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EKEDC bags ISO 27001 Certification
Sopuruchi Onwuka Leading indigenous utility company, Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), has earned international recognition for installing and operating measures that prevent and mitigate loss, damage, theft, and other threats to information assets. According to the company’s corporate communications unit,…
NCDMB’s NCIF supports local businesses with N259 bn
Lays funding model forAfrican energy industry Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Intervention Fund (NCIF) of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has delivered commitment of $324 million or N38.4 billion to significant 69 local businesses in the country….
Nigeria’s population to double by 2050
Nigeria’s population is set to jump to about 377 million people by 2050, according to global population predictions by the United Nations. The estimates show the Africa’s most populous country would now be sparring numbers with the United States as…
Wabote sells funding, partnership strategy to NDDC
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has advised the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to enthrone internal management system that would dismantle impediments to private sector funding. Executive Secretary, Engr Simbi Wabote, declared at the NDDC…
NCDMB rallies oil contractors with NOGOF 2023
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) will in the middle of next month host a robust expo on contract opportunities in the upcoming projects in the petroleum industry. The event which is in its fourth edition…
Players demand data dashboard for fuel market
Sopuruchi Onwuka Players in the Nigerian downstream petroleum industry have called on government to coordinate deep pool of industry data to provide vision and direction for the market operations. At a virtual seminar on “The Importance of Data and Automation…
EU, ECOWAS thrash Nigeria’s election, want riggers prosecuted
Sopuruchi Onwuka The European Union has asked the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to arrest and prosecute all people involved in electoral violence in the ongoing 2023 elections, saying that the conduct and outcomes of the election so far fall…
Remains beatified Woman’s heart cleansed of disease, scientists say
The preserved heart of a holy French woman from the 19th century intrigued scientists after they found the relic showed no signs of the heart disease that supposedly afflicted her. Some church members see this as a sign of a…
Nigerian bags 5 year jail in US for love scam
Sopuruchi Onwuka A Nigerian resident in the United States of America, Adedunmole Gbadegesin, will spend some 60 months in jail for scamming woman with the pretense of love. Mrs Gbadegesin who involved in a scheme that cost a Lexington woman…
Division rocks Anglican Church over gay couples
The Church of England is to be ostracized by the body that represents the majority of Anglicans after it backed blessings for gay couples. For the first time in its history, General Synod, the Church of England’s legislative body, voted…
