Category: News

Amazon to buy Whole Foods for $13.7b
June 18, 2017 No Responses

Amazon to buy Whole Foods for $13.7b

(BBC) Online retail giant Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a $13.7bn (£10.7bn) deal that marks its biggest push into traditional retailing yet. Amazon, which has long eyed the grocery business, will buy the upmarket supermarket for $42 a share....
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Certified yams from Nigeria arrives in U.S as Senegal, Mali indicate interest
June 18, 2017 No Responses

Certified yams from Nigeria arrives in U.S as Senegal, Mali indicate interest

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh was in a  celebration mood on Saturday as he announced the successful arrival of the first consignment of certified yams from Nigeria to the United States of America (USA).  ...
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FRSC boss pledges more transparency, efficiency
June 17, 2017 No Responses

FRSC boss pledges more transparency, efficiency

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is to retool its operations for better transparency and efficiency in line with the recently signed Presidential Executive Orders.  Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, stated this at a strategic session with Zonal Commanding Of...
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FG will provide access road to owu water falls, says Minister
June 17, 2017 No Responses

FG will provide access road to owu water falls, says Minister

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government will provide access road to the Owu Water Fall in Kwara State with a view to opening it up to local and international tourists. The Minister had...
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Maritime stakeholders to brainstorm on 24hr Seaport operations
June 17, 2017 No Responses

Maritime stakeholders to brainstorm on 24hr Seaport operations

Come Tuesday, June 20, 2017, the Presidential Executive Orders on 24 hours Seaport operations will take the centre stage as stakeholders in the maritime sector and members of the public brainstorm at Rockview Hotel, Apapa, Lagos State.    Already, the...
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SIFAX Group: Lack of critical infrastructure may hinder Ease of Doing Business drive
June 16, 2017 No Responses

SIFAX Group: Lack of critical infrastructure may hinder Ease of Doing Business drive

Lack of critical infrastructure could hinder the success of the Federal Government’s drive at improving the ease of doing business in the country, SIFAX Group, a multinational corporation with diverse interests in Maritime, Aviation, Haulage & Logistics,...
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Guinness Nigeria appoints Graham-Douglas as Corporate Relations Director
June 16, 2017 No Responses

Guinness Nigeria appoints Graham-Douglas as Corporate Relations Director

Guinness Nigeria Plc has announced the appointment of Viola Graham-Douglas as its Corporate Relations Director, effective June 1, 2017.    Mrs. Graham-Douglas started her career in the banking industry in Nigeria.  She joined Lafarge Africa Plc, formerly WA...
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‘FG will continue to fight illicit trafficking in Cultural Property’
June 16, 2017 No Responses

‘FG will continue to fight illicit trafficking in Cultural Property’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has promised that the Federal Government will continue to fight against the illicit trafficking in Cultural Property. Declaring open an exhibition of repatriated Nigerian artefacts in Lagos on Thu...
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Customs impounds Range Rover, Toyota Prado SUVs, others over alleged non-payment of duty
June 15, 2017 No Responses

Customs impounds Range Rover, Toyota Prado SUVs, others over alleged non-payment of duty

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Owerri has impounded 2016 Range Rover with duty paid value of N28,049,645.    Other vehicles seized by the Zone under the leadership of the new Comptroller, Amajam Bukar Alhaji includes 2010...
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Newspaper advertising drops further as digital space generates more resources than TV globally
June 15, 2017 No Responses

Newspaper advertising drops further as digital space generates more resources than TV globally

Newspapers across the world are sustaining slidding profile due to growing influence of the digital space.     While newspaper circulation revenue has been on a downward trajectory since 2015, publishers have had the useful lever of cover price rises to...
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Customs FOU apprehends 10 suspects, records 152 seizures
June 15, 2017 No Responses

Customs FOU apprehends 10 suspects, records 152 seizures

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’,  Ikeja, Lagos has  has recorded 152 seizures with a Duty Paid Value of N334,042,396.    Briefing Journalists in Lagos on Wednesday, Customs Area Controller of the Command, Uba ...
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PwC Report: Nigeria to emerge world’s fastest-growing entertainment, media market in five years
June 14, 2017 No Responses

PwC Report: Nigeria to emerge world’s fastest-growing entertainment, media market in five years

The most rapid growth rates in Entertaiment and Media (E&M) revenues over the coming five years will be in less-developed markets and economies, where entertainment and media spending on a per capita basis is generally quite low, PwC’s Global entertainme...
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Rullion Capacity Builders holds Women Entrepreneurial Fair 2017 in Lagos
June 14, 2017 No Responses

Rullion Capacity Builders holds Women Entrepreneurial Fair 2017 in Lagos

Rullion Capacity Builders Foundation, a non-profit organization, in furtherance of her vision to empower women and young people with the skills to own their own businesses will host a shopping fair on Monday, 26th of June, 2017 by 12 noon...
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Export of certified yams from Nigeria to U.S, U.K, begins June 29
June 13, 2017 No Responses

Export of certified yams from Nigeria to U.S, U.K, begins June 29

Barring any last minute adjustment, Nigeria will formally export its first consignment of certified yams to the United Kingdom and United States of America on the 29th of June, 2017.   According to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,...
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