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The Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has set dates for the commencement of operation at three refineries located in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Warri in Delta State and Kaduna state. According to the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the NNPC, Malam Mele Kyari, the Port Harcourt refinery will be ready before the end of the year 2023 while those in Warri and Kaduna would start production in 2024. Kyari said this during an interview he granted on Monday when he led his management team on a courtesy visit to the Abuja headquarters of Trust TV. “Our plan is…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has said the United States (US) should not respond to political developments in Nigeria in a way that implies taking sides until the presidential election petition tribunal issues its final decision. The Guardian reports that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening the relationship between the United States and Nigeria during a 20-minute telephone call with President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Obi, who is challenging Tinubu’s victory at the tribunal, said in a tweet on Friday that the basis of Blinken’s conversation with the president-elect remains unclear. He noted that…

The Bank of Industry (BoI) recorded N2.3 trillion profit before tax under President Muhammadu Buhari, Chairman Board of Directors of the bank, Alhaji Aliyu Dikko has said.Dikko, made this known on the sidelines of the 63rd Annual General Meeting of the bank in Abuja. “It has been excellent. If you look at that eight years when we came on board the total assets of the bank was about N630 billion. “Right now it has grown to about 2. 3 trillion. So you can see that it has multiplied by more than three times. ”So the bank has done excellently well…

Governors of the North Central geopolitical zone, yesterday, in Abuja, rejected the zoning arrangements announced by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the leadership positions in the 10th National Assembly. The chief executives of the states in the region took the position after hours of deliberations on the issue at a meeting of their caucus in Abuja, which ended late. The governors from the region represented by Governors Yahaya Bello and Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, had earlier at a meeting meeting penultimate week, endorsed the position of the senators-elect on the issue. The states’ chief executives at another forum after the announcement…

Association of Nigerian Professionals based in the United Kingdom, has hailed the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to adopt an inclusive zoning arrangement ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly leadership. A statement by the body and signed by the Coordinator, Innocent Udoidiong and the protem Secretary, Mr. Kingsley Omolu, after an emergency meeting to consider issues affecting the welfare of Nigerians based in the UK, among others, noted that the choice would bring about peace, justice and equity in the system. The meeting, which was held at Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom also had in attendance,other…

•Matawale’s group tackles Jaji over claims he won Zamfara for Tinubu A former Governor of Zamfara State and Senator-elect for Zamfara West, Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari, yesterday, in Abuja, declared that he was in the race for the Presidency of the 10th Senate in line with constitutional provisions and not zoning arrangement made by the ruling party. Yari, who stated this while fielding questions from journalists at the sideline of induction programme held for senators and members-elect for the 10th National Assembly at International Conference Centre (ICC), said his aspiration was not an affront against the APC. While maintaining that he…

Stakeholders from the maritime industry and government agencies met in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to identify best way to improve the efficiency and ease of doing business in the eastern ports. The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) in conjunction with the Convention for Business Integrity (CBI), had assembled the stakeholders in a workshop to strategies on safe ways to ensure smooth business transaction within the eastern ports of Onne, Port Harcourt, Sapele, Warri, and Calabar. During the workshop titled “Promoting Compliance to the Nigerian Port Process Manual (NPPM) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on Vessels Through Clearance,” the stakeholders noted that…

Project Director, Africa Brand Awards, Mr. Abidemi Adesanya has called on African leaders and top organisations on the continent to see customer service as the tool for business growth and scale. He stated this during a media chat with The Industry for the forthcoming 2023 Africa Brand Awards scheduled to hold this month in Lagos. The theme for this year’s event is ‘Customer Service in Africa: The Strategic Role of Business Leaders.’ According to Adesanya, “Effective customer service cannot be overemphasised because its importance to the success of any organisation is very pivotal. Any organisation without adequate customer service infrastructure…

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has said governors from North-central have not made any public statement on the zoning formula for parliamentary positions, denying a media report quoting them as rejecting the position of the party leadership on the issue. AbdulRazaq said the governors, being party leaders from the region, cannot adopt confrontational posture against the party’s position but are instead holding strategic meetings with different stakeholders to secure a better deal for the North-central. “Media reports that we reject the party’s position are therefore a stretch of our approach. They are not factual. We have our channels of communication,…

The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Adron Homes and properties, Aare Adetola Emmanuel-Kings, has tasked the incoming administration to embrace social housing scheme to reduce the burden of housing deficit. He made this revelation at the real estate firm head office in Omole Phase 1, Lagos, while addressing a group of journalist. Emmanuel-Kings expressed his worries and stated that his company in the past 10 years has been committed to providing affordable housing scheme for middle and lower classes citizens, and presently in eight states of the country. He, however, noted that the President-Elect, Senator Bola Tinubu’s…