Category: News

Africa seeks greater representation on IMO council
July 31, 2017 No Responses

Africa seeks greater representation on IMO council

The Chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administration (AAMA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has called for increased representation of the continent on the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Council and its Secretariat. Dakuku who made the appeal when he led a...
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Sultan of Sokoto: We need more Tony Elumelus to take our children off the streets
July 31, 2017 No Responses

Sultan of Sokoto: We need more Tony Elumelus to take our children off the streets

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has commended the Tony Elumelu Foundation and its Founder, Tony O. Elumelu for their contribution to entrepreneurship and creation of jobs for young people in the North.   The Sultan made t...
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Nigeria reiterates right business environment for investors
July 30, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria reiterates right business environment for investors

 Industrialisation and diversification of the economy remain the focus of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelama has said.   Speaking during his visit to Abia State, the Minister ...
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Shippers Council partners Customs on Dry Ports Project
July 29, 2017 No Responses

Shippers Council partners Customs on Dry Ports Project

The Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) Mr. Hassan  Bello,  has called on the Nigeria Customs Service  (NCS)  to partner with the  Council  for a successful take-off  of the Inland Dry Ports (IDP)  project  in the country...
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Obaseki tasks healthcare providers on quality service delivery.
July 29, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki tasks healthcare providers on quality service delivery.

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has tasked healthcare providers to deliver quality services to the people especially at the primary healthcare centers.   The governor gave the charge in Benin City when he received the executive of the Medical...
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Aisha Buhari seeks more action on conflict resolution
July 29, 2017 No Responses

Aisha Buhari seeks more action on conflict resolution

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has observed the need for more action on conflict resolution in Africa.   She spoke through Dr. Hajo Sani, Senior Special Assistant to the President, during a courtesy visit by a delegation...
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Minister: Criticism will not stop broadcasting code amendment
July 29, 2017 No Responses

Minister: Criticism will not stop broadcasting code amendment

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government will not be stampeded into abandoning its ongoing efforts to amend the Nigeria Broadcasting Code to ensure the production in Nigeria of ‘Nigerian content or l...
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Osinbajo: FG is unequivocally committed to success of private sector
July 28, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo: FG is unequivocally committed to success of private sector

First, let me say how pleased I am to be here today. There are two events taking place here today: the first is the formal release ceremony to discharge Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Limited, (IEPL), from the mandatory Monitoring Programme of...
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Obaseki inaugurates committee on health insurance scheme
July 28, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki inaugurates committee on health insurance scheme

The Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki has inaugurated a committee to design the framework for a world class health insurance scheme (Edo Health Insurance Scheme) that will be the pride of Edo people and the African continent. The committee...
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EU to Belgium, France: Abolish tax exemptions for Ports
July 28, 2017 No Responses

EU to Belgium, France: Abolish tax exemptions for Ports

The European Commission has asked Belgium and France to abolish the corporate tax exemptions granted to their ports, so as to align their tax regime with EU state aid rules. In Belgium, a number of sea and inland waterway ports,...
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Osinbajo inaugurates $1.5B Indorama fertilizer plant
July 27, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo inaugurates $1.5B Indorama fertilizer plant

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, will inaugurate a new world-class fertilizer plant built by Indorama Eleme Fertilizer and Chemicals Limited on Thursday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.   The plant with production capacity for 1.5 million Metric Tons of Urea ...
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Obaseki seeks support for basic education, environmental protection
July 27, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki seeks support for basic education, environmental protection

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has sought the collaboration of His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin, in the areas of basic education and protection of the environment.   The...
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FG prepares information officers to tackle fake news
July 27, 2017 No Responses

FG prepares information officers to tackle fake news

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the Ministry has strengthened the capacity of its Information Officers to tackle the menace of fake news with fact-based counter-narrative. The Minister stated this in Abuja on Wednesday in hi...
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Edo to revamp basic education system
July 27, 2017 No Responses

Edo to revamp basic education system

The Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki yesterday unveiled some of the strategies designed by his administration for the revamping of Basic Education system in the state.  Speaking at a one-day Basic Education Stakeholders’ Forum in Benin City, Obaseki ex...
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