Members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) have been forced to reduce their workforce by 40 per cent due to high operational cost. Its South-West Chairman, Mr Lanre Popoola, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ibadan. Popoola said that the outrageous cost of production […]
The Board of Directors, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), has promised to make the nation’s 10,000km-waterways navigable all year round. The Board Chairperson, Sen Binta Masi-Garba, made the promise on Tuesday during the Inuagural meeting of the board at the NIWA Headquarters in Lokoja. Masi-Garba expressed regret that though “Nigeria is richly blessed with more […]
The Nigerian Basketball Federation on Tuesday released a 12-man roster for the window of the FIBA African World Cup qualifiers in Kigali. This follows a decision by the FG earlier in the week to rescind its decision to suspend Nigeria’s basketball teams from all international competitions. D’Tigers teams will be led by Alan Major who […]
Glasgow Life, Scotland, has taken another step forward in its efforts to return more than 50 cultural artefacts to the descendants of their rightful owners, the largest-ever repatriation of objects from a single collection in Scotland. This is contained in a statement signed by the Director-General, National Commission for Museum and Monument (NCMM), Prof. Abba […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday he stressed the need for a “powerful missile defense system for Ukraine to prevent Russian terrorist attacks” in talks with NATO’s leader. The phone call with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg came ahead of the start of a summit of NATO leaders in Madrid where Ukraine is expected to […]
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) on Monday said it had deployed its officials to petroleum depots and retail outlets in Lagos to monitor compliance with the regulated N165 pump price. Mr Ayorinde Cardoso, Zonal Operations Controller, NMDPRA, Lagos, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
“The price of freedom is worth paying,” Boris Johnson has said when asked about the cost of helping defend Ukraine. Speaking from a G7 summit, he argued that letting Russia “get away with” invading Ukraine would have “chilling” consequences and lead to instability. Likening the conflict to defeating Nazi Germany in World War Two, the […]
With the high level of unemployment and underemployment, prolonged strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and its polytechnic counterpart, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), have raised concerns about the country’s rising dependency ratio, as majority of youths are becoming idle by the day. The dependency ratio is a measure of the […]
The United States announced Monday new sanctions it and other G-7 countries are enacting against Russia in response to its war in Ukraine, including measures to cut off Russia from materials and services needed by Russia’s industrial and technology sectors. The White House said the United States will commit $7.5 billion as part of a […]
Some states in the Northwest geopolitical zone have started stockpiling relief materials in response to Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) prediction about possibility of experiencing flooding this rainy season. A survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara,Kano and Katsina, indicated that some state governments have placed their relevant disaster […]