The Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria (NAEC) has elected Mr Dodondawa Olatunde Tajudeen of the Nigerian Tribune Newspapers as the new Chairman of the association. Dodondawa with others who emerged as sole candidates for their positions include Sabastine Obasi of the Vanguard Newspapers as Secretary General, Simon Ugwu of Daily Times as Financial Secretary, Adewale Sanyaolu of the Sun newspapers as Treasurer while Ugo Amadi of the Champion newspapers won the position of Public relation officer in a keenly contested election. Ugo Amadi defeated Opeoluwani Akintayo of the Sweetcrude Reports and Felix Douglas by 12 to 5 and…
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Yemisi Izuora Nigeria Mining Week, the flagship mining conference and expo in West Africa, will return to Abuja from 15-17 October following its tremendous success in October 2017. “Not only a landmark achievement, but an encouragement for the mining sector” is how Alh. Sani Shehu, the President of MAN (Miners Association of Nigeria), described the second edition of Nigeria Mining Week. He adds: “the participation of about 14 nations is an illustration of the desire of global players, service and technology providers to go beyond their shores and tap into the minerals-rich soil of Nigeria.”. Mines and Steel Development Minister…
Yemisi Izuora The Nigeria Union of Journalists Press Freedom Awards 2018 has kicked off with an appeal by the Union for stakeholders to nominate individuals and corporate bodies for recognition. The event is being organised to motivate journalists, promote press freedom, good governance and democracy in Nigeria through recognising courageous journalists who have risked their lives by reporting on critical news events. The Union said: “Many journalists have faced threats, harassment, physical injury, imprisonment and death in the course of their assignments. They need to be recognised and celebrated.” The awards are in four categories and will be given to:…
Gerard Izuora The Independent Electoral Commission has asked the National Population Commission to update it with record of dead citizens since 2015 to enable it to “sanitise’’ the voter register. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the requested when he visited the Chairman of NPC, Eze Duruiheoma, in Abuja. He said that the records were necessary to enable the electoral umpire to expunge names of dead persons from the national voter register. Yakubu said: “We will like to partner NPC and ask that the population commission make available records of dead citizens since 2015 to enable us take…
Yemisi Izuora The Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has applauded the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, for signing the 2018 Appropriation Bill into law in record time. A statement issued and signed by the Chairman, Dr. Qasim Akinreti, and Secretary, Alfred Odifa, described the passage of the year 2018 Budget of N1.046 trillion as unique for the rapid developmental strides of the Ambode administration. The statement further urged the Governor to continue the good work he has started in Lagos by faithfully implementing the Budget, tagged: “Budget of Progress and Development.” The Union said the full…
Our Correspondent Troops of 101 special Forces Battalion on Exercise Ayem Akpatuma (Cat Race) deployed at Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State swiftly responded to a distress call and supported troops at Gwamba village under attack by herdsmen on Tuesday. Despite the swift reaction to rescue the village from destruction, the notorious herdsmen set the village ablaze before the troops arrival. The determined troops trailed the herdsmen and arrested six of them at Garigiji village while trying to escape. During the process of the arrest, the herdsmen showed resistance, which made the alert troops to engage them and killed…
Our Correspondent No fewer than 20 persons were killed on Tuesday in a fresh attack by militia men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in four communities in Demsa Local government area, Adamawa State. The locals said the invaders attacked the communities at about 8am and set houses ablaze with property worth millions of naira destroyed. Residents called on the federal government to save them from constant attack by Fulani militias. The four affected communities have been deserted while security is said to have been drafted there. The incident took place few days after herdsmen and farmers, at a stakeholders’ meeting…
Our Correspondent The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday released the full-year 2017 Gross Domestic Product growth rate for the country, with the economy growing by 0.82 per cent. The 0.82 per cent growth in GDP was an improvement over the contraction of -1.58 per cent, which the economy recorded in 2016 during the period of recession. The bureau, in the report that was made available to our correspondent, said the economy further consolidated its recovery from recession with the GDP growing by 1.92 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2017, as against 1.4 per cent in the…
Yemisi Izuora United Bank for Africa (UBA) and China Development Bank (CDB), the world’s largest development finance institution, have signed a $100 million seven-year loan agreement to finance the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Africa. The $100 million loan will enhance UBA’s capacity to provide access to finance to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the 19 African countries where UBA currently operates. “We are excited to partner with China Development Bank (CDB), the Development Financial Institution of the Chinese Government, on this historic transaction, as we strongly believe that the facility will serve as a catalyst…
Yemisi Izuora The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in a bid to address the acute shortage of lower denomination currencies, on Tuesday commenced an exercise aimed at flooding the market with N100, N50, N20, N10 and N5 notes. The apex bank, however, warned against hoarding and cloning of the lower currency notes, stating that anyone caught would face the full wrath of the law. Speaking at a sensitisation programme at the Wuse Market in Abuja, the Director, Currency Operations, CBN, Mrs. Priscilla Eleje, said the apex bank was unhappy that lower denomination naira notes were in short supply. She stated…
