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January 31, 2017 No Responses

UBA unveils 15 campus Ambassadors

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has launched the maiden edition of its Campus Ambassador Programme with the induction of the first 15 brand ambassadors. The UBA Campus Ambassador Programme is an initiative to identify young emerging leaders among...

January 30, 2017 No Responses

Bank approves N408b for Lagos-Ibadan rail project

Barely one week after the Federal Government announced the release of N72billion as its counterpart fund for the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line, the Export-Import Bank of China has approved $1.275bn (about N408bn) loan for the pr...

January 30, 2017 No Responses

Investor gets N1.5m for ‘Illegal sale’ of GTBank shares

An investor, Rev. Fr. Samuel Ukeje Ikechukwu has commended the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for facilitating payment of N1.5million for his Guranty Trust Bank shares sold without his consent. According to Ukeje who is resident in Italy, he bought.....

January 30, 2017 No Responses

STOAN condoles MWUN over Secretary-General’s death

The Chairman, Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), Princess Vicky Haastrup has expressed shock at the demise of the Secretary-General of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Aham Ubani, who died in Lagos recently. Exp...

January 30, 2017 No Responses

Maritime sector, NUJ, critical to economic diversification, says NIMASA boss

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has urged the media, especially the maritime press to support the government’s drive to diversify the economy for growth and create alternativ...

January 30, 2017 No Responses

Kenya to host ITTF Africa regional meeting

To champion the growth and promotion of table tennis in the Eastern African region, the maiden meeting of 13 countries that made up the region holds on February 18 in Nairobi, Kenya. According to the President, ITTF-Africa Eastern Region, Andrew Mudibo,...

January 30, 2017 No Responses

NPA Photo News

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (3rd from Left), AIG Zone 2 of Nigeria Police Force, Cornelius Kayode Aderanti, MNI (3rd from Right), NPA’s General Manager (Public Affairs), Chief M.K. Ajayi (Right), during a cour...

January 29, 2017 No Responses

‘Lagos, hub of the creative sector’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described Lagos State as the hub of the Creative Sector in Nigeria. According to the Minister, the State has key role to play in the Federal Government’s economic diversification policy...

January 29, 2017 No Responses

Dana Air unveils low fares for Valentine

Dana Air has launched a valentine campaign to afford guests of the airline the opportunity to fly for less when they book a return ticket on any of the airlines’ route network. According to Dana Air’s Communications Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa,...

January 28, 2017 8 Responses

2016: Hyundai delivers 4.86m vehicles worldwide

Hyundai Motor Company has announced its 2016 full-year business results. According to the company, sales volume and operating profit declined from the same period last year “due to high production cost caused by series of labour strikes and continued economi...

January 28, 2017 2 Responses

Obaseki seeks Japanese cooperation on vocational, technological training for youths

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki is seeking the cooperation of the Japanese government in training the youths in the state on vocational, and technological training which he said is part of his strategic plan of empowering the people. To facilitate...

January 28, 2017 No Responses

NPA Photo News

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (3rd from Right), Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ibrahim Ali (5th from Left), and other top Management of Customs and NPA during a courtesy visit of MD...

January 28, 2017 6 Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R Shows Willie Sam Ndata, Doyen of Stockbrokers; Olunseyi Abe, President, Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS); Pai Gamde, Acting of Corporate Services Division, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, NSE; ...

January 27, 2017 No Responses

At Onne Free Zone, PCN celebrates completion of Egina pipe coating

Pipe Coaters Nigeria Limited (PCN) on Wednesday celebrated completion of the coating and cut back of the last pipe for the Egina UFR (umbilicals, flowlines and risers) project at the Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone, Rivers State. According to...