Empowerment

Customs impounds 38,000 litres of PMS in Adamawa

• EMPOWERMENT
• 6:03 AM, Oct 22

The Nigeria Customs Service, through Operation Whirlwind, has seized over 38,000 litres of petrol (PMS) valued at N63m in border communities in Adamawa…

Dangote Cement drivers discuss safety, welfare at Ogun retreat

• EMPOWERMENT
• 6:03 AM, Oct 22

Dangote Cement drivers discussed road safety, workplace welfare, and operational challenges at a safety retreat organised by the company in Ogun State.

Insurance firms’ N300b stuck at CBN over verification for illicit funds

• EMPOWERMENT
• 6:00 AM, Oct 22

The insurance firms' efunds were held in the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, pending verifications for illicit funds inflows

SPECIAL REPORT: Beyond tuition, extra school charges deepen financial strain on Nigerian parents

• EMPOWERMENT
• 5:00 AM, Oct 22

From Abuja to Lagos, Kaduna, Katsina and Benue, parents described additional bills for graduation ceremonies, textbooks, costumes, feeding, extra lessons, photographs, parties and other…

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EXPANDS SKILLS ACQUISITION PROGRAMMES TO TACKLE INSECURITY

• EMPOWERMENT
• 12:44 AM, Oct 22

NBTE seeks BTech degree-awarding powers for polytechnics

• EMPOWERMENT
• 8:40 PM, Oct 21

The National Board for Technical Education is proposing amendments to the Polytechnic Act to empower polytechnics to award Bachelor of Technology degrees.

Petrol imports: Senate rejects NMDPRA figures, summons NNPCL, NEITI

• EMPOWERMENT
• 8:40 PM, Oct 21

The Senate has rejected petrol import figures from the NMDPRA for 2022 and 2023 due to wide discrepancies with records from the NNPCL, summoning both.

Presidency expands skills training to curb crime, insecurity

• EMPOWERMENT
• 8:40 PM, Oct 21

The Presidency is expanding its skills acquisition and entrepreneurship training as a non-kinetic approach to curbing crime and insecurity among young…