Former President of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria’s oil minister, the United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Tuesday. Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail since first being arrested in London in …
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Abuja Newspapers Distributors Congratulate Blueprint Publisher on Ministerial Appointment
…….Tasks him on cancellation of monetization policy The Abuja Newspapers Distributors Association (ANDA) has congratulated one of its critical stakeholders and publisher of Blueprint Newspaper, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, on his appointment as Minister of Information and National Orientation by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The President of the association, Comrade Emmanuel …
Read More »Nigeria’s Global Investment Outlook will be rebranded-Dr Uzoka-Anite pledges
The new Minister of Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite has taken over the mantle of leadership in the Ministry with a pledge to rebrand the country’s global investment outlook and strengthen its process in line with global best practices. The Minister made this known in …
Read More »Tinubu Approves CNG Initiative, Targets Nationwide Adoption
President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI).According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the approval is in furtherance of the President’s commitment to easing the impact of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians …
Read More »Ethiopian Airlines to manufacture parts in venture with Boeing
Ethiopian Airlines will start manufacturing aircraft parts in a venture with Boeing (BA.N) at an initial cost of $15 million, the government’s investment agency said on Friday.The state-owned carrier, which is the biggest in Africa, has already signed the deal that also involves the local state Industrial Parks Development Corporation, …
Read More »CAC’s Beneficial Ownership Register(BOR) is Africa Record Breaker -SSASCGOC
The National Executive Council of the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC) has commended the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) for recording another milestone with the recent launch of the Beneficiary Ownership Register (BOR). The commendation was contained in a Twelve-Point Communique read by its President …
Read More »Shettima commends Google’s N1.2b grant initiative
Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has commended Google’s N1.2 billion grant initiative for the President Tinubu administration’s one million jobs initiative. Shettima made the commendation when he received in the audience some executives of Google, a leading global technology company, at the Presidential Villa, on Tuesday in Abuj According to him, …
Read More »Musk’s X social media platform shuts down promoted accounts ad business – Axios
Social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, will no longer allow advertisers to promote their accounts within the platform’s timeline to attract new followers, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing an email to advertising clients.Promoted accounts, or “Follower Objective” ads, generate more than $100 million annually in global revenue for …
Read More »WEMA, Mastercard plan SME training for 10,000 women
WEMA Bank says it will empower 10,000 young women by offering them support and training across a wide range of businesses and vocations The move, it noted, would be in collaboration with the Entrepreneurial Development Centre of Pan-Atlantic University and Mastercard. During a press briefing in Lagos, the Executive Director …
Read More »Ford reaches deal to move industrial unit to Brazil’s Bahia state
Ford’s (F.N) Brazilian unit on Friday said it reached a transfer agreement with the government of Bahia state to give it ownership of a factory complex closed since 2021.The automaker said the agreement will provide it with “compensation in amounts compatible with the market,” but did not disclose an amount. …
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