Damilola Aina

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NITDA boss urges regional cooperation for digital sovereignt

The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has called on West African nations…

Firm secures $50bn for Ondo Refinery project and trade zone

Backbone Infrastructure Ltd has secured funding commitments exceeding $50 billion for the development of a 500,000 barrels-per-day refinery…

Tinubu’s poverty reduction drive better than past govts — IM

A public policy think tank, the Independent Media and Policy Initiative, has declared that the anti-poverty measures being…

Lagos investment partnership forged with South-East leaders

The Minister of State for Finance, Doris Uzoka-Anite, has led a delegation of prominent South-East business leaders on…

Osinbajo on data empowerment over control in the workplace

A former Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has urged human resource professionals and policymakers to ensure that technology…

Nigerian oil ministry opposes new decommissioning commission

The Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited…

Nigeria’s 15% fuel tariff to boost local refining

The Presidency on Friday confirmed that President Bola Tinubu has approved a 15 per cent import tariff on…

Nigeria signs $400m deal to boost local steel production

Nigeria’s long-awaited steel revolution may finally be taking shape as the Federal Government on Wednesday announced the signing…

Nigerian prison contractors decry N30bn inmate feeding debt

Some contractors in charge of supplying food to inmates in correctional centres across the country have raised the…

FG, Google unveil AI training for civil servants

The Federal Government on Thursday launched an Artificial Intelligence training programme for public servants in partnership with Google…

Pan-African Firm Expands Fibre Network Across West Africa

A pan-African technology company, CSquared, has announced an expansion of its fibre network in West Africa, reinforcing its…

State Capital Projects Crumble Amid Spending Cuts

Procurement delays, worsening insecurity, and rising costs of goods and services have emerged as major reasons several state…

Vietnam Seeks Stronger Trade Ties With Nigeria

The Vietnamese Government has called for deeper cooperation with Nigeria in trade, agriculture, education, and security. Vietnam’s Ambassador…

Nigeria Deductes N256.5bn for Gas Infrastructure Fund in H1

The Federal Government, through the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee, has deducted a total of N256.52bn from revenue allocations…

Loko Oweto Road Repairs Ordered Amid Flood Concerns

The Federal Government has ordered the immediate rehabilitation of the Loko–Oweto–Agatu Road in Nasarawa State as a contingency…