…as Edo Poly holds first inaugural lecture To drive Nigeria’s quest for industrialisation, effective policies and measures must be implemented to enhance collaboration between research institutions and the private sector to promote local content. Chief Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Edo State Polytechnic, Usen, Dr. Obokhia Asikhia, said this while delivering the maiden inaugural lecture, […]

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has read the riot act to manufacturers in Abia State on sub-standard manufacturing practices. Its coordinator in the state, Mr. Lad-Alabi Oluyomi, who gave the warning in Aba during the week, said the organisation would apply the law if manufacturers refused to follow the standard practices. He said the […]

The Federal Government has approved the release of N22.6 billion balance to pensioners of the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited. This was announced by the Permanent Secretary Special Duties in the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Mohammed K. Dikwa, while calming restive pensioners who held former Finance Minister Mrs. Zainab Ahmed ‘captive’ for hours in her office […]

The Federal Government plans to deploy appropriate technologies to tackle the menace of inadequate power supply as well as a shortage in the supply of fuel and foreign exchange. The government stated this in a 100-page document – Nigeria E-Government Master Plan- which was obtained by our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday. According to the […]

First Bank of Nigeria Limited says it will create awareness on cybersecurtiy. In a statement, it said the fourth edition of its Fireside chat which would hold at its Digital Innovation Lab in Yaba, Lagos, would focus on, ‘Cybersecurity in digital payments’, and the topic would be delivered by the Co-Founder of Digital Encode, Dr […]

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the oil and gas logistics firm, Intels Nigeria Limited, have been urged to resolve their differences amicably. Two groups, Nigerian Importers Integrity Association (NIIA) and Rivers Progressive Youths Forum (RPYF), made this appeal. NPA, in a March 29 letter, terminated its boats pilotage monitoring and supervision agreement with Intels […]

The Port Harcourt Area One Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) collected N17,826,222,668.31 for the first quarter of 2019, its Area Controller, Mohammed Bande Boyi, has said. In a statement, the Area One Public Relations Officer (PRO), Oscar Ivara, said the figure is N4,436,822,181 above what was collected in the same period last year. Boyi […]

The Federal Government has finally broken the rank of pensioners after series of failed attempts with the registration of two new pension unions. Minister of Labour and Employment Dr Chris Ngige, who announced the registration of the two new unions at his valedictory session yesterday, said the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) will not take […]

The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) yesterday said 20.9million  youths are currently unemployed. It blamed the development on lack of skills acquisition and  advised  the unemployed to go for skills acquisition instead of depending on white collar job. It said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report stated that between the fourth  quarter (Q4) of 2017 […]

The Federal Government on Monday unveiled fresh plans to create about 20 million new jobs in four different sectors of the economy. The strategy was disclosed in Abuja by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Okechukwu Enelamah, at a stakeholders’ meeting on job creation. The minister said that with the huge level of […]