Day: August 18, 2020

NNPC deepens global Transparency index, makes EITI’s World Partner Firms list

Efe Wellington

  . GMD NNPC, Mele Kyari whose regime recorded the feat gives a nod to full and public disclosure of all beneficial owners and steps to identify the beneficial owners of Corporation’s direct business partners, including Joint Ventures and contracts. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has become an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) partner company, joining a group of over 65 extractives companies, state-owned enterprises (SOEs), commodity traders, financial institutions and industry partners who commit to observing the EITI’s supporting company expectations. Coming 43 years after the establishment of…

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MTN Shuts Nigeria’s Kaduna Office, quarantines all staff as Manager contracts Covid-19

Precious Ibekwe

Telecomminication giant, MTN Nigeria, has shut down one of its offices in Kaduna, Northwestern part of the country, and enforced self-quarantine on the entire staff as one of their managers tested positive for COVID-19. The company, which confirmed this in an update sighted by Platforms Africa charged all customers or guests who used the facility within the last 2 weeks, beginning July 31 2020, to contact the Kaduna State Emergency. “The affected staff is a senior staff in management level at the Kaduna branch,” a source added. MTN Nigeria update…

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