A National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, survey report showed that the socio economic problems in the country might push 51.6 percent males to migrate. According to the 2023 survey report titled: “Awareness and perception of intending and returned migrants on the dangers of irregular migration” the tendency to migrate is less in females than in male […]
IN a bid to ensure that its operations have minimal impact on the marine environment, Bonny Gas Transport Limited, BGT, a subsidiary of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), has chartered a new build vessel, AKTORAS, in a strategic move to diversify and reduce the carbon footprint of its shipping portfolio. Founded in 1989, BGT provides shipping capacity […]
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, has advised the 2015 newly inducted chartered accountants to take advantage of numerous opportunities presented by digital technology and artificial intelligence. President of ICAN, Dr Innocent Iweka Okwuosa, gave the advice at the 73rd Professional Induction Ceremony in Lagos. He said: “We are at a critical junction where the […]
Controversy seems to have enveloped the oil industry as Nigeria’s two major oil industry authorities, the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, and the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, have reported contradictory figures on Nigeria’s actual oil output last month, April 2024. While NNPCL is giving 1.7 million barrels per day (mbpd) NUPRC is showing 1.28mbpd. The figure […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has said that it would not hesitate to invoke relevant sections of the organisation’s regulations to sanction Turkish Airlines over mistreatment of Nigerian passengers. NCAA’s Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mr Michael Achimugu, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos. Achimugu said that President Bola Tinubu had […]
World football governing body, FIFA, has made changes to the officiating team of the 2026 World Cup qualifying match between Benin Republic and Nigeria which is scheduled for the Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny in Ivory Coast on Monday, June 10. The changes have sent packing Ethiopian official Bamlak Tessema Weyesa, who was originally designated as referee for […]
Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman became the first player to score a hat-trick in a UEFA Europa League final as Atalanta stunned Bayer Leverkusen 3-0, dramatically halting the Bundesliga champions’ 51-match unbeaten run in all competitions. It’s Atalanta’s first-ever UEFA Europa League title — their first major title win since 1963 – thus inflicting a first […]
The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria has called for the restoration of government funding. TRCN branch chairman, under the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes, and Associated Institutions, Ihionu Chukwuemeka, made the call on Tuesday in Abuja. He spoke at the official inauguration of the TRCN branch of the SSAUTHRIAI. The integration […]
A new trend has swept across Nigeria in recent days, with people of all ages tapping on their phone screens in pursuit of financial gain. Tapswap, a popular clicker app, has taken the country by storm as users tap repeatedly on the icon in the centre of the Telegram Tapswap bot screen to mine coins. […]
General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, who has led Chad’s junta for the last three years, is to be sworn in Thursday after an election victory hotly contested by opposition parties in the north-central African nation. Deby officially won 61 per cent of the May 6 vote international NGOs said was neither credible nor free, and […]
