By Miriam Humbe Executive Director/CEO of Nigerian Export Promotion Council, (NEPC), Dr. Ezra Yakusak has said that Nigeria’s non-oil export in the year 2022 stood at $4.820 Billion, the highest value in over 40 years. The NEPC boss said this at the workshop targeted at onboarding businesses and exporters on the Africa Continental Trade Area, (AfCFTA)-Guided Trade Initiative (GTI) in Abuja. He welcomed the special guest at the occasion, Secretary General of AfCFTA, His Excellency Wamkele Mene and Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, for finding time to attend the programme despite their tight schedules. He…
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By Miriam Humbe The President and Founder of No Hunger Food Bank (NHFB) initiative, Abuja, Mr Gbadebo Odularu, urged government to use the food bank model to scale to all communities in solving the problem of food insecurity and malnutrition among the vulnerable population. Mr Odularu said this on Tuesday during a visit to the internally displaced persons, (IDPs) camp located at the Kuchingoro near the Games Village in Abuja. Humsimedia gathered that there were eight different Communities resident at the IDP camp comprising of people, men women and children, mostly from the Northeast States of Borno and Adamawa all…
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Mrs Zanaib Ahmed, has lauded the appointment of Dr Oluwatoyin Madein, as the first female substantive Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) by the President Muhammadu Buhari. A statement by Mr Yunusa Abdullahi, Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the minister on Monday, said that new AGF paid a courtesy visit to the Minister. The Minister said that her appointment followed the successful conduct of a selection process to fill the existing vacancy. The Minister said that Madein was taking over from Mr Sylva Okolieaboh, who has been in Acting capacity as the…
By Miriam Humbe Amid encomiums from eminent personalities, which included President Mohammadu Buhari and five other African heads of state, President of the pan-African Conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Aliko Dangote said yesterday that the newly commissioned 650,000pbd refinery would employ over 100,000 Nigerians youths as well as generate over $21 billion, therefore saving the country huge forex, that would have been used for fuel importation. The company, according to him, now has over 33,000 employees. Much to the excitement of Nigerians, Dangote said the commissioning has marked the beginning of the new journey of self-sufficiency in refined petroleum products…
By Miriam Humbe President Muhammadu Buhari has said that with the commissioning of the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company, he was happy to leave Nigeria’s economy in very competent hands. With less than a week to hand over to a new government, Buhari said this while inaugurating the Dangote Refinery in Lagos on Monday, May 22. The epoch making event was attended by Presidents of Ghana, Togo, Niger, Senegal, and a representative of the President of Chad. He described the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State as a significant milestone for Nigeria’s economy and a game changer for the…
After years of anticipation, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery company would finally be commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari today Monday, May 22, 2023. Many Nigerians and indeed, the entire sub-Saharan region anxiously longed to see this day. Here are facts to know about the Dangote Refinery: 1. World Class Projects 2. Commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari and five other African Presidents from Ghana, Senegal, Togo, Niger and Chad. 3. The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is located in the in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, covering a land area of approximately 2,635 hectares (seven times the size of Victoria Island). 4. World’s Largest Single-Train 650,000 barrels…
President of Police Officers Wives Association (POWA), Hajiya Hajara Usman Alkali Baba arrived Anambra State on a working visit Friday, 19th May, 2023. The POWA President commissioned the newly built POWA Skills Acquisition Centre in Ukpo, Dunkofia, on May 20, 2023, being one of the welfare projects embarked upon by the present leadership of POWA. Photos source: @PoliceNG on Twitter.
By Miriam Humbe The Nigerian Army College of Logistics and Management (NACOLM) is embarking on Africa Study Tour (AST) 2023 to Malawi, Kenya, and Cote D’Ivoire respectively with the students of Senior Leadership and Staff Officers Course (SLSOC) 1/2023. College Public Relations Officer, Major George Okupe said this in a statement posted on the Twitter handle of@HQNigerianArmy on Sunday. The tour which is expected to be from 22 -28 May 2023 is part of an important component for students to get first-hand knowledge of the socio-economic, cultural, and political issues in the host countries and also constitutes a vital part…
The Force Commander (FC) Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Maj Gen GU Chibuisi and the Theatre Commander (TC) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) Maj Gen IS Ali on Thursday 18 May 2023 jointly paid operational visits to troops of MNJTF sectors 3 and 4 taking part in operation HARBIN ZUMA. The Theatre Commander urged them to be more focused, resilient and ruthless as the operation progresses in order to defeat the remnants of the BH/ISWAP terrorists in the Lake Chad Basin region. @HQNigerianArmy said this on its Twitter handle on Sunday. In his remarks, the FC said that the visit to…
By Miriam Humbe Director General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Habib Ahmed has said his Agency had developed a partnership with Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and Nigerian Hydrological Service (NIHSA) to downscale early warning alerts to communities in the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A statement signed by NEMA’s Head, Press Unit, Manzo Ezekiel said the Director General said this at the Mid-term review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-2030 held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York at the weekend. The Director General said the partnership was developed among…
By Miriam Humbe In an epoch-making event that will positively transform Nigeria’s oil and gas sectoral landscape, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday commission Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals, alongside his counterparts from Ghana, Togo, Senegal, Niger, and Chad. The Dangote Refinery undoubtedly, the world’s largest single train refinery will provide employment to over 100,000 persons. Promoted by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, the petroleum refinery with a capacity to process 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) is sitting on 2,635 hectares of land located in Dangote Industries Free Zone in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. The coming onstream of the gigantic project is…
By Miriam Humbe There’s excitement in the air as the Monday, May 22, 2023 date of the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company’s commissioning by President Muhammadu Buhari approaches. The country had been without an operational refinery for more than a decade, with the attendant pains suffered by Nigerians from shortages of the Premium Motor Spirit, (PMS) and similar products. Consumers of petroleum products in the country knew too well, the agonizing experience of spending long hours and entire nights at fuel stations with the probability of getting same equal to nil. The establishment of the Dangote Refinery, by Africa’s richest…