The Yobe State Government has won the 2021 best performing state revenue remittance award of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The revenue service award is for exceptionally performing state in the country for prompt remittance of monthly revenues. Presenting the award to Governor Mai Mala Buni at the weekend (Saturday) in Damaturu, FIRS Coordinator…
Access Bank has expanded its corporate structure as it will now be known as Access Holding PLC from May 1st. Read the bank’s message above.
The President of the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), Kaddu Sebunya has said that over a billion people provide the value of nature to yield inclusive growth in fighting poverty and unemployment. According to him, Africa has the world’s youngest rapid growing population in providing the market in Kenya, Nigeria and 52 other countries. Sebunya in a statement,…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has emphasised that telecommunications consumers in Nigeria have a major role to play in complementing efforts being put in place to ensure effective protection of telecommunications infrastructure. This is important to sustain and improve on the quality of service delivery by the service providers. The Commission made this request and…
I received with rude shock the news of the sudden death of the Statistician-General (SG) of the Federation, Dr Simon Harry, which occurred on Wednesday morning in Abuja. The late Dr Simon Harry served the nation with distinction as SG in the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. He discharged the mandate of his office with…
Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi has announced a major gas deal with Algeria, which promises to reduce his country’s heavy reliance on Russian imports. Under the deal from this autumn, increased gas supplies will be sent through the Transmed undersea pipeline, which links Algeria to Italy via Tunisia. Italy buys the vast majority of its…
The President Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Dr Al-Mujtaba Abubakar has said the China CANTON Fair has continued to create strategic networking opportunities to Nigerians particularly members of the Chamber, considering, the large number of stakeholders cutting across the 15 Trade Groups in the Chamber. The President who was speaking during the virtual…
The ocean is a source of opportunities to sustain livelihoods, trade and mitigate climate change. But the health of the ocean is deteriotrating and the economies it supports are under threat. © Geet Theerawat/Shutterstock. Protecting our ocean and boosting its economic benefits demands a global trade, investment and innovation “Blue Deal” to create a sustainable…
……as NIMASA restates commitment to sustainability. …….Japan, Korea donate to DEEP BLUE Project. The European Union E.U, through her Senior Coordinator for the Gulf of Guinea, Amb. Nicolas Martinez, has commended the Nigerian Government for providing leadership in the Gulf of Guinea in the war against criminality in the maritime sector which has yielded desired…
Consistent with its recognition of the academia as a central stakeholder in its commitment to linkages and local development sphere of the Nigeria’s telecommunications sector, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has awarded fresh research grants and endowed professorial chairs in some Nigerian universities in the sum of N233 million. From the total sum, N172.5 million was…
