NEXIM, SMEDAN sign MoU to boost SME export

The Nigerian Export-Import Bank has signed an agreement with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria to enable small businesses benefit from the African Growth and Opportunity Act.

The MOU, according to NEXIM, is aimed at promoting synergy between the two institutions towards capacity building of Nigerian SMEs.

NERC frustrating electricity transmission- GenCos

Electricity generation companies in the country, GenCos, say they have had to bear huge burden as distribution companies are taking less power due to an “obnoxious new capacity definition” introduced by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission.

They said they have sustain huge energy rejection, as most DisCos only pay fo [...]

Court Order’ Aimed At Embarrassing Gandjue, Wife – Kano Govt

The Kano state government has expressed shock at what it described as the ‘antics of desperate politicians bent on scuttling the gubernatorial candidature of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje in the forthcoming election by banking on a court order purportedly issued by an Abuja High Court, seeking an accelerated hearing in a suit to compel E [...]

Gallery of Art plans women empowerment exhibition

The National Gallery of Art, custodians of Nigeria’s creative value, has said it would be empowering several women in the visual arts during the Women in Visual Art, WIVA, empowerment program in February.

This was made known in a statement by the director, Educational Services Department, Eve Ikuenobe –Otaigbe.

Accordin [...]

Ahead of polls, APC alleges website hacked

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that its website has been hacked into by desperate politicians struggling to pull down the rising profile of the ruling party.

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, made available to journalists in Abuja, he said the party is doing everything to ensure [...]

NNPC moves to crash price of cooking gas

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has said it is making effort to ensure the reduction of price in cooking gas across the country

The corporation said it is set to implement an effective commercial framework that would halt the export of propane and butane which are major components in the production of Liquefied Petroleu [...]

CAN holds memorial service in honour of Benue victims

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Benue state chapter in conjunction with the state government has held a memorial service in honour of hundreds of Benue people massacred by suspected herdsmen in 2018.

Speaking after the memorial service which held at the Catholic Cathedral in Makurdi, state chairman of CAN, Rev Apken Leva, said [...]

FG launches national campaign to support military

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has revealed that the ministry will soon launch a massive national campaign in support of the military, especially in their fight against insurgency and insecurity.

The minister stated this while briefing journalists in Abuja, noting that men and women of the military who risk [...]