Linking Partners for Niger Delta Development

September 11, 2018

NDDC selects 2,835 graduates for foreign scholarships

  The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has picked 2,835 candidates out of over 4,000 applicants, who applied for the commission’s foreign postgraduate scholarships this year. […]
September 10, 2018

FG secures N179.9bn loan from China for modular refineries

  The Federal Government has secured a $500 million (about N179.9 billion) facility from the Export Import Bank of China (CEXIM) through the Bank of Industry […]
September 10, 2018

Nigerian firm wins maiden Shell Global Innovation Outstanding Performance Prize

  A Nigerian plastic-recycling company has won the maiden Shell Outstanding Achievement Prize in the 2018 Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators Awards. Bayelsa State-based De-Rabacon Plastics […]
September 7, 2018

Digital Jobs for Youth: Young Women in the Digital Economy

  The Digital Jobs for Youth: Focus on Young Women in the Digital Economy flagship report is  primarily intended to provide operational recommendations for the design […]
September 7, 2018

Greek Investors To Construct Ship-Building Plant In Niger Delta

Mr Edobor Iyamu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, says investors from Greece will set up a ship-building outfit in Nigeria, especially […]
September 7, 2018

Abia to support leather, garment clusters to boost economy

by GODFREY OFURUM Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has stated that the leather and garment sectors in Aba, the State’s commercial hub, are contributing immensely […]
September 7, 2018

FG, UNDP collaborate to mainstream SDGs in states, LGAs policies

The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs), says it is partnering with UNDP to mainstream SDGs in states […]
September 5, 2018

Greek Experts to Train 2,500 Amnesty Beneficiaries on Fishing

Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja Eight Greek experts in the maritime industry have arrived Nigeria to train 2,500 beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) on fishing. […]
September 5, 2018

2019: Youth groups, women vow to defend votes in Rivers

  Market women, youth groups and commercial motor cyclists in Rivers State have declared that they are ready to defy any attempt by security agencies and […]
September 5, 2018

Total to build N40 million soap manufacturing plant in Akwa Ibom

  Francois Le-Cocq, Deputy Managing Director, Total Exploration and Production, Port Harcourt, says the company is to spend N40 million to build a soap manufacturing plant […]
September 4, 2018

UK’s £70m programme plan to create 100,000 jobs in Nigeria

  The United Kingdom Department for International Development in Abuja on Monday gave details on how the UK government plans to create 100,000 jobs in Nigeria […]
September 3, 2018

PIGB detrimental to Niger Delta’s interest, stakeholders insist

  A tacit endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision not to sign the troubled Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) appear came from some stakeholders in the […]