Ajaokuta Steel

April 05, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Nasir Naeem Abdulsalam as the Managing Director of Ajaokuta Steel Company. A statement by Segun Imohiosen, Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the...

January 30, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has officially flagged off the construction of five mini-liquefied natural gas plants in Ajaokuta, Kogi State, as part of efforts to boost Nigeria’s gas sector and drive industrialization. The five...

September 09, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s sustained efforts to revive the Ajaokuta Steel Company, which is designed for the take-off of industrialisation in the country, got a big boost in China during the weekend when the Federal Government pledged cooperation...

January 12, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government, on Thursday, said it would investigate how the non-functioning Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) accumulated N33bn electricity debt, which prompted the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to disconnect the company from the...

January 11, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, received a briefing on investment prospects in the steel sector. Receiving the briefing at the State House in Abuja, during a meeting held with the Minister of Steel Development, Prince...

January, 10, (THEWILL) - The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has suspended services at the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL), over failure of the company to settle N33 billon owed to the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading PLC (NBET) and...

April 28, (THEWILL) - A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja, has restrained the Federal Government from the planned concession of the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) and the National Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO), Itakpe. The Chief Judge...

December 29, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, inaugurated the Multi Million Naira Reference Hospital in Okene Local Government area of Kogi State. Among other legacy projects commissioned by the President included the new Palace of Ohinoyi of Ebira...

November 27, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has said the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia/Ukraine war stalled the planned take-off of the full operation of Ajaokuta Steel Company. Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, said this when...