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October 11, 2019 No Responses

Commonwealth Trade Ministers Seek Reform Of WTO

Trade ministers from across the Commonwealth on Thursday made a commitment to resist all forms of protectionism, and to work urgently together towards reforming the World Trade Organisation, which sets the global rules for international trade.Following a meeting in London,...

October 11, 2019 No Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R: Olajobi Makinwa, Chief, Inter-governmental Relations and Africa, United Nations Global Compact (UNGC); Tinuade Awe, Executive Director, Regulation, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Lise Kingo, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director UNGC; B...

October 11, 2019 No Responses

African Airlines Record 4.1 Per Cent Increase In Passenger Traffic

African airlines recorded a 4.1 per cent increase in passenger traffic in August compared to the same period in 2018, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) disclosed on Thursday.IATA’s Director-General, Alexandre de Juniac, said the traffic clim...

October 11, 2019 No Responses

WAEC Gets New Registrar

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) on Thursday announced the appointment of Pateh Bah from The Gambia as its new Registrar/Chief Executive Officer (CEO).The appointment is for a five-year tenure from October 2019 to September 2024.Mr Bah is the ...

October 11, 2019 No Responses

NPA Photo News

The Representative of the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the Executive Director, Marine and Operations, Dr. Sokonte Huttin Davies (Standing 6th From Left), the Executive Director, Finance& Admin, Mohammed Bello-Koko (5th From Left) and ...

October 10, 2019 No Responses

Labour Condemns Tenure Extension For Seven Permanent Secretaries

Organized Labour under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has condemned the extension of tenure granted seven Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service.In a Statement issued in Lagos on Thursday, ASCSN Secretary...

October 10, 2019 No Responses

Nigerian Senate Revisits Bill To Establish N’Assembly Budget Office

The Senate on Thursday reintroduced a bill seeking to establish the National Assembly Budget and Research Office (NABRO).The bill, which was passed by the 8th Senate on May 3, 2019, however, failed to receive assent by President Muhammadu Buhari.The move...

October 10, 2019 No Responses

Lai Mohammed Inaugurates NBC Reform Implementation Committee.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Thursdayinaugurated the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Reform Implementation Committee.The members areA) Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, Director of Monitoring of the NBCB) Sir Godfrey Ohuabunwa, Acti...

October 10, 2019 No Responses

Large LNG Sector To Sustain Growth Into 2020

Positive developments in the large LNG sector are expected to continue throughout the rest of 2019 and into 2020, according to a report from VesselsValue.The sector is being driven by increasing demand as more countries prioritize LNG as an energy...

October 9, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria, Luxembourg Stock Exchange Sign Green Bond Markets MoU

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) on Wednesday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in promoting cross listing and trading of green bonds in Nigeria and Luxembourg.The announcement ...

October 9, 2019 No Responses

NPA Photo News

L-R: The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman and the leader of the Steering Committee Members of the Maritime Anti- Corruption Network (MACN), Soji Apampa, when the Committee paid a working visit to the Management of the...

October 9, 2019 No Responses

Global Maritime Security Conference Communiqué

Delegates at the Global Maritime Security Conference (GMSC) rose yesterday from the three days engagement from Monday 7th to Wednesday 9th October, at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, with a firm declaration to globally criminalise acts of insecur...

October 9, 2019 No Responses

Nigerian Senate Begins Debate On 2020 Appropriation Bill

The Senate on Wednesday commenced debate on the 2020 Appropriation Bill presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari.Buhari on Tuesday presented a budget estimate of N10.33 trillion for the year 2020 at a joint sitting of the National...

October 9, 2019 No Responses

Ecobank Photo News

Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan attending to a customer at Area 7, Garki branch, Abuja in commemoration of Customer Service Week