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139 investors ready to commercialize flare gas - FG

The Federal Government, on Thursday, said a total of 139 investors had shown readiness to monetise the gas flares from the 48 flare sites across the country. It disclosed this at the 2022 Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme Bidders Conference and Investors Forum, organised to intimate all qualified applicants, partners, sponsors and technology providers on the structure of the…
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Aviation

NiMET workers give 14-day strike notice.

Another disruption in the aviation industry is imminent as three workers’ unions have threatened to ground operations at the Nigerian Meteorological Agency over wages over failure to implement minimum consequential adjustment wage. The unions, which include the National…
Brands & People

NSSF is taking action to promote youth employment.

Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund, a non-profit organisation, says it is stepping up efforts to reskill the Nigerian youths to boost job creation. A member of the NSSF Advisory Board, Bola Adesola, said this in her opening speech during a book launch by the NGO, titled, ‘We…
Brands & People

The African Alliance paid out 25.7 billion naira claims over three years.

Life insurance company, African Alliance, said it paid N25.7bn claims to its policyholders in three years. The company which recently won the ‘Claims Excellence Insurance Company of the Year 2022’ award by Banks and Financial Institutions, said it consistently increased claims payment by 17 per cent year on year since 2020. A statement by the company said t in 2020, over N7.1bn was paid out in…
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Market

Economists expect inflation to ease as consumer demand declines.

Economists say limited demand for currency swaps and other central bank policies could lower inflation in January. They note that changes in the structure of the currency and the cashless policy pursued by leading banks may not have a long-term effect in curbing inflation in the country. Shogun Ajibola, professor of economics at Babcock University and former president of the Royal Institute of…
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Energy

Heifer launches solar power plant for farmers in Lagos.

Heifer International’s sponsored agritech storage solution, ColdHubs, has launched its solar-powered facility for smallholder farmers and sellers of perishable farm produce at the ABAT CBD Market in Ibeju-Lekki. The agritech company made this know during the launch on…
Markets

Dangote, Tough Deal at Ogun Cement Plant.

Dangote Industries Limited announced that it has signed a contract with China Sinoma International Engineering to build a 6 million tonne/year cement plant in Itori, Ogun State. According to a statement from the company, the agreement was signed by Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote Cement Plc, along with Devakumar Edwin, managing director of strategy, capital projects and portfolio development of…
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