Category: News

NPA Backs Institution Of Procurement Engineers, Seeks Effective Implementation Of PPA 2017
August 29, 2018 No Responses

NPA Backs Institution Of Procurement Engineers, Seeks Effective Implementation Of PPA 2017

Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has thrown its full support to the formation of the Nigeria Institution of Procurement Engineers (NIProcE) – Lagos Chapter, insisting that the establishment of the Institution would enhance the understanding and effective implementation...
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Bowen, UNILAG, EKSU Emerge Winners Of Maritime Blueprint Competition
August 28, 2018 No Responses

Bowen, UNILAG, EKSU Emerge Winners Of Maritime Blueprint Competition

Bowen University, Iwo; University of Lagos (UNILAG) and Ekiti State University (EKSU), have emerged winners of the Maritime Blueprint Competition in which law students from six universities participated. The competition, sponsored by SIFAX Group, is one of the...
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NASS Approves N143B For INEC
August 28, 2018 No Responses

NASS Approves N143B For INEC

National Assembly Joint Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recommended N143 billion for approval for the commission’s preparation for the 2019 general elections.  This is in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s request on ...
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Obaseki Approves New Board For EDSOGPADEC
August 28, 2018 No Responses

Obaseki Approves New Board For EDSOGPADEC

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved a new board for the state’s Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission (EDSOGPADEC).  A statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Osarodion Ogie Esq. on Monday, August ...
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Buhari Lauds Danish Initiative On Dairy Farming
August 28, 2018 No Responses

Buhari Lauds Danish Initiative On Dairy Farming

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday said an initiative on dairy farming being championed by the Kingdom of Denmark and the Kaduna State government would go a long way in curbing clashes between cattle herders and farmers in the country. Receiving His...
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Ijelu Mining, Makerere Capital Partner Canada Limited On Financing, International Partnership
August 27, 2018 No Responses

Ijelu Mining, Makerere Capital Partner Canada Limited On Financing, International Partnership

Ijelu Mining and Construction Nigeria Limited in association with Makerere Capital Partners Canada Limited of Toronto are co-sponsoring a Strategic Alliance Summit (SAS) during the Africa Accelerating event from the 22nd to 26th October, 2018 in Canada; toward...
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Edo Approves N700m For Modular Refinery Take-Off
August 27, 2018 No Responses

Edo Approves N700m For Modular Refinery Take-Off

The Edo State Governor is scheduled to accompany President Muhammadu Buhari on an investment tour in China following the federal government’s listing of several Edo State government’s projects which are backed by Chinese investors, on its itinerary...
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Farmers Seek Effective Implementation, Monitoring Of CBN’s Credit Policy
August 27, 2018 No Responses

Farmers Seek Effective Implementation, Monitoring Of CBN’s Credit Policy

Farmers across the country have applauded the nine per cent interest rate credit policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the agriculture sector, saying it will help boost production if adequately implemented. Some of them who spoke with...
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Ecobank Adopts ‘President Macron’s Artist’
August 26, 2018 No Responses

Ecobank Adopts ‘President Macron’s Artist’

Ecobank Nigeria has adopted popular child artist, Kareem Waris.  Already, the bank has signed an agreement with Waris’ parents for educational support/grant and upkeep allowance spanning 20 years.  Waris Olamilekan Kareem, is the 11-year-old artist who sk...
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Nigeria To Hosts ITU Workshop On Internet Governance
August 26, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria To Hosts ITU Workshop On Internet Governance

Nigeria will host this year’s ​​​​​​​International Telecommunications Union (ITU) annual regional human capacity building workshop on “Strengthening capacities in Internet governance in Africa”​, according to Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Adminis...
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John McCain Dies At 81
August 26, 2018 No Responses

John McCain Dies At 81

Senator John McCain, the Vietnam war hero turned senator and presidential candidate, has died aged 81. Mr McCain died on Saturday surrounded by his family, according to a short statement released by his office. He was diagnosed with an aggressive...
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400 Women Benefit From Aisha Buhari’s Cash Transfer Initiative
August 25, 2018 No Responses

400 Women Benefit From Aisha Buhari’s Cash Transfer Initiative

Another 200 women, on Thursday, 24th August, 2018, benefitted from the Aisha Buhari Foundation’s Community-Based Cash Transfer Intervention in Katsina State.   This was a continuation to a similar event in Daura in which 200 women were assisted with cas...
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Oyo Sets Up Committee On Demolition Of Music House
August 24, 2018 No Responses

Oyo Sets Up Committee On Demolition Of Music House

Governor  Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has set up a committee to resolve the impasse over the demolition of Yinka Ayefele’s Music House in Ibadan. Ajimobi had set up the committee at a reconciliatory meeting with the popular musician in...
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Dakuku Preaches Love, Peaceful Coexistence As Nigerians Celebrates Eid-El-Kabir
August 22, 2018 No Responses

Dakuku Preaches Love, Peaceful Coexistence As Nigerians Celebrates Eid-El-Kabir

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has urged Nigerians and the entire African continent to jealously guide the fledgling democracy which is gradually taking roots in the continent, notin...
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