The Saudi Export Development Authority (Saudi Exports) has played host to trade missions from Egypt and Nigeria in Riyadh from June 27 to 28, 2022, under the auspices of the Deputy Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Eng. Osama Bin Abdulaziz Al-Zamil. The meeting brought together Egyptian and Nigerian importers…
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The Committee set up by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire to work out ways for the provision of health insurance for retirees and senior citizens in Nigeria, have identified sources through which such a programme could be mandatorily funded in the country. Presenting the report of the Committee…
Five Senators of the United States of America (USA), have written the country’s Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, seeking the immediate re-listing of Nigeria on the religious intolerance country index following the Pentecost Sunday attack on a Catholic Church at Owo, Ondo state and the gruesome murder in Sokoto state…
The Government of the United Kingdom has banned all media organisations in the country from reporting or writing anything whatsoever about David Nwamini Ukpo, the young man at the center of the alleged organ harvest allegation against former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice. A…
“When I contested the 2015 elections, my expectation was that I would win a second term within which period I would have worked for the implementation of the Confab report. I felt that within the next four-year mandate, my first two years would have been dedicated to implementing a reasonable…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it received safety information from the European Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products (RAPEX) that a cosmetic product, Placentyne Hair Lotion, has been banned. The information is contained in a public alert with No. 0033/2022, signed by…
The Ministry of Petroleum of the Republic of Niger, Mahamane Sani Mahamadou, has announced that the country has reached a new milestone in further opening the domestic and regional gas market through a development in the construction of the multi-billion Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) alongside Algeria and Nigeria. Mahamadou, Minister…
Lagos State will remain open and continue to provide non-discriminatory assistance to all displaced persons seeking the safety of their lives from violent conflicts and disasters, the Governor of the State reiterated the pledge on Monday. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu vowed that the State will remain a refugee-friendly city and provide…
Chidimma UCHEGBU About 35,000 scholars in public tertiary institutions have benefitted from the TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff programme which commenced in 2008. Acting director of Academic Staff Training and Development, Abdullahi Imam stated this when the representatives of the TETFund scholars paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary…
H.E. Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources of Nigeria, provided insights into the latest across the country’s oil and gas sector during an exclusive roundtable interview organized and hosted by the African Energy Chamber on June 24, 2022. Oil production in Nigeria has been on the decline…