The Federal Government’s proposed relocation of tank farms to non-residential area has generated a lot of questions than answers. The issue has generated so much concern in recent time that it has become a fly perched on human scrotum that …
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*NUPENG, PENGASSAN Suspend Action *Diezani’s Intervention Political The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have finally shelved its four day old strike in the Nigerian National …
Read More »SMEs Lack Access To Finance – FG
The Federal Government on last week admitted that a majority of the Small and Medium-scale Enterprises in the country were not getting financial support. The Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, who spoke in Abuja, said only about …
Read More »SMEDAN, UNDP Empower Women: Target CBN’s N220B MSME Fund
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have concluded the second phase of their economic empowerment programme for women-owned Cooperative Societies drawn from selected States of the Federation, with hopes on …
Read More »FG To Cut Cost Of Funding For Manufacturers: Targets 15% Real Sector Contribution To GDP
President Goodluck Jonathan, Friday last week said the Federal Government had concluded plans to bring down the cost of funding to the real sector of the economy through its new programme called the Financing Value Chain Initiative (FVCI). The president …
Read More »Jonathan Commissions N90bn Uquo Gas Processing Facility
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday commissioned the N90 billion Uquo gas processing facility in Esit Ekit, Akwa Ibom State. The gas processing facility, owned by Accugas Ltd, a subsidiary of Seven Energy International Limited, an indigenous Nigerian integrated oil and gas development, …
Read More »HALL OF FAME 2013 DAZZLING Diezani Allison-Madueke, Minister of Petroleum & Resources
Born on December 6th 1960, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke is a woman with steely will for change in leadership. Her Commitment to help bring a better order in Nigeria has elicited a bundle of mixed feelings …
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