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Preserve Intellectual Freedom in Student Loan Policy, CAPPA Urges FG, NELFUND Managers- ………Warns Against Transforming Fund into a Discriminatory Policy.

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the federal government and Trustees of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to abandon plans to restrict access of the loan to specific courses deemed “high demand” and...

FG To Scale Down Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway To Six Lanes

The federal government says the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project will be reviewed from ten to six lanes and for a lower cost. The minister of works, David Umahi, made the disclosure during a tour of the highway on Friday. He said...

Shell Trades It’s Nigeria Onshore Assets For Huge Fresh Investment In Deepwater Project

Shell secured the Nigerian government's approval of a major asset sale in the country by committing to a fresh large-scale investment in the Bonga North field, the Financial Times reported today, citing unnamed sources familiar with both deals. The Anglo-Dutch...

JUST IN: Dangote Refinery Reduces Petrol Price To N970 Per Litre

Dangote Petroleum and Petrochemicals has reduced the price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol from N990 to N970/ litre for marketers. The 650,000 barrels per day refinery, Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer, Mr. Anthony Chiejina made this...

COP29: Nigerian, African CSOs Back G77, China’s Call For Climate Finance Trillions,Tech Transfer

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN, 18 NOV 2024: At the ongoing COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition has thrown its weight behind a demand by developing countries led by G77 and China for improved and...

BREAKING: Tinubu Arrives Riyadh For Joint Arab-Islamic Summit

BREAKING: Tinubu arrives Riyadh for Joint Arab-Islamic Summit Tinubu arrives Riyadh for Joint President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to attend the Joint Arab-Islamic Summit, which kicks off on Monday, November 11 (tomorrow)....

Korean Investors To Build Four Refinery In Nigeria, Says FG

Investors from South Korea has concluded plans to build four 100,000-barrel capacity refineries in various locations in Nigeria, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, stated this at the maiden edition...

Independence: We’re Emerging Economic Powerhouse Of Nigeria – Gov. Abiodun

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has declared that his state is emerging as the powerhouse in Nigeria through deliberate policies aimed at implementing local initiatives to transform the lives of the people, as well as supporting federal government...

Polaris Bank Is Nigeria’s Best Bank In MSME Lending

Polaris Bank, Nigeria’s leading retail commercial banking has emerged as Nigeria’s Best Bank in Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) lending. The lender was recognised over the weekend for it’s long standing commitments to supporting MSMEs through several direct and...

Coca-Cola’s $1 Billion ‘Audio’ Investment, A Poisoned Chalice, CAPPA Warns

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to rethink his Presidency’s fraternity with corporations who break the nation’s laws and harm public health. The non-governmental organisation’s statement is coming on the heels of...
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Ogun Revamps Technical Colleges to Equip Students for Global Competitiveness

The Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, has said that the ongoing rehabilitation of...
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Court Sentences Two Indian Hemp Traffickers To Three Years Imprisonment

Justice Daniel Osiagor of a Federal High Court, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced two Indian hemp dealers, Tawa Adenike 52, and Elijah Sunday, 45,...

Fundamental Right Suit: Produce Applicant In Court, Judge Orders Police

A federal high court sitting in Lagos presided over by Justice Daniel Osiagor today ordered the Nigerian Police to produced one Mr Christian...

Alleged 100m Fraud: Court Adjourns Arraignment Of Dr. Daphne Dafinone

The scheduled arraignment of Dr. Daphne Dafinone, a board member of the Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), before a Federal...

Ogun CUPP Remains illegal, irritant body, thrives on blackmail – APC

The All Progressive Congress, APC, Ogun State chapter has condemned the recent outburst of the Coalition of United Political Parties,CUPP, which criticized Prince Dapo...