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April 27, 2023 No Responses

NIMASA, Presidential Amnesty Programme To Engage Youths In Maritime Opportunities

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR has stated that inter-agency collaboration is critical to sustaining the efforts to curb criminal activities in the Nigerian waters and the Gulf of Guinea...

April 27, 2023 No Responses

Sasakawa Africa Association, Japanese Embassy Reiterates Support For Nigeria’s Agricultural Sector

The Embassy of Japan in Nigeria and Sasakawa Africa Association (formerly SG2000) have reiterated their commitment to strengthen joint efforts to help Nigeria transform the agricultural sector. The two institutions made the assurance during a courtesy visit by...

April 26, 2023 No Responses

Buhari, Sanwo-Olu, Others Mourn Peter Pan Enahoro

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and associates of Peter Enahoro, one of Nigeria’s foremost journalists, who died on Tuesday at the age of 88. The President made his feelings known in a statement by...

April 26, 2023 No Responses

NCC Reacts To Alleged N17b Deficit In 2021 Budget

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has denied incurring a deficit of N17 billion by allegedly spending N35.2 billion on personnel costs and consultancy fees. In a statement on Tuesday, NCC’s Director, Public Affairs, Dr Reuben Muoka, explaine...

April 26, 2023 No Responses

Investors Gain N137b On Capitalised Stocks

Equities market opened the week on Tuesday on a green note with a gain of N137 billion. Market capitalisation gained N137 billion to close at N28.1 trillion as against the N27.963 trillion posted at the last trading session on Thursday....

April 26, 2023 No Responses

NGX, ETI Mull Sustainability, Market Development Partnership

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) have expressed mutual interest on sustainability initiatives and overall market development. This was stated at the Closing Gong Ceremony introducing the new Group Chief Executi...

April 26, 2023 No Responses

NDDC, US Firm To Connect Niger Delta States By Rail

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States Consulate and a United States-based firm, Atlanta Global Resources Inc., AGRI, to build a railway network that will connect the nine states of the...

April 25, 2023 No Responses

Oil Palm, Poultry, Energy Most Active Sectors In Edo

The Edo State Investment Promotion Office has said the most active sectors that have attracted local and foreign investments into the state in the last two years are oil palm, poultry processing, retail sectors and Energy. In a chat with Journalists,...

April 25, 2023 No Responses

Qatar Airways Cargo Relaunches Next-Generation Pharma Product

Qatar Airways Cargo has announced the relaunch of its Pharma product in line with its Next Generation and VISION 2027 strategy. A statement issued at the weekend explained that the relaunch includes several enhancements that benefit its customers and streamlin...

April 25, 2023 No Responses

Explore ICT To Boost Healthcare Delivery, Experts Tell Govts, Private Sector

Experts in the health sector have urged government and healthcare providers in the private sector, to take advantage of opportunities presented by technologies to boost healthcare delivery in the country. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday by...

April 25, 2023 No Responses

Benin Port To Project Local Capacity In Maritime Sector

The Chairman of the Benin Port Project, Engr. Greg Ogbeifun, has assured that the ten Edo indigenes undergoing studies under the Nigerian Seafarers Development programme (NSDP) scholarship scheme will be engaged as pioneer staff of the Benin Port. In a...

April 24, 2023 No Responses

FG Targets N180bn Revenue From Projects Concession

The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), has said that the approval of the concessioning of its two projects by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) would attract N180 billion in revenue to Nigeria. A statement issued on Sunday by ...

April 24, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts Illicit Drugs In Wedding Gown

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted two drug consignments consisting of ecstasy and skunk going to United Arab Emirate. In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, explained that the pills of ecstasy were concea...

April 24, 2023 No Responses

ABC Transport Seeks Female Truck Drivers

More Nigerian women are getting behind the wheel as the trucking industry seeks drivers. In a vacancy notice issued at the weekend, ABC Transport Plc urged interested and qualified applicants to collect application forms from “any of our...