Economy
NCDMB Leadership Ordered to Appear Before Senate Over Refinery Fund Controversy
Pan Afric Reporters The Senate Committee on Local Content has directed the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, to appear before it over alleged financial irregularities linked to the Board’s investment in Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited. The committee’s decision follows allegations by the…
Between the 2025 Budget and Wale Edun, Who Is Ailing?
By Adeyemi Jackson That Nigerian’s feel the pinch of the ongoing reforms of President Bola Tinubu’s administration is something that could be blamed on the shoddy implementation of the ₦54.99 trillion 2025 Budget or a total lack of it. It is farcical that implementation of the nation’s 2025 spending plan did not…
Senate Moves to Unlock Over $1 Billion for MSMEs as Ekpenyong Leads Debate on Factoring Regulation Bill
By Onwe Wisdom | Pan Afric Reporters NASS,Abuja The Senate on Wednesday took a decisive step toward strengthening Nigeria’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong Jnr (Cross River South) led the debate on the Factoring Regulation Bill, 2024 (SB.474), which seeks to establish a legal and regulatory framework for factoring…
Underaged Mining: Ebonyi Solid Minerals Devt Ministry, FIDA Threaten Court Action Against Mininers
By Alex Odeh The Ebonyi State Ministry of Solid Minerals Development has stated has called for collaboration with the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Ebonyi State branch to prosecute minners in the State who engaged under aged children and pregnant women in various mining sites across the State. The Ebonyi State Commissioner for…
ICC Hotel: China, Africa Collaborate To Promote Sustainable Development In Southeast
By Alex Odeh The collaboration between China and Africa has paid off with the construction of ultra-modern International Conference Centre (ICC) hotel in Enugu State, which would boost regional business, tourism and above all, contribute maximally to Nigeria’s economic development South East region has embarked on construction of ultra-modern international conference Centre, ICC, hotel…
Izzi Nnodo Youth Forum Trains 90 On Skill Acquisition, Sponsors 30 undergraduates
…Vows To End Kindred Division in Ebonyi By Alex Odeh The National President of Izzi Nnodo Youth Forum (INYF), Comrade Andrew Chibueze Elom, yesterday said the Forum has rolled out massive empowerment, human capital development, and peace building programmes to reposition the youths of Izzi clan in Ebonyi State. Speaking in Abakaliki on Monday…
NNPCL Chief Executive Tasks African Countries On Innovation, Technology, Cross-Border Alliances
… Africa, according to Ojulari, faces “complex, interrelated challenges,”in including “climate change, capital flight, technology gaps and supply disruptions – Ojulari By Emmanuel Oduara The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mr Bayo Ojulari has tasked African countries on technology, innovation and regional alliances in order address the…
PETROLEUM ENGINEERS’ CONFERENCE COMMENCES IN LAGOS AUGUST 2
By Emmanuel Oduara, Pan Afric Reporters The Society of Petroleum Engineers SPE, Nigeria Council will commence her Annual International Conference and Exhibition, tagged: SPENAICE 2025 today August 2nd, 2025. SPENAICE, an annual assemblage of experts and innovators in the energy sector also serves a veritable platform for innovation, policy dialogue, professional excellence and exhibition…
Ebonyi Ex-Guber PDP Candidate Empowers 53 Persons With Over N159m In Vocational Training
By Alex Odeh A business mogul and 2023 governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, Chief Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, has empowered 53 individuals with a total sum of over N159 million as part of a comprehensive skills acquisition and economic empowerment program. Each beneficiary received N3 million as startup capital…
₦210 TRILLION AUDIT STORM: NNPCL Boss Fails to Justify Discrepancy After Evasion, Takes a Delay Posture
By Onwe Wisdom| Pan Afric Reporters|NASS, Abuja| July 29, 2025 The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), long under public scrutiny for its opaque operations, once again finds itself at the centre of controversy, this time over an unresolved audit discrepancy totalling a staggering ₦210 trillion. In a much-anticipated appearance before the Senate Public Accounts…