Ajaokuta Steel Plant
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The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprises (CPPE) has stated that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has serious implications for the Nigerian economy, especially if it becomes protracted.
25 Oct 2020
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed’s recent declaration that steel boom may lead to Nigeria’s industrialisation merely reiterated the original thinking behind the development of the Ajaokuta ...
10 Nov 2019
In ancient times, as our people say, when the sick perceive their sickness, they sought the Babalawo, the father of knowledge. He might be female and knowledgeable in the area of sickness.
15 Sep 2019
Conflicting signals over what to do with the comatose Ajaokuta Steel Mill is unhealthy. Government appears to be at sea again over what to do or how to save the huge investment on the landmark project...
15 Jan 2019
The Federal Government may have made up its mind to privatise the multi-million Naira Ajaokuta Steel Plant located in Kogi State despite opposition by a section of the nation’s economic intelligentsia.
27 Jun 2018
The submission of the Technical Audit reports on Ajaokuta Steel Plant, which ascertained that the plant is 95.7 per cent ready, showed that Nigeria is on the part of reviving its solid mineral sector. Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited is Nigeria’s largest steel plant located in Ajaokuta, Kogi State. The plant, which has been described as…
17 Jun 2018
Organised mining of solid minerals in the country began in 1903 after the British colonial government created the Mineral Survey of the Northern Protectorates. But despite over one century of mining activities...
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