The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has commenced a three-day modularised refresher training programme aimed at strengthening the professional competencies of its personnel and equipping officers with contemporary knowledge, emerging global trends, operational standards and best practices in traffic management and customer service. The capacity-building programme, organised by MACTAY CONSULTING, a strategic training partner of LASTMA, was developed following a comprehensive Training Needs Assessment (TNA) conducted with LASTMA Contact Centre Agents and Support Staff. The outcome of the assessment was subsequently translated into eight structured learning modules, meticulously designed to address identified competency gaps and enhance the efficiency, professionalism…
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The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, has concluded a series of high-level engagements with China’s leading power engineering firms and financial institutions, securing commitments to accelerate delivery of Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) projects and to broaden Chinese participation across the full value chain of Nigeria’s electricity sector, from generation and transmission to project financing and industrial manufacturing. The engagements, held in Beijing as part of the ongoing Nigeria–China power sector mission, were designed around a single test: whether each partnership can be converted into a bankable project, a financed investment and completed infrastructure that Nigerians can measure in megawatts delivered,…
L R: President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote; Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo Olu; and representative of the President of Rwanda and Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Development Board, Jean Guy Afrika, during the 2026 ADF Africa Diaspora Leadership Programme Young Global Leaders Convening at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals, Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, on Thursday, September 10, 2026. …Dangote: We want ordinary Africans to share in the prosperity …Sanwo Olu: Dangote built a country around a refinery …Frazer: Refinery changes Africa’s geopolitical equation …Afreximbank: Project is Africa’s industrialisation mission made concrete The proposed initial public offering of Dangote…
Representative of the Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), DCGI Saidu Bashir Daura cuts a tape to mark the official unveiling of NNPC Retail Limited’s first Smart Self-Service Station on Bill Clinton Drive, in Abuja. The CGI was assisted by the Executive Vice President, Downstream, NNPC Ltd, Mumuni Dagazau (1st right) and MD, NNPC Retail, Huub Stokman (2nd left). The Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Retail Limited has commissioned its first Smart Self-Service Station in Abuja, introducing a technology-driven fuelling facility designed to provide customers with greater convenience, flexibility and access to multiple energy and mobility services. The new facility,…
L-R Rao Preetham Ganesh – Service Manager, AGBEDE Olarewaju Laisi- Business Development Manager, AGBOOLA Lawal Bukola – Business Development Manager, Ashwini kumar Patel – General Manager JMG Industrial In a demonstration of its leading position in delivering high-standard engineering solutions, JMG Limited, the market leader in Nigeria’s electro-mechanical industry, showcased its uniquely designed Kaeser Air Compressor SM-13T at this year’s Propak West Africa Exhibition. The foremost company in the Air Compressor market segment drew participants to its stand with the Kaeser SM-13T Air Compressor solution, with each attesting to the distinctiveness of the innovation and unparalleled features of the product, at…
L R: Co-Chair, Board of Trustees, The Africa Center, New York, Jendayi Frazer; representative of the President of Rwanda and Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Development Board, Jean Guy Afrika; Group Vice President, Oil & Gas and Fertiliser, Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin; President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote; Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo Olu; Group Executive Director, Commercial Operations, Oil & Gas, Fertiliser and WAEP, Dangote Industries Limited, Fatima Aliko Dangote; and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Aliko Dangote Foundation, Zouera Youssoufou, during the 2026 ADF Africa Diaspora Leadership Programme Young Global Leaders Convening at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery…
All is now set for the 18th edition of ‘Arise Women 2026 a purely humanitarian programme. The annual event put together by non-profit organization ‘Arise Women Foundation’ was founded to cater for the less privileged in the society as well as empower Nigerian women across the country. This year’s edition, according to the convener, Dr. Siju Iluyomade, is special after a successful 17th edition seeing thousands of individuals empowered in various sectors. The organizers has made it known that the 18th edition is poised to be transformational and monumental as it has put in place activities to empower, enlighten and…
Ibrahim Khalil, a social media political commentator popularly known as Dan Shagamu, was found dead in a pool of blood at his home in Gaida, Kano metropolis, on Wednesday. Amnesty International, in a statement, said Khalil was “brutally slaughtered after being overpowered by his killers”. The rights organisation condemned the killing and called on Nigerian authorities to investigate the incident and ensure that those responsible are brought to justice. “In a democracy, outspoken persons or critics are accommodated, listened to, not killed,” the statement reads. “We are seriously concerned that the Nigerian Government is doing very little to prevent widespread…
Amnesty International deeply is concerned by the reckless and unlawful use of political thugs that blocked the presidential candidate of opposition NDC Peter Obi from entering Benue state. Benue state government has questions to answer for this brazen act of political repression. No Nigerian needs anybody’s permission or prior notification to visit any part of the country — at all times. No state is a no-go area for any person or supporters of any political party. What happened today in Benue state is an unprecedented and dangerous act of political hooliganism that undermines the entire democratic process. Heavily armed youth…