a damper on investment.
The minister also disclosed that...
Agric Ministry Not Involved In N5.8bn North-East Food Supply Says Ogbeh
The Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chief Audu Ogbeh, told the House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness that his ministry was not involved in the supply and distribution of the...
UNDP Trains Over 150 in Entrepreneurship Skills in North-East Nigeria
Following a series of workshops conducted in the three most affected States by the Boko Haram crisis, over 150 youths, women and men have been trained in various entrepreneurship skills, competences and behaviours that will...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has called on commercial banks and other businesses that left the North East in the wake of Boko Haram insurgency to ensure businessmen and women in the region have easier access to funds.
This is even as only 25...
The European Union Commission in Brussels, Belgium, announced a support package of €143m to help the early recovery and reconstruction needs in the North East region of Nigeria.
The package is for the provision of basic services including energy, education and health, job creation, strengthening...
At the start of 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari gave orders to the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, to explore oil in the northern region especially in Chad Basin and Kolamini River.
The order raised hope, especially in the...
