The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has charged members of the Board of the NNPC Greenfield Refinery Limited (NGRL), to explore all available options to bring an end to the current challenge of petroleum products importation. Mallam Kyari gave the charge Thursday while inaugurating the Board of the newly incorporated subsidiary of ... Read More »

Townhall meeting: Why we must urgently curb drug abuse in Nigeria, Obasa, stakeholders speak – Speaker says Lagos Assembly passing vital laws against drug abuse – Egunjobi pleads for more efforts in fight against substance abuse The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Thursday decried the increasing rate of drug abuse among youths ... Read More »

The naira fell further against the dollar at the parallel market on Wednesday after staying steady at 515/$ in recent days. The local currency fell to 517 against the US currency at the parallel market on Wednesday. At the Investors and Exporters’ window, the naira weakened by 0.06 per cent to close at 411.75/$ on Wednesday, according to FMDQ Group. ... Read More »

A significant step towards redeeming the pledge by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to intervene in the perennial electric power supply challenge in Maiduguri, Borno State, was taken Tuesday with the execution of the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) and Equipment Procurement contracts for a 50Megawatts (MW) Emergency Power Project in Maiduguri. The project which is an integral part ... Read More »

As the world is evolving digitally, Nigerian banks are currently looking for ways to make the banking experience better and FirstBank is not an exception to this aggressive drive. The efforts in this regard include building and constantly improving on its product offerings like the FirstMobile, its industry-leading mobile banking app; FirstOnline, the internet banking portal and many other platforms ... Read More »

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has reiterated the Corporation’s commitment to supporting the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited towards achieving its goal of becoming a global LNG company of choice. Speaking as a Guest of Honour at the 2021 NLNG Health Safety and Environment (HSE) Day, the GMD, who was ... Read More »

From left: Mr. Kabir Mashi, Regional Manager, North West, Unity Bank Plc, Omolola Kehinde, 2nd runner up, Aisha Tata Mohammed, Kano State NYSC Coordinator, Yahaya Muhammad, the overall winner, Mr. Mustapha Idris Baba, Zonal Head, North West, Unity Bank Plc and Alade Ayinde, the first runner up in the 6th edition of the NYSC Corpreneurship Challenge held in Kano last ... Read More »

Nigerian youths have been advised to pursue after their passion rather than money or immediate gains. This was the consensus opinion of panelists at Ecobank Nigeria special advocacy program with the theme: “Finding your Voice”, a Career, Creativity, and Skills to commemorate this year’s International Youth Day in Lagos. The panelists include Adeoluwa Enioluwa, a Writer and Public Speaker; Ozinna ... Read More »

Nigerian man identified as Salau Abdulmalik Femi has been arrested by detectives from the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for allegedly hacking into the server of a Nigerian bank to steal N1.87 billion. The suspect, police said, is the kingpin of a syndicate that specialises in hacking into the servers of banks and corporate agencies. ... Read More »

Another Chibok schoolgirl, Hassana Adamu, emerged with two children birthed in captivity on Saturday, seven years after Boko Haram abducted her. Hassana was one of over 200 schoolgirls abducted at a Government Secondary School in Chibok on April 14, 2014, by Boko Haram insurgents. Last month, Another Chibok schoolgirl, Ruth Pogu, and a man, said to be her husband, had ... Read More »