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[ad_1] The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGi) has announced that the Federal Government is aiming for a billion-dollar annual investment in compressed natural gas (CNG) conversion projects.Programme Director/CEO of the initiative, Michael Oluwagbemi, disclosed this at the launch of a CNG conversion centre at Commercial Parks, Mile 2, Lagos, in collaboration with the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). According to Oluwagbemi, there has been a rapid growth in investment over the past year.SPONSOR AD He said, “In the last one year, we’ve invested over $500 million, and more is still coming. Our target this year is a…

[ad_1] President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has issued a new Executive Order designed to lower project costs, attract investment, and enhance revenues from oil and gas operations.The Upstream Petroleum Operations Cost Efficiency Incentives Order (2025) introduces performance-based tax incentives for upstream operators who deliver verifiable cost savings that meet defined industry benchmarks. According to a statement by Senan Murray, Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Energy, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) “will publish these benchmarks annually according to terrain—onshore, shallow water, and deep offshore. Additionally, detailed implementation guidelines for the new Order will be issued in…

[ad_1] Director General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs Zubaida Umar, has said about 100 bodies have been recovered from the scene of the flood disaster at Mokwa, Niger State as search and rescue operations continues.She said in a statement that injured persons evacuated to various health centres in Mokwa had been treated and discharged, while some received immediate first aid at the scene. She noted that the epicentres of the disaster had been identified as Unguwan Hausawa and Tiffin Maza neighbourhoods, both located within Mokwa township.SPONSOR AD Umar said the agency had delivered essential relief items to provide immediate…

[ad_1] There will be disruption to water supply in the Federal Capital Territory in the next two weeks, the FCT Water Board has announced.The board, in a statement, alerted its customers that due to the ongoing rehabilitation works of the water treatment plants at Lower Usuma Dam, there would be disruption of water supply to both city centre and the outskirts. The board said the rehabilitation work would pave the way for the connection of the electro-mechanical equipment of its treatment plants, which is a major component of the rehabilitation work.SPONSOR AD The disruption, according to the board, started on…

[ad_1] Is the next bullish crypto breakout hiding in plain sight? Chainlink (LINK) price action is heating up as it approaches a key breakout zone, with analysts predicting a 40–60% move if it clears $19. Meanwhile, the PEPE coin price is holding near $0.000014 after a wild 40% rally, driven by meme momentum and social hype. But while these tokens stir the charts, one new contender is shifting the meme coin game entirely, and paying people to be part of it.Meet Punisher Coin ($PUN), where the meme isn’t just for laughs, it’s built for action. From missions that reward participants…

[ad_1] In this interview, a professor of Political Science and former president of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), Professor Adele Jinadu, told Weekend Trust that there is no restriction on the number of political parties under a multi-party democracy if applicants met the requirements for registration.  Less than two years to the 2027 general elections, over 90 associations have applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seeking registration as political parties; what do you make of this development?SPONSOR AD They have the right to apply, but whether they meet the requirements set down by the constitution and INEC…

[ad_1] Dr Dauda Garuba, a seasoned democratic governance expert and currently, the director of the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), also told Weekend Trust that political parties should be permitted to operate freely to raise their credibility.  More associations are seeking registration as political parties, what is your take?SPONSOR AD For me, maybe as somebody in the area of political science and is attuned to what multi-party democracy is all about, you may want to say that people are free to register their parties.On several occasions, I also argued on why we are regimental about political party registration. As…

[ad_1] Speakers have asked the federal government to revitalise nomadic education in Nigeria, pioneered by Professor Mary Lar.The call was made yesterday at the reception ceremony in celebration of Prof Lar’s 90th birthday in Jos in Plateau State, where she was commended for driving the initiative for nomadic communities who migrate from one place to the other due to pastoral practices. The birthday of Prof Lar, who is the wife of the first civilian governor of Plateau State and pioneer National President of the People’s Democrats Party (PDP), Late Chief Solomon Lar, and a former Nigerian Ambassador to the Netherlands,…

[ad_1] The Minister of Works, David Nweze Umahi, has secured the approval of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the commissioning of the completed 30-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway today.A statement by the media aide to the minister, Orji Uchenna Orji, said the president, who is also the initiator and actualizer of the historic project, is expected to virtually commission part of Phase I, Section I (30 km of 750 km) at KM 8 of the project, around the Jakande Estate Area in Lagos State on Saturday May 31. He said other completed Renewed Hope signature projects within southern Nigeria, including the:…

[ad_1] The organised Labour and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have differed on the mid-term scorecard of President Bola Tinubu’s two years in office as the country marks the second anniversary of the administration.In his assessment of the two years of Tinubu’s government, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, said the last two years have been far from renewing hope, except to recycle the same failed neoliberal experiments of the past from the IMF and others. He said the government promised bold economic reforms that would reshape the economy and set it on a path to…