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May 20, 2020 No Responses

FEC Approves N2.9b Fire Service Equipment For Odukpani Oil, Gas Park

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved N2.9billion for the provision of water and fire service equipment in the National Oil and Gas Park to be sited in Odukpani, Cross River State The...

May 20, 2020 No Responses

NSE Market Capitalisation Sustains Growth By N130b

Sentiments remained positive on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday, with the market capitalisation growing by N130 billion due to gains by Dangote Cement. Specifically, the market capitalisation inched higher by N130 billion or 1.03 per cent to clo...

May 20, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Seaports To Receive 50 Ships With Petroleum Products, Food Items

Fifty ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected at the TinCan Island Port and the Lagos Port Complex from May 20 to June 3. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in its publication, `Shipping Position’, explained...

May 19, 2020 No Responses

Stakeholders Task New SEC D-G On Capital Market Master Plan Implementation

Capital market operators on Tuesday advised Mr Lamido Yuguda, nominated as the Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to prioritise investor protection and effective implementation of capital market master plan, if confirmed by the Senat...

May 19, 2020 No Responses

Senate Begins Amendment Of Nigeria’s Local Content Law

The Senate has commenced amendment of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010, following the consideration of a bill seeking to boost local content and strengthen the nation’s economy. The Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content&nbs...

May 19, 2020 No Responses

Zenith General Insurance Declares N3.06b Profit For 2019

Zenith General Insurance Limited has released its full-year financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019. A review of the results showed positive improvements on a year-on-year basis with profit before tax rising by 16% from N3.16bn to N3.67bn...

May 19, 2020 No Responses

Nasarawa Begins Sales Of Fertilizer To Farmers

Nasarawa State Government on Tuesday began the sale of 18,600 bags of NPK fertilizer to farmers for the 2020 farming season. Speaking at the inauguration in Lafia, Governor Abdullahi Sule, said that the commodity would be sold at a subsidised...

May 19, 2020 No Responses

Interstate Movement: FRSC Turns Back 1,292 Vehicles

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), turned back 1,292 vehicles from Ogun and Lagos States’ boundaries in the last two weeks, while enforcing the Federal Government’s restrictions on interstate movements. Mr Samuel Obayemi, FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer i...

May 19, 2020 No Responses

Delta Port To Receive Nine Vessels

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Tuesday disclosed that nine vessels are expected to arrive at the Delta Port, Warri, between May 19 and May 30. According to NPA’s daily publication, ‘Shipping Position,’ the ships were laden with Automotive Gasolin...

May 19, 2020 No Responses

Lufthansa To Ground 500 Aircraft

Lufthansa is bracing for hundreds of aircraft to remain grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic well into 2022 and that further job cuts at its maintenance and catering businesses were inevitable. The German airline is set to ground 500 of...

May 18, 2020 No Responses

Okomu Oil Tops Gainers’ Table As Market Capitalisation Opens Week With N37b Growth

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed trading for the week on Monday on a positive trend, with the market capitalisation rising by N37 billion. Speficially, the market capitalisation which opened at N12.440 trillion rose by N37 billion to close at...