L-R: Pro Pro-Chancellor, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Hon. Justice Pearl Enejere (rtd), Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Malam Mele Kyari and the University’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Lawal Suleiman Bilbis, during a meeting at the NNPC Towers, Abuja. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Usmanu...
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) Governing Council has approved ninety-six (96) new Nigerian Industrial Standards for national use. The approval was given at the first meeting of the Council following the appointment of Mallam Farouk Salim as the Director General. TheFact Nigeria observed that these cut across Chemical Technology, Electrical/Electronics,...
The National Inland Waterways Authority ( NIWA) is employing the services of Akewa Colmar Terminal Limited (ACTL) to move containers from Lagos port to the Onisha River Port through Burutu Port in Delta State. The general manager for corporate affairs, Jibril Darda’u, in a statement on Thursday said the relocation...
The Governor of Kaduna state, Malam Nasir El'Rufai has inaugurated the board of Kaduna State Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA). The event was chaired by the Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Hajiya Hadiza Balarabe. Governor El'rufai on his official twitter handle, @GovKaduna wrote: "@InvestKaduna, chaired by Deputy Governor @DrHadiza Balarabe. "The Vice-Chairman of...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has made good its word, as it has released 50,000 metric tonnes of Maize into the Nigerian market. The Bank’s February 2021 release of Maize in fulfilment of its pledge to reduce the price of the commodity, was done through the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme...
Key Senior Executives across the oil and gas industry will converge at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja on 29 March 2021 under the auspices of Nigeria’s Ministry of Petroleum Resources’ Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (N.I.P.S) for a hybrid conference and high-level networking session. The event, which is a pre-summit conference of...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said it has recorded a peak electricity of 5,615 megawatts (MW) on the national grid. A statement by its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah on Monday night said the new peak which is the highest so far was transmitted at a frequency of 50.20 Hertz,. TCN said...
Despite the disruptions to the economy, owning majorly to coronavirus pandemic, Dangote Sugar Refinery recorded an increase in production volume which rose by 13.7 percent to 743,858 tonnes in the financial year ended December 31, 2020, compared to 654,071 tonnes in 2019. The sugar group also posted increase in sales...
Addressing the WTO General Council immediately after taking office on 1 March, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called on members to “do things differently” to achieve reforms necessary to keep the WTO relevant, starting with swift action to curb harmful fisheries subsidies, and to help scale up COVID-19 vaccine production and...
…Cautions Against Hoarding, Panic Buying Contrary to speculations of imminent increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) in the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has ruled out any increment in the ex-depot price of petrol in March, 2021. A press release by the Group General Manager, Group...