NLNG Shipping and Marine Services Limited’s (NSML’s) Maritime Centre of Excellence (MCOE) has made history by becoming the first training centre in Africa to receive the highly sought-after accreditation from the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (UK MCA).This groundbreaking achievement…
SANWO-OLU TASKS MANUFACTURERS ON TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has tasked manufacturers to embrace new technology and innovation as tools that can significantly enhance productivity, optimise production processes, reduce waste and improve the quality of goods produced. Governor Sanwo-Olu gave the advice at the…
Afriland Properties Declares N178.6m Interim Dividend
Afriland Properties Plc has declared an interim dividend for the half-year ended 30th June 2024. The real estate company explained that its Board of Directors had approved an interim dividend of 13 kobo per share, amounting to a total payout…
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L-R: Boeing’s Field Service Representative, Mr. Kingsley Jarvis; Director General (DG), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt Chris Najomo and Boeing’s Director, Global Safety and Regulatory Affairs, Middle East and Africa, Chief Aerospace Safety Office, Mr Kayode Ariwodola, during a…
Oando Completes $783m Acquisition Of Agip Oil Company
Oando Plc has completed the acquisition of Eni’s subsidiary, Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), for $783m. The company announced this on Thursday in a statement by its Chief Compliance Officer and Company Secretary, Ayotola Jagun. The deal sees Oando, which…
NAFDAC Impounds Petrol Tankers For ‘Transporting Vegetable Oil’
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized three petrol tankers used to convey edible vegetable oil in Lagos State. In a post on X on Wednesday, the agency said the oil had reportedly been…
Gbajabiamila Lauds NASENI’s Technological Advancements, Product Innovations
The Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, CFR, has commended the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) for its technological advancements, product innovations and interventions in various sectors of the economy.The Chief…
50,000 Target: Firstbank , NCF Extend Tree Planting To FCT
FirstBank, in partnership with the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), has launched a major tree-planting initiative to enhance Nigeria’s vegetation cover.According to the bank, the tree planting exercise led by Aishatu Bubaram, the Group Executive, Commercial Banking, North, FirstBank, is part…
At Windhoek Conference, NCDMB Lists Gains Of NOGICD Act
The Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act, 2010 and its astonishing success in resetting oil and gas industry spending and in-country capacity development was the fulcrum of a presentation by the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content…
Nigeria Increases Passport Procurement Fees
The Nigerian Government has increased the fees for the procurement of Nigerian Passports with effect from the 1st of September 2024. A statement by the spokesman of the Nigeria Immigration Service, DCI Kenneth Udo, explained that the increment is a…
FG Imposes N555.8m Fine On Fidelity Bank
For violating its customers’ data privacy, the National Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has imposed N555.8 million fine on Fidelity Bank Plc. NDPC’s National Commissioner, Vincent Olatunji, disclosed this during a Validation Workshop on the Nigeria Data Protection Act General Application and Implementation…
Oyetola Pledges Support For Bakassi Deep seaport
Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola has assured the Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu that he would not allow bureaucracy slow down the actualisation of the Bakassi Deep seaport project.He gave the assurance on Wednesday…
Presco To Construct Ugo-Evboesi Axis Of Benin-Abraka Expressway
Presco Plc has concluded plans to commence the construction of Ugo-Evboesi axis of the Benin-Abraka Road under the Edo State Infrastructure Development and Social Investment Tax Credit Scheme.The scheme was set up by Governor Godwin Obaseki to enable companies undertake…
AAAM Harps On Legal Framework For NAIDP
The Africa Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM), on Tuesday, 20th August, 2024, made a passionate appeal for proper legislation of the 2023-Nigeria Automotive Industry Development Plan (NAIDP), which according to them would enhance rapid development of the Industry.A delegation from…