The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has inaugurated a 10-member Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) in furtherance of its anti-corruption drive aimed at ensuring transparency and fairness in all areas of operations. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the corporation, Mr. Bello Hassan, in his remarks during the ACTU inauguration ceremony maintained that the initiative […]
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NNPCL Resumes Production Of Crude Oil In Awoba Field
After over three years of suspension of crude oil production operations in Awoba Oil Field in River State, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Tuesday announced the resumption of production operations on the oil field. The Chief Communications Officer of the oil company, Olufemi Soneye, recalled that the Awoba field last produced oil […]
Dangote Refinery Reduces Diesel Price To N940/Litre For Marketers
Dangote Refinery’s management has announced a further reduction in the price of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) diesel from the N1000/litre earlier reported last week to N940/litre for customers buying 5 million litres and above from the refinery. In a statement signed by the company’s Head of Communications, Mr. Anthony Chiejina the management maintained that the […]
CAC Revokes NIPOST Subsidiaries’ Registration Certificates
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has revoked the certificates of incorporation of NIPOST Properties and Development Company and NIPOST Transport and Logistics Services Limited. The revocation of the affected entities’ registration certificates was sequel to the discovery of an alleged illegal transfer of N10 billion in restructuring funds released by the Federal Ministry of Finance […]
NASENI, Nasarawa Govt, Firm To Build Tractor Manufacturing Plant
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has opened discussions with Nasarawa State Government and Bobtrack Tractors, a division of Saint Bob Motors Limited, on the manufacturing and assembling of tractors in the North-Central geopolitical zone. A statement issued on Monday by the agency’s Director, Information, Segun Ayeoyenikan, on the multibillion Naira project […]
FG Targets 6,000 Megawatts Generation By End Of 2024
Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, has said that the Federal Government is planning to increase the nation’s power generation from 4000 megawatts to 6000 megawatts by the end of this year. Adelabu, who gave this hint on Monday when the members of the Senate Committee on Power visited his ministry, said that the plans […]
Customs FOU Zone C Impounds N7.6Bn Contrabands
The Federal Operations Unit Zone C of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reported that it seized contrabands worth N7.6 billion between January 25 last year and April 19th this year. The outgoing Controller of the Zone, Comptroller Kayode Kolade, who gave these figures in his farewell message during a brief handover to his successor, […]
1,500 People Benefited From Free Surgery Programme- Gov Abiodun
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Monday disclosed that over 1,500 people had so far benefitted from the ongoing surgeries under the Free Surgery Intervention Programme of his administration. The governor, who disclosed this while monitoring the sale of discounted rice to civil servants at the State Secretariat, Oke-Mosan Abeokuta, maintained that thousands of […]
FG Orders Sale Of IBEDC, Four Other Discos Within 90 Days
The Federal Government has ordered the resale of electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) now under the management of banks and the Asset Management Company (AMCON) within the next 90 days to reputable power operators as part of its current drive to improve power supply nationwide. The order was given by the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, […]
Kerosene Price Surges By 18.55% Y-o-Y In March
Consumers paid an average retail price of N1,354.40 per litre of Household Kerosene (HHK) in March this year, representing an increase of 18.55% from N1,142.46 they paid for the same volume of the product in March 2023. However, on a month-on-month basis, the average retail price per litre of the product paid by consumers in […]