archiveJanuary 2019

  The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, said that the country’s refineries had not undergone Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) for an aggregate of 42 years. Baru disclosed this in his New Year message issued by the Corporation spokesman, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, in...

  The Tony Elumelu Foundation, an African-funded and founded philanthropy, committed to empowering African entrepreneurs is now accepting applications for the 2019 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The programme is a 10-year, $100 million commitment to identify, train, mentor and fund 10,000 African entrepreneurs, a press statement from the...

  United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has decried the low life expectancy rate for children in Nigeria, saying those born in the country in 2019 may not live beyond the year 2074. This was stated in a press release issued by UNICEF Nigeria’s Communication Specialist, Ms Eva Hinds....

A member of House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers), says adopting parliamentary system will help reduce corruption and address frictions among different arms of government in Nigeria. Mr Chinda, who led 71 other lawmakers to sponsor a bill aimed at reverting the county to parliamentary system at the House in...

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has called on prospective candidates to disregard advertisements in the social media, announcing sales of registration documents with some illegal centres and subject combinations. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, gave the warning in an interview with the News...