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Iraq, TotalEnergies seal deal on Gas Growth Integrated Project

While confirming all the terms of the Development & Production Contract signed in 2021, TotalEnergies and the Iraqi Government have, through exchanges in the past months, including in four occasions between Prime Minister Al-Sudani and Chairman & CEO Patrick Pouyanné,…

Investors hoping Xi, Macron may get better business ties between China and EU

Global investors are “desperate for signs” that China’s Xi and France’s Macron can secure better business ties between China and the EU during the French President’s three-day visit to Beijing and Guangzhou. The assessment from Nigel Green, CEO of deVere…

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NITDA’s talent development initiative woos Business Sweden

Developmental Regulations, one of the core mandates of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), and a pillar in the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS), has been identified as a major attraction of foreign partnership towards talent development…

Seplat, FDI and the Rule of Law

By Onikepo Braithwaite It is our hope that one thing the incoming administration will prioritise, is attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). FDI is a must, for a developing country like ours that seeks economic growth; Nigeria definitely needs it; because,…

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Just in: NCC denies allegations of phone tracking, leakage

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been inundated with enquiries by the media on allegations of telephone “tracking” and “leakage” made against the Commission by some individuals and groups in the social and alternative Media. The Commission wishes to make…

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NCC Harps on Two-Factor Authentication to Secure WhatsApp

The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has recommended that users of the popular messaging app, WhatsApp, set up Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) to avoid falling victim to account takeover by hackers. In an advisory issued on Tuesday,…

Aliyu Maiwada becomes Nigerian Customs Image-maker

The Comptroller General of Customs Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) has approved the appointment of CSC Abdullahi Aliyu Maiwada as the National Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Customs Service. He is to take over from Comptroller Timi Bomodi who…

SON’ll continue to partner ATV in standard tyre supplies, sales—SON DG

The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), Mallam Farouk Salim has once again, assured the continuation of strategic partnership with the Association of Nigeria Tyre Marketers (ANTM), owners of Africa Tyre Village (ATV), Lagos…

Just in: No staff training programme on use of new aviation firefighting trucks

Fresh revelation has emerged revealing that whereas the Federal Government has spent well over N12bn to buy new airport firefighting trucks, there was no training programme for would-be users in the event of fire at the airports. Some officials of…

Dangote displays use of Cement variants at Enugu Fair

As part of its public enlightenment programme, Dangote Cement has demonstrated how to put into appropriate use, its variants of cement to achieve the best results. At the on-going Trade Fair at Enugu, the Company gathered stakeholders in the built…