FG reiterates commitment to make Nigeria leading Sugar producer, approves US$73m, 10,000 hectares of plantation
Dec. 26, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari commenced the week under review with the inauguration of a US$ 73 million intervention fund for irrigation to boost the Sugar backward integration programme,…
Pipeline fire throws part of Lagos into darkness; won’t affect petroleum products supply – NNPC
December 25, 2021 The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd. says Friday’s pipeline fire in Iyana-Odo/Baruwa axis of Lagos State will not disrupt the supply of petroleum products across the…
How Three-year-old Titan Trust Bank seeks to acquire 104-year-old Union Bank
December 24, 2021 Titan Trust Bank which seeks to acquire 104 years old Union Bank of Nigeria Plc was registered on December 11, 2018, according to details from the Corporate…
Divestment: Titan Trust Bank acquires 89.39% stake in UBN
Dec. 23, 2021 Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc on Thursday announced a proposed divestment of majority shareholding interest in the bank to Titan Trust Bank Ltd. The UBN Company…
AstraZeneca vaccine booster works against Omicron, Oxford lab study finds
Dec. 23, 2021 A three-dose course of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is effective against the rapidly-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant, the pharmaceutical company said on Thursday, citing data from an Oxford University…
NNPC records N203bn from petroleum products sale in July, drop in pipeline vandalisation
December 23, 2021 The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd. says the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), its downstream subsidiary made a sum of ₦203.73 billion from the sale of…
ENGINEERING ECONOMIC REFORMATION, BY ARIZE NWOBU
December 21, 2021 Economy is the lifeblood of a people. Citizens are happier and healthier mentally when the economy is buoyant, prosperous and with minimal inflation. But they are more…
Senate shows urgency, passes Finance Bill two weeks after transmission
December 21, 2021 Senate on Tuesday at plenary passed the Finance Bill 2021, transmitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Dec 7, a record speed in Nigerian…
COVID-19: WHO says Omicron spreading faster than Delta variant
Dec. 21, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is now “consistent evidence” that the Omicron variant was outpacing Delta, as COVID-19 continues to account for around 50,000 deaths…
LAGOS RAISES N137.3 BILLION CAPITAL MARKET BOND TO ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE DEFICIT
Dec. 21, 2021 …Regional Road, Lekki-Epe Expressway, healthcare top investment priorities’ All statutory instruments that will facilitate the raising of N137.328 billion bond by Lagos State Government from the capital…