“Ending violence against women is about guaranteeing the basic rights of women and liberating us all from the ties of prejudice, misogyny and inequality. The path is clear, and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) will continue its work until the…
224 firms bid for crude lifting contracts
Not less than 224 local and foreign firms have submitted bids for the purchase and sale of Nigeria’s crude oil. Speaking at the opening ceremony for the sale and purchase of the crude oil grades in Abuja, the Group Managing…
SEC unveils capital market journal
The Securities and Exchange Commission is set to improve the financial literacy of Nigerians as poor financial literacy has been identified as one of the factors responsible for the low level of financial inclusion in the country. This was disclosed…
Minister tasks NIMASA Board on mandate
The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi has urged the members of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to assist the Management of the Agency discharge its mandate optimally. Delivering a keynote…
Ifeoluwa Abiodun emerges winner of 2016 NSE essay competition
Miss Ifeoluwa Toluwanimi Abiodun, a 14 year old student of Babington Macauley Junior Seminary, Ikorodu, Lagos State, has emerged the winner of the 2016 edition of the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) Essay Competition for Senior Secondary Schools students in Nigeria. …
‘Senate allegations against VON Automobile is unsubstantiated’
VON Automobile Nigeria Limited has described Senate allegations of economic sabotage as “falsehood and premeditated blackmail to disparage the company’s impregnable accomplishment”. VON Automobile Managing Director Adetokunbo Aromolaran expressed this remark in his speech at an extraordinary session with the…
NAN correspondent wins Best Maritime Reporter’s Award
(NAN) A Senior Maritime Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Alhaja Aisha Cole on Thursday in Lagos, won the Best Maritime Reporters’ Award 2016 given by the Publishers of PEOPLE’S FORUM Maritime Newspapers. NAN reports that the Awards…
Agric research key to Africa’s transformation, says Sanginga, IITA DG
Integrated systems research approach in agriculture is key to sustainable transformation in Africa, Director-General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga has said. According to Sanginga, the benefits include increase in yields and livelihoods of resource-poor…
GE unveils ‘Garages’ Advanced Manufacturing Programme in Lagos
General Electric (GE) has officially launched the permanent installation of the Lagos Garage, a hub for advanced manufacturing-based innovation, strategy development, idea generation and collaboration. Co-located with the GE Lagos offices in Victoria Island, the Lagos Garage will offer a year-round…
FRSC boss for NAJA awards
The Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi and Lagos State Acting Transport Commissioner, Prince Anofi Elegushi, will today (Thursday) be special guests of honour at this year’s edition of Nigeria Auto Journalists Awards in Lagos. At…
FG partners IFC on $40m automated truck terminals
AS part of measures to facilitate unhindered movements of goods from the nation’s seaports to various destinations nationwide, the Federal Government has sealed $40 million partnership with International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of the World Bank to build automated…
Lagos cancels monthly environmental sanitation
The Lagos State Government has canceled the monthly environmental sanitation exercise held every month in the state. In a statement on Wednesday signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, the State Government explained that the decision…
‘I remain PDP candidate’
One of the Ondo State Governorship candidate on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jimoh Ibrahim has maintained that he remain the candidate of the party. Reacting to the verdict of the Appeal court on Wednesday in Abuja,…
LCCI Photo News
Caption: from left to right – Dr. Keneilwe L. Sebego, Director General, Office of the Premier, North-West Province, of South Arica; Mr Darkey Africa Ephraim, Consul General of South Africa in Nigeria; Chief Dr. Mrs Nike Akande, CON, President, Lagos…