Category: News

Communities, 44 varsities to benefit from N20b green bond
February 24, 2017 No Responses

Communities, 44 varsities to benefit from N20b green bond

Not less than 44 Nigerian universities and several communities are to benefit from the proposed N20billion sovereign green bond scheduled to commence next month. Speaking at the investors’ conference for the green bond at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on...
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NIMASA team at Customs HQ, canvasses synergy, revenue, trade facilitation
February 24, 2017 No Responses

NIMASA team at Customs HQ, canvasses synergy, revenue, trade facilitation

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has stated that NIMASA and the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) are partners in progress in bringing the desired growth and development to the Nigerian...
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EFCC recovers 17 vehicles from Dikko, ex-Customs boss
February 23, 2017 No Responses

EFCC recovers 17 vehicles from Dikko, ex-Customs boss

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday disclosed that  it has recovered 17 “exotic vehicles’’ in a warehouse belonging to a former Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko Inde. A statement issued by Wilson Uwujaren, Hea...
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FG adopts 60-day plan on ease of doing business at seaports, airports, others
February 22, 2017 No Responses

FG adopts 60-day plan on ease of doing business at seaports, airports, others

The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) chaired by Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has approved a 60-day national action plan to push through short term reforms at seaports, airports and other locations . The Acting President, who addre...
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WFE explains FSB’s access to financial market infrastructure
February 21, 2017 No Responses

WFE explains FSB’s access to financial market infrastructure

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has responded to a consultation from the Financial Stability Board (FSB) related to the Continuity of Access to Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) for a Firm in Resolution. Whilst focused on situations where a firm....
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NPA boss canvasses quick passage of maritime bills
February 21, 2017 No Responses

NPA boss canvasses quick passage of maritime bills

AS part of measures to boost Port Development, the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Uthority ( NPA) Ms Hadiza Bala Usman has appealed to the  National Aasembly to pass the  Ports and Harbours Bill, National Transport Commission Bill and other maritime...
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Unauthorised Employment: Labour faults alleged agenda to sack 3,500 workers
February 21, 2017 No Responses

Unauthorised Employment: Labour faults alleged agenda to sack 3,500 workers

Organised Labour under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has flayed alleged plan by the Federal Government to  sack 3,500 public servants “under the guise that their appointments were irregular and unauthorized”. In a pr...
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Amaechi to chair town hall on cargo handling charges
February 21, 2017 No Responses

Amaechi to chair town hall on cargo handling charges

Against the backdrop of a recent audit report revealing that private terminal operators in Nigerian ports lost about N58.9 billion to the rising foreign exchange scarcity, Consumer Price Index (CPI), among others, in eight years, a one-day town hall meeting...
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FG to open grain reserves
February 19, 2017 No Responses

FG to open grain reserves

If the prices of food stuff continue to escalate across the country, the Federal Government will open the national grain reserves. Speaking after the inauguration of the management of three Federal Unuversities of Agriculture in Abuja, the Minister of Agricult...
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Nigerian Chamber of Shipping training holds in March
February 18, 2017 No Responses

Nigerian Chamber of Shipping training holds in March

Come Wednesday, March 15 to Friday, March 17, 2017, the Nigerian Chamber of Shipping will hold a three day training programme on the “ABC of Shipping” in Apapa, Lagos. According to an official statement issued by the Chamber, the training,...
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Capacity building panacea to unemployment, says NIMASA DG
February 17, 2017 No Responses

Capacity building panacea to unemployment, says NIMASA DG

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has averred that human capacity development initiative is a panacea to the growing unemployment rate in the economy. The DG who said this at the...
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Nigeria seeks improved trade relations with U.S.
February 16, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria seeks improved trade relations with U.S.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Africa Business Center Tuesday hosted the Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah for a roundtable discussion with U.S. business executives at their office in Washington, D.C. The convers...
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Human capacity development necessary for growth, says Obaseki
February 16, 2017 No Responses

Human capacity development necessary for growth, says Obaseki

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki said any nation that seeks to develop and be in the comity of advanced nation should pay attention to the institutions that helps to create and develop human capacity. He made this known while...
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Labour: Increase in BRT, LAGBUS fares is insensitive
February 15, 2017 No Responses

Labour: Increase in BRT, LAGBUS fares is insensitive

Lagos State council of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has condemned increase in the   transport fares of BRT and LAGBUS buses. In a statement on Tuesday, TUC described the increase announced by the Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan...
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