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All is set for the WorldStage Economic Summit (WES) 2023  on Thursday, November 16, 2023 at the Event Centre, Nigerian Exchange Limited, 2/4 Customs Street, Lagos as top infotec experts confirmed participation to address a special breakout session of the summit tagged Startups on WorldStage  with the Theme: ‘The Game...

  moves to establish 1000 conversion workshops across Nigeria says initiative to provide over 50, 000 jobs, lower transportation cost   To promote Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as an alternative to Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, the Federal Government of Nigeria has unveiled plans to have one...

to tackle technology, environmental sciences knowledge deficit The Senate has approved the establishment of the  Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences in Iyin-Ekiti, Ekiti State with a mission to address knowledge deficit in the fields of technology and environmental sciences. The red chamber gave its approval after a bill...

  The Minister of Works, David Umahi, on Saturday said the comprehensive rehabilitation of the 11.8 kilometer Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State would begin on November 1 for a period of three months. He said this during an inspection of the under deck, lagoon sections of the Third Mainland...

In recognition of Fidelity Bank Plc’s commitment to fostering bilateral trade and economic development between the city of Houston, Texas and Nigeria, the City of Houston has designated October 25 as “Fidelity International Trade and Creative Connect Day”. Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston officially declared the special day in a...

  The 13th prosecution witness, PW13, in the trial of Ayo Fayose, former Ekiti State Governor,  Abubakar Aliyu Madaki, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Friday, October 27, 2023, told Justice Chukujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, that the sum...

  Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has accused popular Islamic Scholar, Ahmad Gumi of trying to ignite religious and ethnic war in Nigeria. To this end, Fani-Kayode said he should be cautioned against such move to destroy Nigeria. It would be recalled that the cleric had said Nigeria...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has again called on the Israeli and Hamas governments to reach a sustainable humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip as the death toll from the conflict has left nearly 9,000 people dead. The call was contained in a statement issued by the Foreign Affairs Minister,...

  The remains of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr Abdulrahman Ado-Ibrahim, who died at 95 early Sunday morning, will be buried by 2:00 p.m. of Sunday. The Secretary of Ebiraland Traditional Council, Alhaji Yunusa Sule, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja that arrangements were being made to give...

The Senate on Friday, October 27, promise to summon the Group Chief Executive Officer, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, over the lack of funds to explore and develop new frontier acreages. The chairman of the Senate Committee on Gas, Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, gave this...