Nigeria: PIB - Senate Meets NNPC, Oil Majors, Others
The Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream led by Senator Emmanuel Paulker (PDP, Bayelsa), has begun consultation with officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),...
View ArticleUganda: UCC to Review Interconnection Rates
The Uganda Communications Commission is paving way to review the interconnection rates for communication companies-key companies being telecoms.
View ArticleNigeria: Slot Allocation Crisis - FG Extends Deadline to British Airways
The Federal Government, yesterday, gave British Airways a week extension of the ultimatum given it to address the slot allocation crisis which compelled Arik Air to shut down its operations into London...
View ArticleNigeria: Echoes From 6th Abuja International Trade Fair
The recently concluded 6th Abuja International Trade Fair organized by the Abuja Chamber of Commerce, Mines and Agriculture (ABUCCIMA) has come and gone but the memories will continue to linger in the...
View ArticleNigeria: Subsidy Removal - NNPC Suspends Petroleum Imports
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has skipped the import allocation for the month of October due to the current debate of fuel subsidy removal, analyst says.
View ArticleNigeria: 'FCTA Should Involve Area Councils in Project Supervision'
THE Chairman of Gwagwaalda Area Council, Alhaji Zakari Angulu Dobi, has called on the Federal Capital Development Authority to always involve the area council chairmen in supervising projects awarded...
View ArticleNigeria: Why Ultimatum Was Extended for British Airways - Minister
THE Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah, explained yesterday that government extended the deadline given to British Airways to reduce its weekly frequencies from 14 to 7. This is in line...
View ArticleNigeria: Lawmaker Asks Citizens to Accept Subsidy Removal
A member of the House of Representatives, Tobias Okwuru, has called on Nigerians to accept the Federal Government's plans to remove petroleum subsidy by January.
View ArticleNigeria: NNPC and Public Accounting
The ongoing inquiry by a joint committee of the House of Representatives into alleged malpractices in the finances of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has once again refocused public...
View ArticleNigeria: Miners Decry Loss of Revenue to Illegal Mining
Alhaji Sani Shehu, National President, Miners' Association of Nigeria (MAN) says Nigeria loses billions of Naira in revenue annually to illegal miners who do not pay taxes and royalties.
View ArticleNigeria: Clearing Commences On IIJ, NUJ Secretariats Site
Clearing of the 5.04 hectares of land approved for the construction of the International Institute of Journalists (IIJ) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) secretariats has commenced in Abuja.
View ArticleNigeria: Auto Crash Claims 16 in Auchi - Okene Highway
No fewer than 16 people yesterday lost their lives during a ghastly auto crash along Auchi (Edo State) - Okene (Kogi State) highway.
View ArticleNigeria: 16 Killed, 10 Injured in Okene Accident
Sixteen persons were killed and 10 injured in a ghastly motor accident that occurred near Okene, Kogi State.
View ArticleEthiopia: DBE Performs Better Than Last Year, Falls Short of Target
The Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) has registered a profit of 71.4 million Br after taxes and provisions in the first quarter of the fiscal year, falling two million Birr short of its target....
View ArticleEthiopia: Card Banking Consortium Selects Company for System
Premier Switch Solution (PSS), a joint venture (JV) between Awash, United and NiB banks to provide card banking service, has selected S2M, a Morocco based company to install its system.
View ArticleNigeria: Deloitte to Invest U.S.$300 Million in Auditing Facilities
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited has said it had concluded plans to invest over $300 million in audit so as to improve the quality of its service globally.
View ArticleSickening Institutional Smelling Rot
In his novel 'Things Fall Apart', Chinua Achebe writes: "We have heard stories about white men who made the powerful guns and the strong drinks and took slaves away across the seas, but no one thought...
View ArticleEritrea: Concerted Endeavors Described Vital for Developing Tourism, Says...
The Minister of Tourism, Ms. Askalu Menkorios, stressed the paramount importance of concerted work of all bodies and service-rendering enterprises so as to promote tourism and harness the nation's...
View ArticleNigeria: 16 Die in Okene-Benin Road Crash
Sixteen persons lost their lives yesterday in an accident involving two passenger buses on the Benin to Okene expressway, Daily Trust learnt in both Lokoja and Benin.
View ArticleNigeria: New Number Plates Will Enhance Security -FRSC
The new national number plates will enhance Nigeria's security, and ensure that the nation has an accurate data base of all vehicles plying the nation's roads, Sector Commander of the Federal Road...
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