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CNG will reduce transportation costs – FG

Despite the challenges facing the adoption of Compressed Natural Gas, the Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, has insisted that the use of CNG will reduce the high cost of transportation. Ekpo said Nigeria’s gas sector has witnessed significant transformation under the administration of President Bola Tinubu, expressing confidence that CNG will get...
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Tolling: FG to review highways concession agreements

The Federal Government is thoroughly reviewing the eight road projects concessioned to private investors under the Highway Development Management Initiative. The projects assigned to the concessionaire in 2023 were strategically planned with the expectation of generating a substantial N11.54tn in revenue through toll collections throughout their execution. These projections, however, have been tampered with by...
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Customs intercept 2,433kg of cannabis on Lagos waterways

The Nigeria Customs Service, Western Marine Command, on Wednesday, said it intercepted 2,433 kg of cannabis sativa and 195 bottles of codeine syrups (300 ml each) along the inland waterways in the South Western part of the country. Addressing journalists during the handing over ceremony of the seized contrabands to the duo of the National...
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NLNG decries attacks on gas pipelines

The Managing Director of Nigeria LNG Limited, Dr Philip Mshelbila, has revealed that only two of the company’s six gas trains are currently operational, attributing the operational challenges to persistent attacks on its gas pipelines by vandals. Speaking at a panel session during the ongoing Nigeria International Energy Summit on Wednesday in Abuja, Mshelbila decried...
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NESG advocates AI adoption by town planners

The Chairman of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group, Olaniyi Yusuf, has called for the adoption of Artificial Intelligence in the operations of town planning activities in Nigeria. The NESG boss stated this recently while speaking as a guest speaker at the 11th Waheed Kadiri Lecture series organised by the Nigeria Institute of Town Planners, Ogun...
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NIA trains 171 drivers, dispatch riders on eco-driving

The Nigerian Insurers Association has trained about 171 drivers and dispatch riders of its member companies on sustainable driving practices, vehicle maintenance, and optimising fuel consumption. The training, facilitated by experts from the Lagos State Drivers Institute and the Vehicle Inspection Service, was held at the Insurers House, Victoria Island, Lagos, under the theme ‘Sustainable...
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Domestic transactions on NGX drop to N535bn

Total transactions in equity trading on the Nigerian Exchange Limited declined by 9.89 per cent to N607.05bn in January 2025 from N673.66bn recorded in December 2024. In its Domestic & Foreign Portfolio Investment Report on Monday, the decline was driven by a drop in domestic transactions, which fell by 11.71 per cent from N606.91bn in...
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Investors lose N215bn as equity market slumps

Investors at the Nigerian Exchange Limited lost N215bn at the close of trading on Tuesday as the equities market extended its losing streak. The market capitalisation declined to N67.2tn, while the benchmark All-Share Index shed 345.19 points, representing a 0.32 per cent drop to close at 107,781.78. The downturn was driven by sell-offs in key...
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