Category Business

SMEDAN launches internship programme for entrepreneurs

Charles Odii

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria has launched an undergraduate internship programme to identify, train, and empower future entrepreneurs on campuses across the country. At the official launch of the programme held at Baze University in Abuja,…

Blackout as power generation drops from Egbin

Ogun-State-Map

No fewer than nine Ogun communities are currently experiencing power outages due to the drop in power generation from the Egbin power station. The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company announced this on its social media handles late on Thursday night. According…

Power firms need $2.5bn new capital – FG

National-power-grid

Nigerian electricity companies are short of an estimated N2tn ($2.5bn) in capital and need new investors to revive the industry that can barely supply power to its 200 million residents. Power companies in Nigeria are over-leveraged and under-capitalised, which has…

NRC to commence night operations

National Railway Corporation

The Nigeria Railway Corporation has concluded plans to launch night operations before the second quarter of 2024. The Managing Director of NRC, Fidet Okhiria, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday. He started, “What…

Dangote refinery gets another one million crude barrels

Dangote Refinery

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery, on Monday, received the fourth shipment of one million barrels of bonny light crude oil, supplied by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited. A statement from tne $20bn firm stated that the oil company was expecting…

Stakeholders laud NSC over planned Nasarawa dry port

Nigerian Shippers Council

Maritime stakeholders have lauded the Nigerian Shippers Council for the planned establishment of an Inland Dry Port in Nasarawa State. The Managing Director of Kaduna Inland Dry Port, Rotimi Hassan, lauded the NSC for the move. “It is a good…

Firm marks 20th anniversary, lauds staff

Phase 3

A leading West Africa’s end-to-end digital infrastructure and technology service provider in Abuja, Phase 3, has lauded its staff members for being diligent and committed to their work during its 20th anniversary on Saturday. The chairman, Mr. Stanley Jegede, during an annual…