Participants at a forum themed “Strengthening Investment Opportunities in the Bamboo Value Chain for Sustainable Industrial Growth and Economic Development in Anambra State” held Participants at a one-day Investors’ Forum have called for a multi-stakeholder action and investment in bamboo value chain development in Anambra State and Nigeria at large. They decried the untapped and…
Dr. David Kingleo Elijah By our reporter As agitation grows anew over the proposed sale of the Port Harcourt Refinery, a coalition of concerned citizens and stakeholders has issued a stark warning to the Federal Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). They caution against a repeat of failed privatizations that could jeopardize…
Ahead of the November 8 Anambra State gubernatorial election, the Nigerian Women Trust Fund, (NWTF) has organized a three-day Training of Trainers (ToT) for selected women from different local government areas of the state. The training organized by NWTF as part of continuous voter education project is funded by the European Union under the cohort…
The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Mine Workers (NUMW) and the Heavy Equipment Operators Section (Caterpillar Coordinators) has raised an alarm over the abandonment of eleven Nigerian mine workers by their employer in the Central African Republic (CAR). The unions are urgently calling on the Federal Government and relevant agencies to intervene and rescue…
The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, and presided over by Justice Ayokunle Faji, on Thursday convicted Dr. Olufemi Martins Thomas, a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), alongside Kabiru Sidi, a Bureau De Change operator, for fraud involving the sum of $2,198,900. Thomas and Sidi were arraigned on an…
