January 2025 – Page 21

FG Presents Licences To Gas Distributors

29.01.2025

The Federal Government through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has presented Gas Distribution Licenses to some companies. The Authority Chief Executive, NMDPRA, Engr Farouk Ahmed, speaking at the Gas Distribution Licence (GDL) award ceremony in Abuja, yesterday stated that the agency received 30 applications for licenses from which it approved 10....

Security Operatives Secure PDP Secretariat Amid Clash

29.01.2025

Following the heated confrontation between Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye over the National Secretary position, security personnel have taken over the secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja. New Telegraph reports that the duo disagreement began on Wednesday when both party leaders arrived for a Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting at the PDP...

Access Bank Clinches This days ‘Global Bank Of The Year’ Award

29.01.2025

Access Bank PLC (‘the Bank’), the flagship subsidiary of Access Holdings PLC (‘the Company’), has been honoured with the prestigious THISDAY Global Bank of the Year award for 2024, recognising its significant impact on the global banking landscape. In addition, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, Chairman of Access Holdings, received the distinguished THISDAY Titan of the Year award...

How Unsafe Abortion Causes Life-Threatening Complications For Women

29.01.2025

Unsafe abortion is a significant contributor to maternal deaths in Nigeria, with estimates ranging from 20,000 to 50,000 deaths annually.This high mortality rate is primarily due to restrictive abortion laws, which drive women to seek unsafe procedures from unqualified practitioners majority of maternal deaths in Nigeria are linked to unsafe abortions. According to a recent...

Customs To Commence Implementation Of New Export Guidelines

29.01.2025

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) will commence implementation of new guidelines regulating the dwell time for import and export consignments at port terminals, reflecting its commitment to trade facilitation in line with the Federal Government’s Ease of Doing Business initiatives. The Nigeria Customs PRO, Mr Abdullahi Maiwada, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on...

Climate Change: Nigeria, Others Get Less From $200bn Requirement

29.01.2025

Country Manager, VITOL, Chibuzor Ifeanyi, has said that Nigeria and other African countries only get $35 billion annually out of the $200 billion requirement to aid the continent’s energy and climate-related goals. He decried that this was grossly inadequate. He spoke yesterday during a webinar with the theme: “Interrogating Just & Inclusive Energy Transition for...

Industrial Engineering Catalyst For Sustainable Infrastructure, Inclusive Growth

29.01.2025

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission Gbenga Komolafe, has described industrial engineering as a catalyst for sustainable infrastructure, inclusive growth and development. He made this known during a lecture he delivered at the Department of Industrial and System Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Lagos State University, on Tuesday, 28th January 2025....

Tinubu Has Won War Against Terrorism Via CDS – Group

29.01.2025

The Coalition of Nigerian Youth Leaders (CONYL) yesterday praised President Bola Tinubu for appointing Gen. Christopher Musa as the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). According to the group, Musa’s appointment is yielding results in the war against terrorism. In a statement by President-General Goodluck Ibem, the group several key changes had been implemented in the...

95% Of NIMR’s Research Grant Are From Foreign Donors, Sponsors, Says DG

29.01.2025

The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) Director-General John Obafunwa has said more than 95 per cent of the institute’s research grants are from foreign donors and sponsors. He listed them as World Health Organisation (WHO), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Longrich, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other institutions and organisations....

…Backs FG’s Tax Reform Bills, Demands Increased Oil Derivation

29.01.2025

Rising from its meeting yesterday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, the South South Governors’s Forum in a communique, expressed support for the ongoing tax reforms of the President Bola Tinubu administration. The communique, read by the Governor Duoye Diri urged the president to extend the proposed VAT sharing to other areas of derivation like...