ECONOMY · FINANCE

NLNG: FINAL INVESTMENT DECISION ON TRAIN 7 PROJECT_Ehiabhi Femi

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and shareholders of the Nigeria LNG Limited which include Shell, Total and Eni on Friday announced the Final Investment Decision for the take-off of Train 7 Project of the NLNG.   The Train 7 project, which would deliver a significant local content in construction, production of cables, welding, valves, scaffolding,… Continue reading NLNG: FINAL INVESTMENT DECISION ON TRAIN 7 PROJECT_Ehiabhi Femi

Transportation

SAGAMU BRIDGE TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO MOTORIST_Ada Nkong

Due to the damages done by fire out break caused by the two petroluem tankers that crashed underneath the Sagamu Interchange Bridge in Sagamu, Ogun State, on Wednesday 25 December,2019, the FRSC said the bridge will be temporarily closed to motorist. A statement signed by Route Commander Florence Okpe ,public edcatio. Officer Ogun state says… Continue reading SAGAMU BRIDGE TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO MOTORIST_Ada Nkong

Transportation

AMAECHI BLOWS HOT ON CCECC, ORDERS THEM TO EMPLOY MORE HANDS_Ada Nkong

The Minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has expressed dissatisfaction with the progress of stations construction on the Lagos-Ibadan rail project.The Minister who spoke during his monthly inspection tour of the project said the Chinese company was not working as fast as it should because it had failed to employ enough hands.Starting with the station at… Continue reading AMAECHI BLOWS HOT ON CCECC, ORDERS THEM TO EMPLOY MORE HANDS_Ada Nkong

ECONOMY

NO FUEL SCARCITY THIS YULETIDE_Ada Nkong

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has assured Nigerians of availability of petroleum products during the yuletide period. Speaking during a stakeholders meeting in Niger on Friday, the DPR Area Controller, Engineer Abdullahi Jankara said the agency is working tirelessly to monitor the distribution of products. “You can go home and sleep with two of… Continue reading NO FUEL SCARCITY THIS YULETIDE_Ada Nkong

Transportation

MD NRC LAMENTS VANDALISM On RAIL TRACKS_Ada Nkong

The MD Nigerian railway corporation Engr Fidet Okhiria has appealed to Nigerians to stop vandalism on the railway. SpeKing to journalist in Ibadan the MD said it is not the monetary cost that is worrisome but the accident and attendant mishap removal of clips and slippers on the rail tracks can cause. He said it… Continue reading MD NRC LAMENTS VANDALISM On RAIL TRACKS_Ada Nkong

Transportation

LEKKI PORT WILL CREATE EMPLOYMENT FOR 170,000 NIGERIANS-HASSAN BELLO_Ada Nkong

The Executive secretary ,Nigerian Shippers Council, Barr. Hassan Bello says implementation of the Ibadan dry port will cost $100,000,000 (one hundred million dollars) for the first stage.Bello who spoke during a parley with journalist in Abuja also disclosed that the CRCC have been picked as the preferred bidders for the project.According to him, the construction… Continue reading LEKKI PORT WILL CREATE EMPLOYMENT FOR 170,000 NIGERIANS-HASSAN BELLO_Ada Nkong

ECONOMY · POLITICS

MINIMUM WAGE: 8 MONTHS AFTER PASSAGE, ONLY 5 STATES ARE IMPLEMENTING_Ehiabhi Femi

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has disclosed that only five states have started implementing the new national minimum wage, eight months after passage into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a communiqué issued at the end of its one-day stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja, the labour union listed Lagos, Kaduna, Kebbi, Adamawa and Jigawa states as… Continue reading MINIMUM WAGE: 8 MONTHS AFTER PASSAGE, ONLY 5 STATES ARE IMPLEMENTING_Ehiabhi Femi

Aviation

TURKISH AIRLINE COMPLIES_Ada Nkong

Following suspension of its services and subsequent meeting with the Minister of aviation where it pledged to review the airline it flies to Nigeria, Turkish Airline has kept its word. A tweet by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika on his official twitter handle says the airline flew a bigger craft A330 as against the… Continue reading TURKISH AIRLINE COMPLIES_Ada Nkong

Aviation

TURKISH AIRLINE PLEDGES COMPLIANCE_Ada Nkong

Following the suspension of Turkish Airlines operations into Nigeria for inability to deliver passenger luggage when due, the Acting Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Capt. Abdullahi Sidi, today met with the management of Turkish Airlines at the NCAA Office in Abuja. A statement by Sam Adurogboye GM public relations, at the… Continue reading TURKISH AIRLINE PLEDGES COMPLIANCE_Ada Nkong