Backward Integration: Recipe for Survival of Nigeria’s Industrial Economy – RMRDC DG

The Deputy Governor of Enugu State, Barr. Ifeanyi Ossai, presenting an award of excellence to Prof. Ike-Muonso at the 37th MAN AGM

The Deputy Governor of Enugu State, Barr. Ifeanyi Ossai, presenting an award of excellence to Prof. Ike-Muonso at the 37th MAN AGM The Director General/CEO of Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Prof. Nnanyelugo Ike-Muonso, has renewed calls for Nigeria to embrace backward integration and local sourcing of raw materials, saying “it is the […]

Nigeria’s imports hit ₦3.53 trillion in first half of 2025 – DG, RMRDC …. trend is “an existential threat to the economy.”

Professor Nnanyelugo Ike-Muonso

Professor Nnanyelugo Ike-Muonso The Director-General, Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Professor Nnanyelugo Ike-Muonso, has disclosed Nigeria’s imports in the first half of 2025 alone stands at ₦3.53 trillion Speaking at the 37th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), comprising Anambra, Enugu, and Ebonyi States branch, held in Enugu […]

Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, earns PhD in Law

Rt. Hon. Kalu proudly displays his PhD thesis after his successful defence

Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, earns PhD in Law The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has successfully defended his PhD in Law, from the University of Calabar, and awaiting the university’s next convocation. With this achievement, he joins the elite league of parliamentarians who bagged a […]

A Nigerian, Ayodeji Taiwo, inducted into the German Army

Major Taiwo

Major Taiwo A Nigerian, Ayodeji Taiwo, has, in a rare groundbreaking feat, been inducted into the German Army as a Major Breaking the good news in his LinkedIn account, Ayodeji announced, “Yesterday, I was officially inducted into the German Army as an officer — the military dream has lasted since my childhood and now it’s […]

Levene Energy’s CEO named the SERAS 2025 Sustainability Man of the Year

Mr. Ogbe (middle) with the plaque

Mr. Ogbe (middle) with the plaque Nzan Ogbe, Group Chief Executive Officer of Levene Energy Holdings, has been named Sustainability Man of the Year at SERAS (Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards for Africa) 2025 for leading the development of Nigeria’s first fully automated solar panel manufacturing facility. The project, backed by investment in excess of […]

Meet the 2025 laureates of “Changemakers: 100 Nigerians Leading Change”

Changemakers: 100 Nigerians Leading Change

Changemakers: 100 Nigerians Leading Change Meet the 2025 laureates of “Changemakers: 100 Nigerians Leading Change”, a biographical compendium jointly put together by livesonline.ng and Profiles & Biographies. Changemakers: 100 Nigerians Leading Change” is a biographical compendium that profiles outstanding Nigerians who, by their creative ideas or actions, illuminate the atmosphere with their incandescent ideas and […]

Nigerians to experience better economic opportunities as President Tinubu assents to Raw Materials Value Addition Bill Soon

Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Barr. Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh

Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Barr. Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh   Very soon, Nigerians will begin to experience the benefits of the anticipated economic boost occasioned by the soon-to-assented to 30% Raw Materials Value Addition Bill by the President and its eventual seamless implementation The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Barr. Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh, […]

Raw Materials Value Addition Bill: Backbone of Nigeria’s industrial future. – Ike-Muonso

The DG/CEO, RMRDC, Prof. Ike-Muonso

Ike-Muonso The Director-General of RMRDC, Prof. Nnanyelugo Ike-Muonso, has described the 30% Raw Materials Value Addition Bill soon to be assented to by the President and its eventual seamless implementation, as the backbone of Nigeria’s industrial future. “This bill is the bedrock of our future industrialization,” he said. “It will halt the export of unprocessed […]

Vital Health International Announces 3-Day Medical & Evangelistic Mission to Agbowa-Ikosi: “Jesus Heals”

Pastor Joe Tarkom

Lagos, Nigeria – Vital Health International, in collaboration with African Missions Global, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Christian Association of Nigeria, and other key partners in the medical and faith-based community, has announced a comprehensive 3-Day intervention programme tagged “Mission to Agbowa-Ikosi: Jesus Heals.” The event will run from Thursday, December 4th to Saturday, December 6th, […]