The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says gas remains vital to Nigeria’s future in the global oil and gas sector. The OPEC Secretary General, Mohammad Barkindo, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, at the pre-summit conference on “Decade of Gas”. He said that the move of the country to develop its huge gas deposit was a step in the right direction. “Gas is vital to Nigeria’s future, as is oil, and both will be fuels of choice globally for the foreseeable future and instrumental in facilitating the energy transition,” he said. The secretary-general said that the ‘Decade of Gas’…
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The Senate Committee on Health has summoned the Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr Niyi Adebayo over continued importation of syringes into the country at the detriment of local manufacturers. The Senate committee also invited the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire and the Director-General, National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye. Chairman of the committee, Sen. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, issued the summon on Monday at a public hearing on “The need to regulate the manufacturing, importation and use of syringes and needles to protect the lives and safety of Nigerians as well as the economy…
Nigeria’s total public debt portfolio as at Dec. 31, 2020, stood at N32.92 trillion, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reveals. It made the revelation in its Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt report for Quarter Four, 2020, obtained from its website on Monday in Abuja. It added that the debt profile was for the States and the Federal government. According to the bureau, Nigeria’s total public debt showed that N12.71 trillion or 38.60 per cent of the debt was external, while N20.21 trillion or 61.40 per cent of the debt was domestic. “Further disaggregation of Nigeria’s foreign debt showed that…
The National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) says it will reduce malaria prevalence from 23 per cent to zero per cent through action and review of Advocacy Communication and Social Mobilisation guidelines (ACSM). Mr Ogunbi Temitope, the Technical Advisor Malaria, Breakthrough Action Nigeria (BAN), shared the plan on Monday during the review meeting on ACSM in Akwanga, Nasarawa State. According to him, the guideline is a document that gives details of the planning, coordination and implementation of ACSM activities that guide increasing awareness about malaria and developing activities that will help to increase demand for malaria products and services. Temitope, a…
Dr Uchechukwu Ogah, Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, says the Federal government has began development of mineral resources across the six geopolitical zone of the country. Ogah disclosed this on Monday in Enugu during the closing ceremony of the 32nd Enugu International Trade Fair. The minister said the government had already commenced developing a lead/zinc processing cluster in Ebonyi and funding the detailed exploration and development of salt and limestone deposits in the state. According to him, the initiative is part of government’s regional mineral projects in the six geopolitical zones of the country. Oga said that the…
The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) along with Directors, men and officers at the national headquarters of the Agency in Abuja on Monday submitted themselves for a surprise drug integrity test. A statement by the spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi on Monday and made available to ASHENEWS said officials were taken unawares when upon resumption, the gates to the headquarters office were ordered shut and everyone asked to gather in batches at the conference hall where a team of medical doctors led by the Medical Director of Synapse Services,…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted illicit drugs worth over N2billion at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos and three suspected traffickers arrested. A statement by the spokeperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi on Monday, said one of the suspects, Aniede Chimezie Bright was arrested on Sunday 28th March 2021, during the outward clearance of passengers on Air Marroc, with 7.1 Kg of Methamphetamine carefully concealed in food spices and packed in a Swiss polo suit case. The illicit substance was bound for Spain with street value of over N2 billion. According to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 25, 2021 arrested 18 suspected internet fraudsters at a hideout in Gwarimpa and Dawaki Extension, Abuja. The arrest was sequel to credible intelligence obtained by the Commission on their alleged criminal activities. The suspects are: Akpotegho Profit, 20; Aseimo Prince, 21; Ekhaguere Favour,19; Ekhaguere Esewi , 25; Kelvin Ekhaguere, 25; Temola Adex,25; Ezuzu Happiness, 21and Ekhiyokwo Emmanuel, 25. Others are: Mena Ejife Emmanuel, 25; Clement Ifietekhai, 29; Babatunde Ilori, 35; Ejoor Joseph, 22; Okunuwe Frank Durkio, 22; Agbaga Kelvin, 22; Ajayi Kehinde David, 25; Akinwale Taiwo, 30; Joseph Henry Junior, 25…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi The USAID Integrated Health Project (IHP) has introduced health facility-based training for health personnel in 323 primary healthcare centers (PHC) in Bauchi state. The Bauchi State Director, Dr Alhassan Siaka stated this at a two-day workshop organised for journalists on health governance reporting in Misau local government area of Bauchi, by USAID-IHP on Monday. USAID-IHP has its intervention integrated on Reproductive Health, maternal, New-born, Child Health, Malaria and Nutrition (RMNCH+MN) in the state. According to Siaka, the initiative was to provide technical support without hindering healthcare services to women and children, adding that the training had…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has described the appointment of Mrs. Elohor Aiboni as the new Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO), as a “demonstration of phenomenal regard for unbiased objectivity.” Senator Omo-Agege, in a statement by his spokesperson, Yomi Odunuga on Monday, noted that Delta state can produce many more likes of Mrs Aiboni for leadership positions in places where productivity and unbiased assessment are adopted as norm. He applauded SNEPCO for the choice of the career woman as its Managing Director, adding that this will show others, especially the youths, that…