NNPC Sees More Job Opportunities in LNG

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A summer internship programme designed to give a learning opportunity to young talents has been introduced by a foremost digital bank, ALAT by Wema. The platform will be used to nurture future leaders, offering them hands-on experience that bridges the gap between academia and the corporate world. The Divisional Head of Brands, People and Culture at Wema Bank Plc, Ms Ololade Ogungbenro, while speaking of the initiative, said participants would gain invaluable insights into the dynamic banking industry while contributing to real-time projects that impact the country. Business Post gathered that the ALAT Summer Internship Programme is

By Bliss Okperan The Kogi State Governor, Mr Yahaya Bello, has ordered the immediate removal of his Special Adviser on Stakeholders Relations, Mr Anthony Ogah. A statement issued on Monday by the Secretary to the Government of the state, Ms Folashade Ayoade, confirmed this development, though it did not state the reason surrounding the sacking of the Governor’s aide. However, it was disclosed that the termination of Mr Ogah’s appointment was with effect from Sunday, September 24, 2023. He has been directed to submit all government items. “In light of this press release, Mr Anthony Ogah is instructed to promptly

By Adedapo Adesanya President Bola Tinubu has nominated Ms Jamila Bio Ibrahim to serve as the Minister of Youth and Mr Ayodele Olawande as the Minister of State for Youth. These nominations indicate a separation of the ministry, which used to be joined with the Ministry of Sport in the previous administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement signed by Mr Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Sunday, it was emphasised that the nominees would have to undergo screening at the Senate for confirmation. Upon confirmation by the Mr Godswill Akpabio-led parliament,

By Adedapo Adesanya President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr Olusesan Olufunso Adebiyi as the new permanent secretary for the State House, Abuja, following the exit of Mr Tijjani Umar, who served from April 5, 2020, until his retirement on August 10, 2023. Mr Adebiyi, a native of Ekiti State, previously held the position of Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Health. Born on January 8, 1968, in Kabba, Kogi State, he started his early education at St. Andrew Primary School Kabba before proceeding to Ekiti Parapo College, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, where he obtained G.C.E O/Level in 1983 and then

By Adedapo Adesanya The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Antonio Guterres, following recent developments in Nigeria, has called for an end to reported police brutality and abuses in the country. Mr Guterres made the disclosure in a statement via Ms Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the Secretary-General on Wednesday. He condemned the violent escalation of events of October 20 in Lagos which resulted in multiple deaths and caused many injuries. He expressed his condolences to the bereaved families and wished a speedy recovery to those injured. He also used the opportunity to call on the Nigerian authorities to investigate these

By Dipo Olowookere No fewer than 700 artisanal and small scale miners have been registered into licensed cooperatives by the federal government. This disclosure was made by the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Mr Abubakar Bwari, at a media briefing held in Abuja last week. According to him, the registration of all informal miners in the country was to enhance their growth and development in a structured manner and spur productivity and job creation in the mining sector. “Our goal is to ensure we register all the informal miners, so that we can easily monitor their activities

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Federal Government has strongly rejected the downgrading of Nigeria from a B1 stable to a B2 stable rating by Moody’s Investors Service Research. In a statement dated Wednesday, November 8, 2017, the Nigerian authorities said the downgrade was not a true reflection of the current state of the country’s economy, which government said has improved. “The attention of the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Debt Management Office (DMO) has been drawn to today’s announcement of the decision by Moody’s to downgrade Nigeria from a B1 stable to a B2 stable

The major U.S. index futures are pointing to a lower opening on Monday, as traders may look to cash in on the recent strength on Wall Street. Following the lacklustre performance seen in the previous session, stocks continued to show a lack of direction during trading on Friday. The major averages spent much of the day lingering near the unchanged line. The major averages eventually closed mixed. While the Nasdaq inched up 5.61 points or 0.1 percent to a new record closing high of 5,660.68, the Dow edged down 7.13 points or less than a tenth of a percent to

By Dipo Olowookere The management of Guinea Insurance Plc has appealed for an extension of time to file its financial statements for 2018 and for the first quarter of 2019. In a notice to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) this week, the insurer explained that the reason for the delay in filing the results was because of the adoption and implementation of IFRS 9 on Financial Instruments, and IFRS 4 (as amended) on Insurance Contracts. “The general public is hereby notified that Guinea Insurance Plc will be unable to file its first quarter unaudited financial statements for the period ended

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The management of one of Nigeria’s leading insurance service providers, Linkage Assurance Plc, has announced that it would now file its 2016 audited financial statements on or before Sunday, April 30, 2017. In a statement issued by the firm and signed by its Secretary, Mrs Kehinde Ayodele, it was explained that this delay is as a result of the “challenges encountered during the 2015 audit exercise following the delay in the approval of the Annual Accounts of a private company where linkage Assurance Plc holds unquoted shares accounting for over 75 percent of our investment portfolio.” According

By Saatah Nubari The first time this budget analysis series ran was for the 2016 budget; and it becomes visible each day that the 1810 page document was a horrid, hurriedly-put, corrupt-conduit-filled piece of executive cluelessness. Well, since I’m more of a realist than any of the other-ists, I’ll just say that the fact that the world lost an entire tree to the making of the paper it was inked on is a tragedy. We have been given a sequel; the 2017 budget was presented to the National Assembly by the President in the presence of the ministers who drafted

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has reclaimed the title of the best-performing market in the world, after the All Share Index (ASI) appreciated by 4.92 per cent on Tuesday. The growth was the highest daily gain recorded by the exchange in more than five years. The benchmark index soared 13 per cent in the past month more than any of the other 93 major global gauges tracked by Bloomberg. The gain posted yesterday was the 12th in a row, the longest winning streak the Nigerian bourse has recorded since July 2017, and this has pushed the market