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October 12, 2022 No Responses

FirstBank Partners Group On National Competition

First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., on Tuesday partnered Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) to implement the 22nd National Company of the Year (NCOY) competition. A statement issued by Mrs Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, FirstBank, explained that the goal of JAN...

October 11, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Decries Low Trade Level With Egypt

Nigeria on Monday decried her low level of trade with Egypt, two economic powers on the African continent. Nigeria’s ambassador to the northern African country, Malam Nura Rimi, noted that statistics showed that notwithstanding the sizes of the two eco...

October 11, 2022 No Responses

Ex-FRSC Chief To Unveil Book On Efficiency In Trucking Operations

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com All is now set for the public presentation of the book, “Efficiency In Trucking Operations”, put together by foremost road safety expert and former Assistant Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (F...

October 11, 2022 No Responses

NIMASA Boss Extols Staff, Stakeholders

The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has stated that stakeholders would continue to occupy premium position in the life of NIMASA, noting that it is the stakeholders who keep the Agency and...

October 11, 2022 No Responses

Grimaldi Marks 75th Anniversary, Invest In 12 New Eco-Friendly Vessels

Italian shipping major, Grimaldi Group is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a new round of investments in green vessels and port stake acquisitions. Under the arrangement, Grimaldi has signed a contract for the construction of two car carriers o...

October 10, 2022 No Responses

SEC Nigeria, Ghana Renew Market Development Partnership

As part of measures to encourage market integration and provide better opportunities for the economic prosperity of Nigeria and Ghana, the Securities and Exchange Commissions of both countries have signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding. Speaking dur...

October 9, 2022 No Responses

Cotton Farmers Urge FG To Sustain Anchor Borrowers Programme

Cotton Farmers in Bauchi State on Saturday called on the Federal Government to encourage cotton farming by sustaining the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) in the country. The cotton farmers, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency o...

October 9, 2022 No Responses

NIMASA To Engage Cadets Protesting In Philippines

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)is to engage the National Seafarers Development Program (NSDP) 2013 cadets protesting at Nigerian embassy in the Philippines. In a statement issued on Saturday, NIMASA said: “We wish...

October 9, 2022 No Responses

Customers Laud AIICO Insurance’s Annuity Policy

Annuity policyholders of AIICO Insurance Plc, have lauded the company for its excellent and satisfactory services. In a statement issued on Saturday, the company’s spokesman, Mr Segun Olalandu, explained that the underwriter marked the 2022 Customer Servic...

October 8, 2022 No Responses

Insurance Industry’s Assets Hit N2.3trillion In Q2

Nigeria’s insurance industry’s total assets grew to about N2.3 trillion in the second quarter of 2022, indicating an increased growth rate of 11.9 per cent over the first quarter. The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) made this known on Friday i...

October 8, 2022 No Responses

Unity Bank Bags CBN Award

Unity Bank Plc has received an Award of Recognition for emerging as the “Best Bank in Customer Complaint Resolution 2021” recently at the Kano Central Bank of Nigeria/Banker’s Committee event held to uphold quality customer service culture in the banking...

October 8, 2022 No Responses

Stakeholders Seek Infrastructure To Tap $9trn Maritime Resources

Stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to provide adequate infrastructure to tap the $9 trillion resources in the maritime industry. They explained in Lagos that adequate infrastructure was the only way one million jobs could be accessed by the joble...

October 7, 2022 No Responses

SMEDAN Pledges To Push Nigeria’s Export Target To $35b

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), on Thursday in Abuja pledged to push Nigeria’s export target further to $35billion over the next five years. The Director-General of SMEDAN, Mr Olawale Fasanya said this at the closing....

October 7, 2022 No Responses

Kogi Moves To Recover Obajana Cement From Dangote

The Kogi Government on Thursday moved to recover Obajana Cement Plant from Dangote Company LimitedThe government’s resolution is contained in the report of the Specialised Technical Committee on the Evaluation of the Legality of the Alleged Acquisition of Ob...