The National Agency for Prohibition of Traffick in persons (NAPTIP) in collaboration with partners, said it had deepened its commitment to end cases of child labour, abuse and trafficking for sexual exploitation in the state.
The Head of the agency in the state, Mrs Bertha Offor, disclosed this on Saturday at the 2022 edition of World Day Against Human Trafficking.
Offor revealed that the event…
Workers of Addax Petroleum Development Nigeria have embarked on strike in protest against anti-labour practices by the firm, causing possible reduction in Nigeria’s crude oil production by 22,000 barrels per day.
Addax, owned by China’s Sinopec Group, has four Oil Mining…
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday declared that the collection of two to three years’ rent in advance by property owners was causing more harm than good to Nigeria’s economy.
Fashola, who intensified the push for monthly rent payments…
Four million, seven hundred and sixty-nine thousand, six hundred and eighty-five million subscribers have gotten Subscriber Identity Modules since the Federal Government barred outgoing calls from SIMs that have not been linked to their National Identification Numbers.
This is according to new subscriber data from the Nigerian Communications Commission. When the Federal Government barred lines…
TotalEnergies has begun oil production from the Ikike field located in oil mining lease (OML) 99.
The field, owned jointly with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, was discovered in 1977, with TotalEnergies (the operator) holding 40 per cent shares and…
Dangote petrochemical plant to position Nigeria as polypropylene hub in Africa
July 29, 2022
Dangote’s $2 billion Petrochemical Plant located at Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, when fully operational will position Nigeria as one of Africa’s largest petrochemicals hubs and boost non-oil export earnings for the country, according to the Dangote Group President, Aliko…
Leading digital technology solutions providers, innovative users and digital savvy states have been honoured at the 18th Annual Titans of Tech Awards which held in Lagos.
African Data Centre was crowned as the Most Innovative Data Centre Service Provider Of The Year, Zoho Technologies emerged as the Most Innovative Business Productivity Solutions Provider Of The Year and Itel was voted Most…
The NASFAT Agency for Zakat and Sadaqat (NAZAS) in partnership with Havek Leadership Academy has trained 15 business Owners.
The training tagged “Train-to-fund” Scheme was meant to empower some Nigerians.
The Two days training programme organised for those shortlisted…
The Culture Festival, a global event series organised by the Art of Living Foundation, has pledged to inspire and support youth entrepreneurs to continually support economic growth through entrepreneurship.
The foundation confirmed the commitment ahead of its forum holding…
Non-remittance of dollars to foreign reserves by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is responsible for naira’s free fall in the official and parallel markets, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said.
As at the close of work yesterday, the naira traded for N700/$1 at the parallel market and N415.96/$1 at the official market.
The CBN explanation was given in report that was…