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Month: October 2023

Just in: NRC begins Investigation on trending boarding without Ticket claim

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has officially began full scale investigations on a trending WhatsApp analysis by one Daramola E. Adenike, @Dara4Enjoyment on X, claiming that he was boarded at Ibadan by officials of the NRC without ticket only for…

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NDPC, UK to Seal Deal on Driving Data Protection Laws

Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has initiated bilateral cooperation on data privacy and protection with the Office of the Information Commissioner, United Kingdom. At its Study Visit to the OIC located in London and Wilmslow, UK the NDPC team led…

British Group, Access Bank to drive $60m trade finance facility in Africa

British International Investment (BII), the UK’s Development Finance Institution (DFI) and impact investor, has announced a $60 million trade finance facility for Access Bank Plc in Nigeria and five of its pan-African subsidiaries. This will strengthen import and export capabilities…

Minister Hails BUA Cement on Price Crash, Urges Others to Follow

Minister of Housing And Urban Development, Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, an Architect and former Managing Director Federal Mortgage Bank Of Nigeria (FMBN) from 2015 to 2022, has hailed BUA Cement for fulfilling his promise to Nigerians on crashing cement price from…

NCDMB Hails Otti on Industrial Park, Speaks on Low-Cost Manufacturing

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, has commended Abia State Governor Dr. Alex Otti for the decision of his Administration to establish the Abia Industrial Innovation Park (AIIP), Owaza, in…

ICT

Now Hackathon Part of Digital Nigeria 2023 Programmes—NITDA

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), through its subsidiary, the Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation (ONDI), in partnership with the Innovation Support Network (ISN), is hosting the NITDA Digital Nigeria Hackathon 2023, scheduled to hold on 24th of October…

Abandoned building projects owners’ rush BUA cement in Abeokuta

More Nigerians who had stopped their housing projects for long due to excruciating cement prices have rushed the BUA Cement depots in parts of the country for continuation of their projects. In Abeokuta yesterday, an Okada raider, who was seen…

Just in: NLC, TUC cancel Strike to allow FG implement agreed terms

At the eleventh hour again, the duo of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have shelved the proposed workers’ strike scheduled to commence tomorrow, Tuesday, 3rd October, 2023 for the first 30 days. The aim…

OECD sets Roadmaps to New Nuclear Industry

Global representatives of the nuclear industry in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations, we have gathered in Paris, France on September 28-29, 2023, for the inaugural Government-Industry “Roadmaps to New Nuclear” conference organized by the OECD Nuclear Energy…

NLC, TUC considering FG’s new offers, official response awaited

The Federal Government, on Sunday, October 1, 2023 met with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on measures to address the dispute arising from the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS)….