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Labour congress in make or mar meeting today in Abuja on indefinite strike

The members of the leftist trade union, the United Labour Congress (ULC) made of key unions in the oil and gas companies, telecommunication and electricity sectors of the other Nigerian economy, will today in Abuja, issued a final notice on…

CAC, FIRS achieve electronic stamping of company registration document

The new level of collaboration between the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has lead to the realization of the rare goal of electronic stamping of company registration documents. This was revealed by the Registrar-General…

Fear of N’Delta hostilities hanging planned licensing of marginal oil fields

Signals emerged Tuesday in Abuja that the planned oil blocs licensing rounds for marginal oil fields by the federal government may have been boxed to a tight corner due to fears of possible uprising from the Niger Delta should reasonable…

Comments during US Senators’ visit lands Egbin Power boss in immigration trouble

Twist and looming crisis capable of landing Lagos State into darkness have begun, following some comments made by the Managing Director of Egbin Power Plc, Dallas Peavey, which did not go down well with the Minister of Power, Works and…

Akwa Ibom youths go diabolical in forcing Exxon Mobil to move head office

In what can be seem as high level warning using diabolism in Africa, protesters from Eket, Esit-Eket, Onna and Ibeno Local Government Areas, the host communities of Exxon Mobil, has placed red coffin laced with new palm fronts at the…

NITDA Boss Pantami
ICT

NITDA bars MDAs from executing IT projects without recourse to it, invokes Act

Henceforth, any Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as well as other government establishments executing any Information Technology (IT) project without the full clearance from the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), will be seen as criminal act. According to…

Gbenga Adebayo
ICT

Broadband: ALTON seeks states’ cooperation in delivery of last mile infrastructure

The Association of Licenced Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ALTON), has joined the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in calling on state governments’ to cooperate with several understandings lined up by the regulator in achieving seamless delivery of broadband infrastructure nationwide. In…

Dangote’s Presidential flood committee releases scorecard on donations to states

As part of its culture of transparency in service delivery, the Presidential Flood Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation (PFCoFRR), chaired by African industrialist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has said it provided N250 million as relief assistance to victims of the…

Lagos fails to auction listed 115 abandoned skyscrapers, one year after notice

One year after the Lagos State government has compiled a list of more than 115 abandoned properties in Ikoyi and Victoria Island and notified owners of auction for non-completion and use, the policy seemed to have been abandoned. The government…

Shell lights up Lagos, inks $300m gas saturation understanding with firm

Indications that crash of high price and associated scarcity of natural gas around Lagos have emerged as Royal Dutch Shell has sealed a deal with Shoreline Energy Group to develop, market and distribute the product across the state. The agreement,…