Stallion Bajaj Flags-Off Keke Rally

Stallion Bajaj Flags-Off Keke Rally

      By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com     Stallion Bajaj on Friday in Lagos, Nigeria  flagged-off what it described as the “First Keke Rally In Nigeria’’.    Comprised of five“Keke Rally Drivers’’, security agents, among others, the exercise which...
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Ekiti Partners Ecobank On Women Empowerment, Others

Ekiti Partners Ecobank On Women Empowerment, Others

    Ekiti State Government has partnered with Ecobank to ensure financial inclusion, women empowerment, micro credit loans and agency banking across communities in the state.   This was disclosed in Ado-Ekiti at the maiden edition Se’tigbo (Have You H...
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NIMASA Reiterates December Deadline For Single-Hull Tanker Ban, Secures Approval For CVFF disbursement

NIMASA Reiterates December Deadline For Single-Hull Tanker Ban, Secures Approval For CVFF disbursement

  The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has restated that the country remains steadfast in its decision to stop the use of single-hull tankers by December 31 this year.    Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, stated this.....
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NUPENG Directs Tanker Drivers To Suspend Services In Lagos Over Apapa Congestion

NUPENG Directs Tanker Drivers To Suspend Services In Lagos Over Apapa Congestion

  The National Leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers has directed petroleum tanker drivers to withdraw their services from Lagos State effective Aug. 10.   NUPENG gave the directive on Friday in a statement signed...
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Buhari To Inaugurate NCDMB’s 17-Storey Headquarters August 13

Buhari To Inaugurate NCDMB’s 17-Storey Headquarters August 13

  President Muhammadu Buhari is to inaugurate the 17-storey headquarters of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), located at Swali, Yenagoa, in Bayelsa, on August 13. A statement by the board’s management said on Friday in Abuja...
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Edo: Buhari Urges APC To Avoid Rivers, Zamfara Experiences

Edo: Buhari Urges APC To Avoid Rivers, Zamfara Experiences

  President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to avoid the pitfalls that affected the party’s victory in Rivers, Zamfara and Bayelsa States in the 2019 elections. Buhari also called on the party leaders...
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Ekiti Introduces Tax Relief, Incentives For Businesses

Ekiti Introduces Tax Relief, Incentives For Businesses

  The Ekiti State Government has introduced tax relief and incentives for taxpayers and businesses as part of its ongoing efforts to cushion the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.   Mr Olumuyiwa Ogunmilade,  the Chairman of Ekiti Internal Revenu...
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Capital market Stakeholders Seek Alternative Funding For Infrastructure Development

Capital market Stakeholders Seek Alternative Funding For Infrastructure Development

  Worried by budgetary pressure and reduction in the level of public funds,  stakeholders in the capital market are calling for alternative sources of financing to support infrastructure development   They spoke on Thursday at a webinar session targeted...
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Seplat Tops Gainers’ Chart As Market Capitalisation Hit N13trillion

Seplat Tops Gainers’ Chart As Market Capitalisation Hit N13trillion

  The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday advanced by N26 billion to hit N13 trillion mark.   Speficially, the market capitalisation closed higher at N13.005 trillion compared with N12.979 trillion recorded on Wednesday...
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Shippers’ Council Donates Equipment, Relief Materials To Orphanage,  Hospital In Jos

Shippers’ Council Donates Equipment, Relief Materials To Orphanage, Hospital In Jos

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has donated hospital equipment and relief materials to Health Centre and an Orphanage in Jos, Plateau State. The Executive Secretary of the Council, Hassan Bello, while presenting the items in Jos on Thursday,  explained...
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Army Impounds 342,000 Litres Of AGO In South-South

Army Impounds 342,000 Litres Of AGO In South-South

The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said troops of Operation Delta Safe, discovered and deactivated 25 illegal refineries and impounded 342,000 litres of illegally refined AGO in the South-South in the last two weeks.   The Coordinator, Defence Media Operati...
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Osun Unveils N100m Post COVID-19 Economic Intervention Programme

Osun Unveils N100m Post COVID-19 Economic Intervention Programme

  Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola of Osun on Thursday launched the N100 million Post COVID-19 Economic Intervention Pilot Programme to mitigate the effects of the raging Coronavirus pandemic on the people of the state.   Oyetola said at the...
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Potato Prices Crash In Kano

Potato Prices Crash In Kano

  Prices of potatoes have dropped in Kano metropolis amid low patronage of the produce., the reports. A check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at Yankura, Sabon Gari market on Thursday showed that prices of potatoes and other...
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Investors stake N3.89b On UACN, FBN Holdings, Others

Investors stake N3.89b On UACN, FBN Holdings, Others

      The volume of shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday improved by 148.13 per cent with an exchange of 383.29 million shares worth N3.89 billion in 3,860 deals. This was in contrast with a...
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