President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the governing councils of Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) and the Centre for Management Development (CMD). The announcement of the presidential approval was contained in a press release issued by the Director of Information in the Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Mrs…
Tambuwal also harped on youth employment, as well as women empowerment. Citing the instance of the recent employment drive of the administration on health workers. He made a mockery of some neighboring States for their inability to pay workers’ salaries as and when due. Tambuwal assured the governorship candidate y Mallam Saidu Umar will carry…
The rehabilitation of 60,000 barrels per day Port Harcourt refinery has been completed and will begin production by the first quarter of 2023. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said this at the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration Scorecard (2015 – 2023) in Abuja. “The rehabilitation of the 60,000 barrels per day is completed and…
Police on Monday fired teargas canisters to disperse members of the Yoruba nation movement who gathered in the Ojota area of Lagos for a rally. TheCable understands that the Yoruba nation agitators gathered around the Gani Fawehinmi freedom park, at the Ojota axis for a “mega rally” to demand what they described as a separate…
The President of Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Dr Al-Mujtaba Abubakar today on behalf of the Executive Council and Management of the Chamber Congratulates the Minister, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development (FMWASD, Mrs Pauline Tallen on her 63rd birthday. Dr Abubakar who congratulated Mrs Tallen stated that the Minister’s support…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has announced a new transport management system for Osun state with a triple objectives of securing the motor parks, creating thousands of jobs and increasing the state’s internally generated revenue. In a statement by the Spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the State Governor described…
By Lydia-Claire Halliday The African aviation market has been underserved for a long time. Before 2020, only 9% of Africa’s air traffic was between African countries, the rest being intercontinental. And today, globally, the region accounts for less than 2% of total air traffic despite being home to around 17% of the world’s population. Africa urgently…
An Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has appealed to the Zamfara State Government (ZASG) to pay the entitlements of retired teachers, contract workers and other retirees before the gubernatorial elections are held in February 2023. According to the group, it is only by doing so that the state government can claim…
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved an equity investment of $20 million in Evolution Fund III, a pan-African clean and sustainable energy private equity fund that is mobilising about $400 million into renewable energy and resource-efficiency assets across sub-Saharan Africa over a 10-year period. Inspired Evolution Investment Management is…
Aggrieved students of Taraba State University in Jalingo, the state capital, took to the streets on Monday to protest as unpaid lecturers boycotted the school’s semester examinations billed to commence today. The students were supposed to start their examination today but the inability of the lecturers to get paid impeded the process. In protest, the…
