Around 560,000 children under ten have been successfully vaccinated against polio during the first round of an emergency campaign in the Gaza Strip, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeted that it…
Dangote calls on African business leaders to drive continent’s transformation
The Dangote Group has expanded from Nigeria to 14 countries across the continent, spanning multiple sectors from cement to fertilizers, sugar to oil refineries, petrochemicals, agriculture and more The President and Chief Executive of the Pan-African conglomerate, Dangote Group, Aliko…
Done Deal: Nigeria Signs MOU For $1 Billion Iron Ore To Steel Plant
Solid Minerals Development Minister Dr. Dele Alake has hailed the $1 billion (N1.6Trillion) new iron ore to steel project planned for Kogi State as breakthrough in the Federal Government’s campaign to make local value addition the model of development in…
‘SPDC’s Support Nurturing Next-Generation Energy Experts’
A leading academic has identified the targeted investments in education by the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Joint Venture as a catalyst for addressing Nigeria’s energy challenges. Professor Anene Moneke, Director of the NNPC/SPDC/TotalEnergies/NAOC Joint Venture Centre of Excellence in…
Girl, 14, has life-saving treatment to remove facial tumor and dreams of becoming a doctor
Without the timely surgery, the tumor would likely have continued to grow to the point of causing airway obstructions, and ultimately, death by suffocation A 14-year-old girl from Sierra Leone is free to follow her dreams of becoming a doctor…
NNPC Denies Sale of Employment Slots – Warns Against Fake Offers
Combining the Best of Both Worlds Here’s a consolidated version incorporating the strengths of both drafts: NNPC Warns Against Fake Employment Offers The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has vehemently denied circulating employment slots for sale, warning the…
Fadahunsi Memorial: Engineers Seek Solutions to Address Environmental Impact on Nigeria’s Food Security
A clarion call for urgent action to address the escalating environmental crisis and its devastating impact on Nigeria’s food security was sounded earlier today at the 7th Memorial Lecture in honor of Late Engr. (Chief) Samuel Olatunde (S.O) Fadahunsi, Past…
CHINESE COMPANY’S FRAUDULENT ATTEMPT TO STRIP NIGERIA’S ASSETS ABROAD
The Presidency is aware of the various failed attempts by a Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, to take over offshore assets of the Federal Government of Nigeria through subterfuge. The Federal Government is not under any contractual…
“We have always gotten crude supply from NNPC” – Clarifies Dangote
Insists on NUPRC enforcing PIA Domestic Obligations The Management of Dangote Refinery has clarified its stand on crude supply to its Refinery, stating there was never a time they denied receiving crude supply from NNPC Ltd. This clarification arose in…
NNPC Ltd: An All-round Asset to Nigeria
By Olufemi Soneye In its editorial of 2nd August, 2024, the BusinessDay newspaper, characteristically, launched another scurrilous and baseless attack on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd). In the editorial entitled: “NNPCL: Liability or Asset to Nigerians?”,…
