Officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), have reportedly raided a popular night club in Abuja, Caramelo, and arrested 34 female nude dancers. During the raid on Wednesday night, the front perimeter fence of the nightclub, which is located at Utako district of Abuja, was also demolished, an official said. Addressing journalists on Thursday, […]
There are indications that modular and conventional refinery projects are in hard times, as licenses of 17 of the refineries licensed expired without much efforts by their promoters to establish them. Vanguard investigations show that the execution of the refinery projects was constrained by many challenges especially lack of funds and difficulty associated in securing […]
The Federal Government has called on the people of Ogoniland to remain peaceful and avoid taking actions capable of delaying the clean-up in oil-impacted communities in the area. Dr Marvin Dekil, the Project Coordinator, Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) in the Federal Ministry of Environment, made the plea on Friday in Bori, Khana Local Government […]
The Nigerian Navy (NN) Thursday handed over nine suspected pirates, comprising three Greeks, an American and five Nigerians to the Interpol unit of the Nigeria Police for allegedly possessing firearms and suspected crude oil within the Nigerian maritime domain. The Officer in Tactical Command (OTC), Commodore Dickson Olisemenogor, handed over the suspects at the Nigeria […]
Following the injection of $210 million into the wholesale segment of the Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange market on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has intervened in the retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) with the sum of $254.8 million. The Bank also injected the sum of CNY 34.8 million in the […]
The Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria (GACN) has given a gas purchase order (GPO) to the Nigerian Gas Marketing Company (NGMC) for the development of a joint mini-liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Ajaokuta, Kogi State, with Transit Gas Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Axxela Limited. With gas supply assured, the project considered as a […]
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has accused the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) of disrupting the inauguration of the new board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF). Rhoda Iliya, Assistant Director, Press in the Ministry said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The inauguration of the new NSITF board was scheduled […]
The days of the illicit rice smuggling business may soon be over as the Presidency has given the anti-graft bodies, security agencies and intelligence outfits, a marching order to put a stop to the ‘deliberate’ act of economic sabotage by persons it claimed do not mean well for the nation. The law enforcement agencies have […]
The Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA) has called for full investigation in the murder of a staff of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence corps (NSCDC) in Lagos. The acting Managing Director, Terhemba Nongo, represented by the General Manager, Zones Operations (Public), Mr Oyesola Oyenle said this in a statement signed by the Head of […]
President Muhammad Buhari has signed the new N30, 000 monthly Minimum Wage Bill into law, News Express reports. The president signed the new bill into law Thursday at the State House in Abuja. The proposed new National Minimum Wage was presented to the National Council of State on January 22, 2019 after which it was […]