InfraCredit, a ‘AAA”(NG) rated specialised infrastructure credit guarantee institution in Nigeria and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the development agency of the French government and the main implementing agency for France’s official de…
Barkindo’s death snuffs out cheer at NOG 2022
The funeral sadness that pervaded the atmosphere around the events hall of the International Conference Center, Abuja following the death of Muhammed Barkindo, Secretary-General of OPEC, was palpable from organisers to attendees as many continued to wi…
Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, the outgoing secretary general of OPEC, is dead.
Barkindo who was received by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, and later gave a speech at the ongoing Nigeria oil and gas conference (NOG) died at about 11pm on Tuesday night. Mallam Mele Kyari, group managing director of NNPC Ltd confirmed the dea…
Boy Ryker set to release new EP project
Nigerian rising music talent, Ezugwu Chinecherem Cornelius also known as Boy Ryker wants to consolidate on the success of his recent single, Blessed, featuring Jeriq which garnered over 1.5 million streams across the board. With new motivation, the rap…
NIS arrests travellers aboard Qatar Airways with stolen, fake passports
The officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos Command has arrested two travellers over stolen and fake international passports. The travellers, Melekwe Gift and Melekwe Peace who were on their way to Indi…
Fidelity Bank dissolves boards of three indebted DisCos
The apex bank is now contemplating a change in the rules in light of the poor performance of at least five of the distribution companies read more Fidelity Bank dissolves boards of three indebted DisCos
‘IOCs’ divestment from upstream assets presents opportunity not threat- NUPRC boss
Gbenga Komolafe, the chief executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), has charged the Independent Petroleum Producers in Nigeria (IPPG) to see the divestment of international oil companies (IOCs) in the sector as an opp…
SeamlessHR to launch Codeable to attract youths to digital economy
Special Olympics Nigeria has partnered with SeamlessHR, Africa’s HR & Payroll technology company, to launch CODEABLE, an initiative to promote the participation of vulnerable youths in the digital economy. The program is designed to tackle inequality a…
Renewable energy as viable solution to Nigeria’s electricity crisis
Sterling Bank Plc and Stears Data have, in a new report on Nigeria’s electricity crisis, advocated the adoption of renewable energy as a viable solution to complement domestic and commercial supply. The report entitled, “Powering Nigeria: How solar ene…
NSIA, Vitol to commit $50m to climate solutions in Nigeria
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and Vitol announced on Monday a partnership to enable them cut down greenhouse gas emissions in Nigeria through investment in projects that address critical environmental and climate threats. Under the …