…Partners FG, AIHS On Housing Deficit By Editor Concerned about the menace of building collapse in the country, the Dangote Cement Plc is planning to establish an academy that will support the seamless transfer of requisite skills to block makers and artisans in the real estate sector of the economy. Speaking at the Dangote Special Day at the ongoing Africa International Housing Show in Abuja (AIHS), Dangote Cement’s National Sales Director Mrs. Fumi Sanni said the Academy has become necessary as most of the artisans and block makers are aging, while young men are not enthusiastic about the profession. He…
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By Mimidoo Patrick The Federal Government on Friday, launched the National Digital Literacy Framework to boost Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). It was gathered that the move was towards making Nigeria a leading global economy. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Williams Alo said this at the official launch and signing ceremony in Abuja. The Perm Sec said that the framework would enable Nigerians to own businesses without necessarily owning an office or a workshop. Alo said: “Africa was just a consumer of goods and services in the first and second industrial revolutions and…
The Regional General Manager, sub-Saharan Africa of QNET, Mr Biram Fall, said there was high potential for young entrepreneurs in Nigeria. Fall said this on Saturday at the QNET EXPO 2023 holding at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. He described Nigeria as a great country because of her demographics. QNET is a global Direct Selling company which take pride in exceptional products in health, education, technology, wellness, personal care, watches and jewelries as well as genuine business opportunities. Fall said that QNET, a direct selling company based in Hong Kong with presence in over 120 countries around the world and…
By Rayyan Alhassan Fuel subsidy removal by the present administration of President Bola Tinubu has come with a thunderous alarm. Although the intention may be good, pure and sincere, and in fact it is even noble but the reality now is that it is severely haunting everyone. Both the haves and haves-not are wailing. It is dealing a fatal knockout punch on teeming citizens, whose lives have since been made miserable and wretched. The Nigerian economy had almost strangulated them. But it appears that the ‘ill-conceived’ idea to abruptly end the payment of subsidy by the Federal Government will finish…
By Miriam Humbe Management of the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals have debunked a report published on the online media platforms claiming that the company employed 11,000 skilled workers from India while allegedly neglecting youths from Nigeria and other African countries. The Group Chief Branding & Communications Officer, Anthony Chiejina said the report was written with malicious intent as it did not reflect the number of skilled Nigerians on site. Recall that amid encomiums from eminent personalities, which included former President Muhammadu Buhari and five other African Heads of State, President of the pan-African Conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Aliko Dangote…
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in partnership with the Association Senegalese de Normalisation (ASN) held a workshop for stakeholders and key process owners on “International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standards on Non – Sewered Sanitation Systems in Nigeria” at Bolton White Hotel, Abuja on Tuesday. In his opening remarks, the Director General (DG) of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, Mallam Farouk Salim said that the aim of the workshop was to present a comprehensive diagnosis of the legal, regulatory, and normative framework for sanitation in Nigeria and by extension Africa. SON’s Director, Public Relations, Mrs. Foluso Bolaji revealed this…
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency was awarded the Service Provider of the year 2022 award by the League of Airport and Aviation Corespondents (LAAC). The award, which was in recognition of NiMet’s improved service delivery, was presented at the 27th annual conference of LAAC that held at the Providence Hotel, Lagos this Thursday. In his address at the event, the Director General/CEO of Nigerian Meteorological Agency Prof Mansur Bako Matazu described the role of the media in nation building as very important and requires courage, selflessness and truth, which he ascribes to LAAC in the aviation industry. The NiMet boss said:…
CAC’s Registrar-General, Garba Abubakar One hundred thousand companies that have failed to file annual returns in the last ten years are due to be struck off by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). The Registrar-General/CEO of the CAC, Alhaji Garba Abubakar, revealed this in Lagos while speaking at a Training Workshop on the Use of the Beneficial Ownership Register (BOR). Garba Abubakar said that the Commission would soon send notices of striking off to the affected companies before embarking on the action as enshrined in section 692 of the CAMA, 2020. He explained that the companies were, however, entitled to be…
By Mimidoo Patrick Worried by the incessant attacks on the Deputy Speaker of Benue State, personalities of Benue, Hon. Lamin Danladi Lawrence and other prominent personalities in the state, a coalition of Zone C Youths have warned the perpetrators to desist from such act or face its wrath. The group gave the warning while briefing journalists on Wednesday in Abuja. They described the attacks on personalities of Benue South extraction as the activities of sponsored groups with the target to malign and ridicule their person and offices. Speaking on behalf of the group, President of Ochetoha K’Idoma Youth Wing, Comrade…
By Miriam Humbe Starting from August 7, 2023, the Corporate Affairs Commission, (CAC) will no longer accept submission of winding-up processes and dissolution of Companies, appointments of receiver and discharge of receiver, and Companies voluntary arrangement, (CVA), Administration and netting applications except through the Companies Registration Portal, (CRP). The CAC’s management said this in a statement signed on Wednesday titled: Public notice on discontinuance of manual submission for winding up, receivership. CAC said: “Consequently, the Commission will not accept any manual or email submission in respect of the above which have been fully deployed and active on the CRP.”
The Dangote Cement Plc has constructed no fewer than 17 boreholes within the communities hosting the Dangote Cement Plc, Obajana Plant in Kogi State. The distribution as allowed by terrain is Obajana six, Oyo six, Iwaa two and Apata three. General Manager, Community Affairs/Special Duties, Mr. Ademola Adeyemi said this at the Dangote Cement Plc-sponsored two-day workshop organized for journalists in the North Central of Nigeria. He said the water projects were implemented to address the water needs of the communities as the influx of people continues to increase on a daily basis under the bigger picture of her Corporate…