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Ebereonwu canvasses industry-academia collaboration to close skill gaps
Sopuruchi Onwuka Emerging Nigerian petroleum industry policy analyst, Dr Charles Ebereonwu, has called for effective collaboration between the nation’s industrial sector and the academia in order to deepen innovations that propel economic development of the country. Dr Ebereonwu, who currently…
Money market awaits signals as CBN’s MPC holds 1st meeting
Sopuruchi Onwuka Players in the Nigerian financial markets are in full attention as the new administration of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) convenes its first monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting at the end of February to roll out new…
FG welcomes back bureaux de change into forex market
Sopuruchi Onwuka The federal government now allows unofficial foreign-exchange trading back into market in a measure to narrow the gap with the official rate the Naira. And the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given the Association of Bureaux…
Blinken charges Tinubu to protect civilians from terrorists
The United States Secretary of States, Mr Antony Blinken, has tasked the government of President Tunubu to provide a guarantee of safety and security to civilians in the country. Visiting Blinken assured the Tinubu government that the United States is…
Corruption, hostile environment hinder US investments in Nigeria
Sopuruchi Onwuka The government of the United States of America has blamed uncongenial business environment and fear of corruption as key hindrances to investment capital flow from the world’s biggest economy into the Africa’s most populous country. The American Secretary…
Axxela joins United Nations Global Compact
Sopuruchi Onwuka Pioneer private sector developer of natural gas distribution pipelines in Nigeria, Axxela Limited (Axxela), declares that it has joined thousands of global corporate operators in promoting sustainability under the United Nations (UN) Global Compact initiative. Axxela is a…
Oil prices climb on strong demand, Middle East crisis
Sopuruchi Onwuka The prices of crude at international commodity exchanges surged on Thursday as the International Energy Agency (IEA) agreed with rival Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) that global demand for petroleum energy will remain string in the year….
Iran enters the Middle East fray, fires in all directions
A branch of the Iranian armed forces, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, unleashed its fore power in the week as it went in pursuit if the country’s perceived enemies everywhere in the region. Iran launched ballistic missiles into Iraq and…
Israel rejects Palestinian State solution to Gaza conflict
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he has told the United States that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state as part of any postwar scenario, underscoring the deep divisions between the close allies three months into Israel’s…
Red Sea ship diversions unsettle vessel charter, bunker markets
* Shell, MOL, others halt all transits Sopuruchi Onwuka Continued Pirate attacks by unyielding Yemeni Houthi rebels on international shipping lines and the deterring airstrikes by the United States and the United Kingdom have made crossing canals and seas in…
