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- 1 Jul 2014
FG Rakes In N669Bn From Privatization In 15 Years
Benjamin Dikki, director-general, Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), at the weekend disclosed that the Federal Government earned N669 billion from privatisation of its enterprises, including…
- 26 Mar 2014
FG to Raise N746Bn from Sale of NITEL, Others
Federal government is eyeing a whopping N746.6billion privatisation proceeds this year, according to the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). Benjamin Dikki, director-general, BPE, said that his…
- 22 Sept 2013
Privatization Remains Best Option - BPE
Benjamin Dikki, director-general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has reiterated that privatization remains the best option to develop the Nigerian economy and ensure efficiency in service…
- 8 Oct 2014
BPE Revels Plans To Privatise Airports
Mr Benjamin Dikki, director-general, Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), said that the privatization of federal airports in the country would commence soon. Dikki disclosed this in Abuja in his…
- 14 Apr 2017
Buhari Sacks PenCom, CPC Bosses, 21 Others
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday relieved the heads of 23 Federal Government agencies of their appointments and approved the appointment of their replacements. Key agencies of government…
- 14 Apr 2009
BPE Solicits DFID’s Support
Dr Christopher Anyanwu, director-general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has solicited the continued support of the British Department For International Development (DFID) in the reform…
- 6 Apr 2009
BPE Solicits DFID’s Support
Dr Christopher Anyanwu, director-general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has solicited the continued support of the British Department For International Development (DFID) in the reform…
- 9 Jan 2024
President Tinubu sacks FCCPC and BPE bosses
President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) Alexander Ayoola Oko. In a statement released, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the…
- 23 Jan 2022
ALSCON Crisis: Appeal Court Affirms Order to Jail DG of BPE
The Appeal Court in Abuja on Friday in a unanimous ruling gave the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), and Alex Okoh, its director-general, 30 days to comply with and enforce the July 6, 2012 order…
- 16 Jun 2024
President Tinubu Appoints Ayodeji Ariyo Gbeleyi as New DG Procurement Bureau
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Ayodeji Ariyo Gbeleyi as the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on…
- 27 Apr 2009
BPE DG Urges Remodeling of Privatization Programme
Dr Christopher Anyanwu, director-general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has asked Nigerian economists to suggest practical ways to re-model the country’s privatization…
- 26 Jul 2010
NTC to Regulate Transport Modes
Ms Bolanle Onagoruwa, acting director-general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has explained that the proposed National Transport Commission (NTC), is envisaged to be the economic…
- 1 Apr 2013
Atiku, el-Rufai Trade Words over Killing of Nitel
Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, former director general, Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE) under whose watch the controversial contractual agreement with Pentascope, a Dutch firm to manage Nitel , Nigeria’s…
- 8 Dec 2021
UBA Takes over AEDC over Failure of KANN Consortium to Service Debt
Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) have approved the takeover of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) by the United Bank for Africa…
- 28 Dec 2021
Transcorp Hotels Appoint Bola Onagoruwa as an Independent Non-Executive Director
The Board of Transcorp Hotels Plc. Nigeria’s leading hospitality brand and owners of the award-winning Transcorp Hilton Abuja, Transcorp Hotels Calabar, and online booking platform for accommodation,…
- 4 Apr 2013
el-Rufai Responsible for Nitel’s Death, Former Workers Claim
Some former chief executives, union members and retirees of failed national carrier, the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) have joined the war of words over the failure of national carrier…
- 6 Nov 2020
FG Sells Afam Power Plants to Transcorp
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that Transcorp Consortium has acquired Afam Power Plc and Afam Three Fast Power Limited and has committed to investing $350 million (N133.9 billion) in five…
- 14 May 2013
FG’s Phone Bugging Programme Worry Nigerians
Some eminent Nigerians have warned against the proposed introduction of lawful interception (LI), the so-called initiative that will give security agencies powers to access private communications,…
- 21 Jul 2014
Investor in Court to Stop Sale of NITEL, MTEL
Basbsim International Limited has initiated a legal action against the moves by the Federal Government to sell the assets of moribund Nigeria Telecommunications (NITEL) Plc and Nigeria Mobile…
- 25 Jun 2020
FG Carves Out 3 Subsidiaries in Unbundling of NIPOST
Federal government is unbundling the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) into three subsidiary companies which will operate on the principle of commercial viability, according to the Bureau of Public…
- 28 Jun 2014
FG, Labour Dispute Delaying Refineries Privatisation – BPE
The prolonged disagreement between the Federal Government and key labour unions in Nigeria’s petroleum sector is the major issue delaying the privatisation process of the country’s four refineries,…
- 26 Sept 2015
Cybercrime Act to Protect N6.4tr Telecom Investments, Regulates Cafés
The fight against cybercrimes and telecoms infrastructure vandalism received fresh impetus on May 15, 2015 when Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, erstwhile president of Nigeria, signed into law, the Cybercrimes…
- 28 Aug 2022
CBN’s N2.9Trillion Intervention Saves Banks, Power Sector from Collapse- Report
The lifeline by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through various intervention funds may have saved Deposit Money Banks(DMBs) and the power sector from imminent collapse, according to t he Sun . Some…
- 15 Feb 2010
CBN Pledges Support to BPE on Reforms
The Central Bank of Nigeria has pledged to collaborate with the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to carry out reforms in the various sectors of the economy. Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor,…
- 4 Aug 2008
BNP Paribas to Advice on Nitel Sales
BNP Paribas Consortium to offer Technical advisory services for the privatization of the Nigerian Telecommunications (NITEL) and its mobile outfit (MTEL), following the emergence of the consortium as…