Goddy Ikeh
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced the suspension of operations by a local airline, Max Air, following a burst tyre in one of the airline’s aircraft on Tuesday night in Kano in northern Nigeria.
Nigeria’s leading maritime and logistics company, Nigerdock has announced that it achieved a significant safety landmark of 17 million man-hours without lost time injury across its operations.
Nigeria’s Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Mr. Ekperikpe Ekpo, has lamented the low natural gas utilisation among Nigerians, urging Seplat Energy Producing Nigeria Unlimited (SEPNU) to accelerate its natural gas delivery efforts for domestic use and export.
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, has announced that the Nigerian Government has cleared the outstanding $7 billion foreign exchange backlog to various firms after the successful verification exercise by forensic auditors.
As Burkina Faso recently withdrew from ECOWAS, Senegal’s ambassador concludes his mission in Ouagadougou, praising the “exceptional” relations between the two countries despite regional tensions.
The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) announced on Wednesday the launch of its local currency guarantee mechanism, dubbed “Mission 300,” which can boost access to energy.
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading champion of entrepreneurship, has announced that applications for its 2025 Entrepreneurship Programmes are now open and aspiring and existing entrepreneurs from across Africa are invited to apply for a chance to receive world-class training, expert mentoring, and non-refundable seed capital funding to scale their businesses.
The ECOWAS Commission says that the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, the Republic of Mali and the Republic of Niger from ECOWAS has become effective on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
The independent regulation subsidiary of Nigerian Exchange Group, NGX Regulation Limited (NGX RegCo) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have called for enhanced partnership to enhance market surveillance and combat financial crimes in Nigeria’s increasingly digitalized capital market.
The Project Management Institute and the United Nations specialised agency for ICTs, the International Telecommunication Union, have signed a collaboration agreement to enhance project governance, implementation, and the development of future-ready skills within ITU’s global initiatives.