Category: News

Buhari to Osinbajo: Head delegation on Niger Delta crisis
March 14, 2017 No Responses

Buhari to Osinbajo: Head delegation on Niger Delta crisis

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday directed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to head a special presidential delegation charged with the task of resolving the crisis in the Niger Delta. Speaking with Journalists on Monday in Abuja, the  Special Adviser to the...
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Check-off dues: PTECSSAN faults ZTE Nigeria, alleges anti-labour practices
March 14, 2017 No Responses

Check-off dues: PTECSSAN faults ZTE Nigeria, alleges anti-labour practices

The leadership of PTECSSAN has blamed ongoing face-off with ZTE Nigeria on alleged anti-labour practices on the part of the company. In a letter sent to the Editor of www.citybusinessnews.com on Tuesday, PTECSSAN said: “For ZTE Management to rush to...
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Obaseki to US Ambassador: We will make Edo an economic hub
March 14, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki to US Ambassador: We will make Edo an economic hub

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has disclosed that part of his administration’s strategic plan was to ensure that Edo State becomes an economic hub through agricultural and industrial activities. This was as he received the American Ambassador to Nige...
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Lagos to aquire 5,000 airconditioned buses, float N100b transport infrastructure bond
March 13, 2017 No Responses

Lagos to aquire 5,000 airconditioned buses, float N100b transport infrastructure bond

Inline with its three-year Bus Reform Initiative, the Lagos State Government is to introduce over 5000 air-conditioned buses to replace the yellow commercial buses, popularly called Danfo. Under the arrangement, the State Government isto launch  public transp...
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Edo, Delta to give Ogbemudia state burial
March 13, 2017 No Responses

Edo, Delta to give Ogbemudia state burial

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has met with the Ogbemudia family on Saturday to pay condolence to the family as well as to discuss plans for the former governor’s state burial. In addition, Edo and Delta states are collaborating...
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Ecomarine, Seaview Properties Partner MMS Hall of Fame On Mentorship
March 11, 2017 No Responses

Ecomarine, Seaview Properties Partner MMS Hall of Fame On Mentorship

Ecomarine Terminals Limited and Seaview Properties Limited have joined the host of other private and public sector institutions as Corporate Partners for the novel mentorship introductory programme of MMS Plus Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame(WofHof) Initiative b...
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Crisis looms as NUPTE, PTECSSAN claims ownership of ZTE Nigeria check-off dues
March 10, 2017 No Responses

Crisis looms as NUPTE, PTECSSAN claims ownership of ZTE Nigeria check-off dues

The crisis rocking umbrella labour union in the country is taking its toll on ZTE Nigeria Limited, as two workers unions pledging allegiance to Comrades Aliyu Wabba and Joe Ajaero respectively are laying claims to the company’s check-off dues. The...
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Minister restates FG’s commitment to ease of doing business in Nigeria
March 10, 2017 No Responses

Minister restates FG’s commitment to ease of doing business in Nigeria

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to improving Nigeria’s ranking in the World Bank Ease of Doing Business Index, saying the current ranking of 169 out of 190 countries ...
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Fashola explains support for Lagos projects, $200m World Bank loan
March 10, 2017 No Responses

Fashola explains support for Lagos projects, $200m World Bank loan

By Hakeem Bello –  The attention of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing has been drawn to certain statements credited to the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode claiming  that the “Federal Ministry of Works“ has been...
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Forum hings Seaports’ growth on adequate infrastructure, single window, others
March 9, 2017 No Responses

Forum hings Seaports’ growth on adequate infrastructure, single window, others

For Seaports in Nigeria to attain sustainable growth and development, there is the urgent need for the Federal Government to implement existing laws, provide adequate infrastructure and streamline cargo clearance operations and procedure. Speaking in Lagos on ...
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Couple ‘detained in UAE for sex outside marriage’
March 9, 2017 No Responses

Couple ‘detained in UAE for sex outside marriage’

(BBC)  A South African man and his Ukrainian fiancee have been detained in the United Arab Emirates for unlawful sex, a relative says. Emlyn Culverwell‚ 29, and Iryna Nohai, 27, were reportedly arrested after a doctor discovered Ms Nohai, who...
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FG seeks self-sustaining railway, completes studies on 13 routes
March 8, 2017 No Responses

FG seeks self-sustaining railway, completes studies on 13 routes

It is important to have viable self-sustaining and self-improving railway service, the Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has said. Speaking in Lagos at the Ground Breaking Ceremony of the Segment II Lagos-Ibadan Rail Project with extension to Lagos Port Com...
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Labour vows to occupy Rivers State over alleged anti-workers’ policies
March 8, 2017 No Responses

Labour vows to occupy Rivers State over alleged anti-workers’ policies

Citing alleged anti-labour policies in Rivers State, organised labour under the auspices of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has concluded mobilisation to “shut down Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital, and other major cities in th...
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Customs zone ‘A’ impounds N1.3b contrabands in two months
March 8, 2017 No Responses

Customs zone ‘A’ impounds N1.3b contrabands in two months

Between January and February, 2017, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), zone A Ikeja, “intercepted various contrabands and other goods on detention with a duty paid value (DPV) of Seven Hundred and Thirteen Million, Eight Hundred and Thirty Eight Thousand, Ni...
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