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July 25, 2020 No Responses

Man Energy To Sack 4,000 Workers

Marine engine manufacturing giant, MAN Energy Solutions is launching an extensive cost-cutting and restructuring program that will result in the layoff of almost 4,000 people. The program is being rolled out as MAN Energy Solutions readies for a prolonged period of...

July 25, 2020 No Responses

Delta Empowers 107 Youths With Take-Off Tools, Grants

Delta State Job and Wealth Creation programme has presented tools and take off grants to 107 successful participants in its Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the beneficiaries, who were t...

July 25, 2020 No Responses

PSG Wins French Cup

Paris St-Germain overcame an injury to Kylian Mbappe to beat 10-man Saint-Etienne and win the French Cup in a game for which some fans were allowed into the Stade de France. This was the first game in France after the...

July 24, 2020 No Responses

Stakeholders Seek Stricter Regulation Of Blood Products

Stakeholders in the health sector on Thursday urged Federal Government to establish a commission that would enhance regulation of blood products. Head, media and Communication, National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), Abdullahi Haruna, explained that the sta...

July 24, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 604 New Coronavirus Cases

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 604 new cases of coronavirus pandemic, bringing total infections 38,344. According to the NCDC, the 604 cases were reported in 20 states and the FCT, with Lagos State – the countr...

July 24, 2020 No Responses

Union Tasks Amaechi On Railway Staff Quarter Monetisation

The Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NUR) has appealed to the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to find lasting solution to the staff quarter monetisation issue. NUR General Secretary, Mr Segun Esan, explained on Thursday that the minister...

July 24, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Cautions Transporters Against Use Of Air Conditioner

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Zone 5 Command, Benin, has warned commercial motorists against the use of the air-conditioning system to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The FRSC Zonal Commander, ACM Ayobami Omiyale, gave the warning on Thursday....

July 24, 2020 No Responses

BMW Rolls Out $77,000 Electric SUV

BMW AG has unveiled its own electric sports utility vehicle to take on the likes of Tesla Inc.’s Model Y and Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz EQC.The Munich-based company unveiled the iX3, a variant of the mid-size X3 and its first battery-powered SUV,...

July 24, 2020 No Responses

Nissan Displays B-Segment SUV Concept

Nissan Motor Corporation on Thursday globally unveiled the B-segment Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) concept Magnite.The company’s global executive Ashwini Gupta assured that the new SUV to be launched in the later half of the current fiscal year will bring bac...

July 24, 2020 No Responses

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Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd.), (left) making a presentation to the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh when the NIMASA DG paid a working visit to the Cus...

July 24, 2020 No Responses

Sanwo-Olu Celebrates Jakande At 91

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday congratulated former governor of the state, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on his 91st birthday. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, described Jakande as an elder s...

July 23, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Approves New Policy On Local Production Of Bitumen

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved a new policy on local production of bitumen to further diversify the nation’s economy. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this ...

July 23, 2020 No Responses

FEC Approves $18.12m, N3.2b For Scanners, Five Patrol Boats

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved contracts for the supply of Scanners and Patrol Boats for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Briefing Journalists after the meeting, the Minister of Finance, B...

July 23, 2020 No Responses

NIMASA, Customs To Strengthen Partnership On Temporay Importation Permit, Security

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have agreed to collaborate to tackle issues of Temporary Importation Permit (TIP) and waterways insecurity in the country. Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja during a...