Energy

NNPCL opens new gas distribution center in Lagos.

Nigerian state oil company Gas Marketing Limited opened a gas distribution office in Ikeja, Lagos on Monday. Built by Tilt Energy Limited, the facility includes multiple offices, including conference rooms, reception areas, waiting rooms, and a truck loading station to supply customers with gasoline across the state. At the opening, NGML Gas Distribution Managing Director Lawrence Chuku said the…
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Banking

NEXIM Bank, partner of cotton producers.

The National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN) has called on NEXIM Bank to ensure cotton grower’s benefit from the bank’s financial intervention. NACOTHAN made the call in a communiqué signed by the Chairman, Conference Organising Committee, Felix Egbamuno in Abuja, after a two-day summit and expo, with the theme, ‘Revamping the Cotton Value Chain.’ He said NEXIM Bank will partner…
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Transportation

Transport unions approved by the government.

The federal government has approved the registration of the Nigerian Transport Workers Union as a union based on an application. This statement is contained in a letter provided to AATWN by the Federal Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Trade Union Services…
Education

FG has approved funding for school lunch programs.

The federal government has announced funding for the second semester of the National School Pet Feeding Program. However, the amount of the payment was not disclosed, but the federal government has said the funds for the first feeding cycle in 2023 will go to state-designated providers at participating schools. These funds will go towards free meals for 9,990,862 students across the country. These…
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Markets

Buhari appointed Awolowo as secretary of the AFCTA.

President Muhammadu Buhari approved the appointment of Mr. Olusegun Awolowo has been appointed Secretary of the African Continental Free Trade Association (AfCFTA) National Action Committee for a four-year term starting December 19, 2022. This endorsement has been granted to…
Technology

A company says workspaces will help with productivity.

Co-working space provider, Regus Nigeria, has said the availability of workspaces would aid productivity. Speaking at the unveiling of its eighth co-working space office in Lagos, Executive Vice Chairman, Regus Nigeria, Mr Ayo Akinmade, explained that access to funding had…
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Buhari says broadband penetration in Nigeria is now at 100%

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, said there was currently 100 per cent broadband penetration across the country. Buhari disclosed this at the maiden Digital Economy Conference of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, held at the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry complex. Speaking through the Minister of…
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