Sept. 10, 2025 The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of NNPC Ltd. has extended its Vulnerable Farmers Training Programme to Northern Nigeria, marking the second phase…
Category: Business & Economy
SHOW-STOPPERS: TD Africa, IBM spotlight digital innovation at GITEX Nigeria 2025
Africa’s leading technology distributor, TD Africa and IBM operated by MIBB, were the real show-stoppers at the just-concluded GITEX Nigeria 2025, held for the first time in the country from September 1st to…
Nationwide blackout: National grid collapses again
The nationwide blackout has been attributed to national grid collapse, a frequent denominator in the nation’s power generation and supply chain. Out of the 11 DISCOs across, only Ibadan DISCO has as…
IOM unveils €5.1m conflict prevention, resilience project for Katsina, Zamfara
Sept. 8, 2025 The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), on Monday, inaugurated a €5.1 million fund to enhance conflict prevention and crisis response programmes in Zamfara and Katsina States. The 18-month programme…
Taming the inflation headwind, by Arize Nwobu
Headwinds are factors that push against and create negative effects in an economy and tailwinds are factors that push forward and create positive effects in an economy. Major headwinds against Nigeria’s economy…
Cardoso restates CBN’s position on macroeconomic stability, stronger banking sector
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Olayemi Cardoso, has reiterated the apex bank’s commitment to macroeconomic stability, fortifying the banking sector and establishing Nigeria as a top investment…
ONE MILLION COMPUTERS: Zinox partners KongaCares to computerise schools
At the heart of the Computerise Nigeria Initiative is the vision of each child to a computer. With flexible, interest-free payment options available, the program is designed to break financial barriers and…
PTD chides NUPENG over threats to Dangote, urges drivers to ignore nationwide strike notice
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) has ridiculed the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) over its escalating leadership crisis, and for its lack of coordination and wisdom to peacefully…
Dangote, NUPENG Face-off: NLC seeks Tinubu’s intervention
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to promptly intervene in the face-off between the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Dangote Group,…
Production Sharing Contract and Nigeria’s pursuit of increased crude oil production, by Akpandem James
Just about this time last year, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) announced an ambitious programme to increase Nigeria’s crude oil output by one million barrels per day, over a 12…