C21st Programme Assistant selected as RUN Leader in Lagos September 7 is annual World Clean Air Day Breathing clean air is fundamental human right The Centre For 21st Century Issues (C21st), has joined the rest of the world to raise…
Group blames fertiliser price hike on global inflation
Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) has blamed the recent hike in the price of fertiliser on the high inflation rate across the world. The Executive Secretary of FEPSAN, Mr Gideon Negedu, said this in an interview with…
FG Frown Over Inadequate Technical Manpower to Manage Equipment in Power Sector
The Federal government has frowned over non availability of technical Manpower to Manage the power sector. According to the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) the suboptimal testing and certification of meters, transformers and other equipment in the power sector,…
NCDMB Committed To Achieving Sustainable Industrialization In Nigeria – Wabote
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has concluded its stakeholders’ sensitization workshops on Expatriate Quota Management Initiative for midstream and downstream companies in the oil and gas industry, with a commitment to achieving sustainable industrialization in Nigeria. The workshop,…
Building Collapses: AA Lagos Guber Candidate, Tope Balogun, regrets inaction by lagos government
AA Governorship Candidate, Hon. Tope Balogun laments the incessant building collapses; lays blame on current Lagos state executive and calls for an end to the impunity of ‘untouchable elites’.
Shell: We are Investigating Peremabiri Oil Spill in Bayelsa
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) on Monday, September 5, 2022, said it was investigating a report of an oil spill from its asset at Ogboinbiri in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. An operational mishap…
Diageo launches innovation fund to help mitigate climate change in smallholder farms in Africa
Diageo announces £450k of funding for three innovations intended to lessen and monitor the impact of water and climate crises on smallholder farms in Africa. Smallholder farmers are highly vulnerable to weather changes and water scarcity arising from climate change.…
Oyo Govt begins new waste management operation, Group kicks
In a bid to address the menace of improper waste disposal in Ibadan, Oyo State capital and its environs, the state government has flagged off an intensive door-to-door waste evacuation operation. Mr Adey Adewuyi, the Waste Management Consultant in the…
FG To Pay $496m To Settle Foreign Firm’s Claims Over Steel Plants
The federal government has agreed to pay $496 million to settle a multi-billion dollar claim from Global Steel Holdings Limited, following the termination of a contract to upgrade the country’s steel plants, Reuters is reporting. The news agency quoted Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the…