The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says it will on Tuesday June 28th issue Petroleum Prospecting Licences (PPL) to successful awardees of Marginal Fields in the 2020 Bid Round. This the Commison said is pursuant to the provis…
‘I made a mistake choosing my number two’ – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed regret at choosing Atiku Abubakar as running mate and eventual Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria between 1999 and 2007. Obasanjo, who remnisced his life and feats both as a military head …
Pentecostal leadership in Nigeria declares June 26 PVC Sunday
Pentecostal churches nationwide would press on their members to go in search of permanent voters’ cards (PVC) to enable them cast votes in 2023 massively. To achieve this, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), the umbrella body of all Pentecosta…
Atiku Abubakar applauds Supreme Court’s judgement on Electoral Act
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential flagbearer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has applauded the recent Supreme Court ruling over the contentious Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act, 2022. The apex court had on Friday held that President Mohammed…
Intending exporters urged to ditch ‘customsphobia’
Exporters from the Niger Delta region interested in joining the non-oil export business have been told to do away with extreme fear of the Customs. A senior Customs officer who stated this in Port Harcourt, said agents and informed persons have used a …
Dingtone mobile service solutions to save cost for Nigerian SMEs
Dingtone, a United States calling app, said it is expanding its range of services to the Nigerian market with affordable top-phone services to small and medium-scale enterprises. Dingtone is a calling app that works by utilising the latest VOIP technol…
Passage of Local Government Autonomy Bill, a triumph, says Idris Abdul
Idris Miliki Abdul, executive director, Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (CHRCR), has said that the passage of the Local Government Autonomy Bill into law by the Kogi State House of Assembly is a triumph for grassroots development. T…
Naira falls to N615 as dollar scarcity hits FX markets
Foreign exchange users who patronise the unofficial market may be worse off now as Naira exchanges with the dollar at N615, lowest ever, following scarcity of the greenback, traders told BusinessDay on Friday. With the current rate Naira has lost 8.85 …
US school of health appoints Nigerian-born professor dean
Calvin University School of Health, United States has appointed Adejoke Ayoola, a Nigerian-born and trained professor of Nursing as its inaugural dean, citing outstanding feats that stood her out for the job. The university in an official announcement …
Pay us our unremitted N1.2bn check-off dues, SSANU tells Obaseki, AAU
The leadership of the South-South zone of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has called on the Edo State Government and management of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, to release the N1.2 billion unremitted check-off due…