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Politics Blamed for Nigeria’s Electricity

The Chartered Institute of Power Engineers of Nigeria has said that Nigeria’s persistent electricity crisis is largely driven by politics and the government’s failure to appoint competent professionals to oversee the sector. Speaking during a press briefing in Abuja to mark the institute’s second anniversary, CIPEN President and Chairman-in-Council, Israel Abraham, said the lack of...
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Serverless Computing: Transforming Real-Time Data Management

A United States-based data analyst, Akeem Ogundipe, has said serverless computing, as an innovative technology, will transform how organisations handle the surge in real-time data processing. In a statement made available to The PUNCH, Ogundipe noted that platforms like AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Microsoft Azure Functions were enabling businesses to build real-time applications...
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Sugar Tax Hike Rebuttal: ThinkBusiness Challenges CAPPA’s Pr

A Kenya-based intelligence company, ThinkBusiness Africa, has sharply contested the proposed 1,200 per cent increase in the sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Nigeria. In a press conference on Tuesday in Lagos, the intelligence platform disagreed with the report by Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa entitled ‘Evaluating Nigeria’s Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax: A Critical Review of CAPPA’s...
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International Breweries Leads Sustainable Packaging Charge

International Breweries Plc has revealed that over 95 per cent of its product portfolio is now packaged in returnable glass bottles in a bid to reduce waste and deepen its commitment to sustainability through circular economy models. Disclosing this in a statement, the Managing Director, Carlos Coutino, said the company has made circular packaging a...
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Budget Extension Deters Investors: LCCI Warns

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called on the National Assembly to cap future rollovers of capital budgets at one per fiscal year to restore the integrity of the January–December budget cycle and rebuild investor confidence in government infrastructure delivery. The Senate had, during plenary on Tuesday, extended the implementation of the capital...
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N631.5bn Drop in African Trade

Stakeholders are banking on the continued growth of non-oil trade to drive Nigeria’s exports to African countries, despite earnings crashing by 631.52 bn to N1.85 tn since the last peak of N2.49 tn in the third quarter of 2024. Nigeria’s exports to African countries have dropped in two consecutive quarters. It dropped by 9.19 per...
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Ministers to Speak at NOG Energy Week

Ministers, regulators, and executives across Africa’s energy sector are set to headline the 24th edition of NOG Energy Week, scheduled to take place from 29 June to 3 July 2025 at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja. Organisers said in a statement on Thursday that this year’s conference, themed ‘Accelerating Global Energy Progress...
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Julius Berger Wins Excellence Award for Construction

Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has received recognition as it got the Quality Assured Construction Company of the Year Award for its engineering and construction activities. According to a statement, Julius Berger received the award at the 11th Nigeria Transport Lecture and Awards held recently in Lagos. The Editor-in-Chief of Transport Day Newspaper, Frank Kintum, while...
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NGX Investment Surges 88% to N118.9bn

Foreign portfolio investment on the Nigerian Exchange Limited rose in May, climbing by 88.54 per cent to N118.91bn from N63.07bn recorded in April 2025. This is according to the latest Domestic and Foreign Portfolio Investment Report published by Nigerian Exchange Limited, which showed that both foreign inflows and outflows increased during the period under review....
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Pepsodent’s Oral Health Campaign: 2.7M Pupils Targeted

Pepsodent has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting children’s oral health with the launch of its 2025 Brush Day and Night campaign, targeting 2.7 million primary school pupils across Nigeria. The initiative, part of the Pepsodent School Programme, kicked off this term in Lagos, Abuja, and Kano and will extend to Enugu, Owerri, and Port Harcourt...
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