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Dangote’s N1trn Fund to educate 1.3m Nigerian Students
Sopuruchi Onwuka Chairman of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Thursday launched a N1 trillion education fund expected to support about 1.3 million Nigerian students over the next decade, making it the largest private education intervention in the country’s…
Cross River will not trivialize issues of digital violence – Irom
Ani Bassey Edema Irom, the Cross River State Women Affairs Commissioner said issues that border on digital violence will no longer be trivialized in the state. She disclosed this in a goodwill message during a symposium on 16 days of…
Gas-to-power: FG to pay N185bn gas debt, and the wheel spins
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, recently announced that the federal government is preparing to pay about $128 million (roughly N185 billion) in gas debts tied to the gas-to-power program. It’s another reminder of…
Nigeria under review as US plans new travel restrictions
Nigeria may be affected by a new round of United States travel restrictions as the Trump administration moves to widen its travel-ban list from 19 countries to more than 30. Nigeria is already classified by the administration as a “country…
2025 Licensing Round: NUPRC sets financial baseline for participants despite lower entry bar
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has stressed that only financially solid companies will qualify for the 2025 Licensing Round, even though the approved signature-bonus range has been set at a comparatively low $3 million to $7 million. The…
Shell expands gas network to connect new industrial customers in Ogun State
Shell Nigeria Gas Limited (SNG) is expanding its gas distribution footprint in Ogun State with a new agreement to supply gas to SG Industrial FZE, a major steel producer in the Guandong industrial zone. The deal adds to SNG’s growing…
Heirs Energies, partners sign deals on OML 17 flare gas commercialization
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and Heirs Energies have formalized Gas Flare Commercialization Agreements for OML 17 under both the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialization Program (NGFCP) and approved Non-NGFCP frameworks. The agreements moves the project from…
Macron Vows to Assist Nigeria After Wave of Student Kidnappings
French President Emmanuel Macron says France will increase support to Nigeria as the country battles a surge in jihadist and criminal violence. Macron said President Bola Tinubu asked for broader cooperation, and he pledged to work more closely with Nigerian…
ECOWAS troops deployed after failed coup in Benin
Fourteen Beninois military personnel have been arrested and stabilization force from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) deployed in Cotonou following failed coup attempt to oust the country’s president on Sunday. The coup attempt in Benin comes after…
NCDMB takes home Ease of Doing Business Award for straight 4th year
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has strengthened its position as a national leader in public sector efficiency, securing the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council’s Transparency and Efficiency Champion Award for the fourth year in a row….
