From the 80s up to the late 90s, Sokoto had many functional industries, which included the ceramics, tannery, furniture as well as fertilizer blending plants, among others… Governor Ahmed Aliyu has charged the Sokoto State Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, with promoting the state’s potential to the outside world, especially in the areas…
Pascal Gabriel Dozie ,the founder of the defunct Diamond Bank Plc and former Chairman of MTN Nigeria, has died at the age of 85. The family sources, said that he died in the early hours of Tuesday, April 8, 2025, just a day before his 86th birthday, after a battle with an age-related illness. Dozie…
The Botswana High Commissioner to Nigeria, Miss Philda Nani Kereng, is pushing for increase bilateral trades between the two countries.She commended the Nigerian governments for doing so much for the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Kereng, who spoke on Monday in Abuja on the occasion of her country’s 58 Independence anniversary, said: ” Currently, the trade…
In a breakdown of the report, the EIA said: ” Seaborne petroleum product shipments from Nigeria averaged 561,000 barrels per day in the second quarter of 2026, compared with an annual average of 79,000 bpd in 2023, Vortexa data showed.”
The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has presented the first sample of Premium Motor Spirit, commonly known as petrol. Dangote made the presentation on Tuesday during a broadcast at his refinery located in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State. The refinery, with a capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, has been engaged in a…
Yuqing made the disclosure in an address during the Lagos Forum New Year Media Symposium, where she reviewed bilateral relations and outlined prospects for deeper cooperation in 2026.
The MAN leader urged the government to intervene and instruct NAFDAC to cease disrupting member activities and to abide by the suspension of the ban.
Francis Meshioye, the President of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), says that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery needs all the support of Nigerians – the government, regulators and Marketers, to enable it to perform optimally. “The Refinery will be a reliable source of fuel and petrochemical products that are essential for capacity utilisation and value addition…
Peter Obi, LP Presidential Candidate 2023, has described Nigeria’s contingent at the ongoing COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, totaled 1411, as a waste of public fund. Obi, on his social media handle, X, said : ” the vast majority of those in the Nigerian delegation to COP28 are either non relevant civil servants or…
” These SUPs and styrofoam products often clog drainage channels and canals in Lagos.” The Lagos Government has ordered two agencies to clamp down on all the single -use plastics production companies and distribution outlets for Styrofoam in the state, to prevent further distributions. Tokunbo Wahab, the State’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, disclosed…
