Guinness Nigeria Appoints Joan Hodgins Vice Chair

Guinness Nigeria Appoints Joan Hodgins Vice Chair

Guinness Nigeria Plc has appointed Diageo’s Global Talent Director, Ms. Joan Hodgins as a Non-Executive Director and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors effective July 1, 2023. In a notice, Guiness Nikeia Plc also disclosed the retirement of Mr Dayalan...
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Frank Nneji, ABC Transport CEO Retires, Hands Over To Brother

Frank Nneji, ABC Transport CEO Retires, Hands Over To Brother

  By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of ABC Transport Plc, Frank Nneji has retired effective June 30, 2023. A notice to the Nigerian Exchange obtained by City Business News on Tuesday explained that Nne...
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PwC Announces New Regional Senior Partner

PwC Announces New Regional Senior Partner

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has appointed Sam Abu as the Regional Senior Partner for the West Market Area and Country Senior Partner for PwC Nigeria, with effect from 1 July 2023. With this appointment, Sam joins the PwC Africa Leadership Team (ALT). &nb...
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IMO To Adopt Revised GHG Strategy As Marine Environment Protection Committee 80 Kicks Off

IMO To Adopt Revised GHG Strategy As Marine Environment Protection Committee 80 Kicks Off

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) – 80th session has opened at the International Maritime Organization (IMO). After several months of negotiations, the MEPC 80 session is expected to adopt an upgraded IMO greenhouse gas strategy. Specif...
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Rep Raises Alarm Over Ovia River Bridge Imminent Danger

Rep Raises Alarm Over Ovia River Bridge Imminent Danger

The representative of Ovia constituency of Edo State in the House of Representatives, Dennis Idahosa, has raised the alarm over the imminent danger on the Ovie River Bridge, on the ever-busy Benin-Lagos Expressway. Idahosa, a chieftain of the All Progressives....
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ASUU Rejects NUC’s Curriculum

ASUU Rejects NUC’s Curriculum

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected National Universities Commission’s (NUC) Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). In a statement on Friday, ASUU’s national president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said the curric...
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CORAN Urges More Modular Refineries Investment In Nigeria

CORAN Urges More Modular Refineries Investment In Nigeria

As part of measures to improve oil and gas downstream, the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Crude Oil Refiners Association of Nigeria (CORAN), Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho has called for encouragement for greater investment in the establishment of modular refineries...
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Catholic Bishops Reject National Council For Christian Education Bill

Catholic Bishops Reject National Council For Christian Education Bill

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has rejected a bill seeking to establish National Council of Christian Education, pointing out that the proposal violates sections 10 and 42(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. Rath...
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SCAN Congratulates Acting Customs CG

SCAN Congratulates Acting Customs CG

Members of the Shipping Correspondents Association of Nigeria (SCAN) have congratulated Adewale Adeniyi on his appointment as the Acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service. SACN, in a statement signed by its president, Eugene Agha and Secretary, An...
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66th Birthday: Channel Gifts To Children With Special Needs. Says Obaseki

66th Birthday: Channel Gifts To Children With Special Needs. Says Obaseki

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has made a special appeal to all who want to celebrate his upcoming birthday anniversary to channel all gifts and donations to the Roseluyi Exceptional Students Academy, for children with special needs in...
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Shippers Council To Establish Inland Dry Port In Borno

Shippers Council To Establish Inland Dry Port In Borno

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council has commenced talks with the Borno State Government in order to establish an Inland Dry Port in Maiduguri, the state capital.  This is with a view to deepening the connectivity of the northern region of the...
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Tinubu Preaches Peace, Tolerance At Sallah

Tinubu Preaches Peace, Tolerance At Sallah

To commemorate Eid-el-Adha, President Bola Tinubu has appealed for tolerance and patience among Nigerians. In a message titled: ‘We must multiply out good deeds,’ Tinubu said“There is no greater sense of duty ever recorded in history outside the ennoblin...
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Access Bank Unveils  Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Season 5

Access Bank Unveils  Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Season 5

Access Bank plc has unveiled the W initiative Womenprenuer Pitch-a-ton Season 5. The W Initiative is aimed at inspiring, connecting and empowering women while riding on the Access Bank’s vision to be the Bank of choice for women in the markets...
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Acting Customs CG Harps On Technology, Professionalism

Acting Customs CG Harps On Technology, Professionalism

The newly appointed Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, has assumed office. Adeniyi took over on Monday, from Hameed Ali, the immediate ex-comptroller-general of customs, appointed by former President Muhammadu Buh...
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