Chinese – City Business News

June 2, 2025 No Responses

Why Chinese Trucks Now Dominate Nigeria’s Roads, By LSM MD

The Managing Director, Lanre Shittu Motors, Mr. Taiwo Shittu, who recently bagged the Vanguard Newspaper Auto Industry Icon Award, speaks in this interview on the high cost of new vehicles, available options, the national auto policy, and challenges facing aut...

February 1, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns 11 Chinese, One Filipino for Alleged Internet Fraud

The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, January 31, 2025, arraigned 11 Chinese, one Filipino and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd, before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in...

January 9, 2025 No Responses

Chinese Bank Approves $254.76m Loan For Kano-Kaduna Railway

The China Development Bank (CDB) has granted a loan of 245 million euros ($254.76 million) for the construction of the Kano-Kaduna railway project in Nigeria. A statement by the bank on Tuesday said the move was to provide financial support...

September 6, 2024 No Responses

Lagos, Chinese Firm Seal MoU On Agric Productivity

Lagos State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a Chinese food processing company, Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings Co. Limited, to increase productivity in the rice value chain and enhance food production in the state. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the...

July 26, 2024 No Responses

Firm Welcomes New LNG-Powered Carrier

German shipping group, Hartmann has taken delivery of a new Liquid Ethylene Gas (LEG) carrier powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Chinese shipbuilding company Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (CIMC SOE). The ship is scheduled to use ...

January 23, 2024 No Responses

World’s Largest Car Carrier Debuts

SAIC Group, a prominent Chinese automotive manufacturer, officially named and commissioned the LNG dual-fuel car carrier SAIC Anji Sincerity. Constructed by CSSC Jiangnan Shipyard, the vessel, featuring 7,600 parking spaces, is exclusively built for SAIC Anji ...

January 21, 2024 No Responses

BYD Takes Delivery Of First Car Carrier

BYD, a China-based electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer that overtook Tesla as the world’s biggest EV seller in 2023, has taken delivery of its first car carrier which is dual-fueled. The maiden voyage ceremony for BYD Explorer No.1, the 7,000 CEU...

December 10, 2023 No Responses

Firm Welcomes LNG-Powered Containership

Chinese shipbuilder, Hudong-Zhonghua has delivered 13,000 TEU LNG-powered containership CMA CGM Bahia to French shipping giant CMA CGM Group. The ship has a total length of 336 meters, a width of 51 meters, a depth of 26.8 me...

November 27, 2022 No Responses

Kano Seals Chinese Metal Recycling Firm

Kano State Committee on Sanitation shut a Chinese metal recycling plant in Kano on Saturday for operating during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise. It also slammed a N5 million fine on the company for the transgression. The committee’...

August 29, 2022 No Responses

Shipbuilding Firm Unveils Smart Sail Design

Chinese shipbuilder, Jiangnan Shipbuilding has launched an in-house design of a smart sail, a wind-assisted propulsion system. Named the Jiangnan Smart Sail, the technology behind the system is based on a high-performance computing platform that evaluates...

May 24, 2020 No Responses

Chinese Envoy To Nigeria: Develop Creative Industry For Stronger Economy

A Chinese envoy to Nigeria, Mr Li Xuda, advised the Federal Government on Saturday to focus more on developing the creative industry to fortify Nigeria’s economy. Xuda, who is the Cultural Counsellor of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of...

May 19, 2020 No Responses

Navy Rescues 18 Crew Members On Board Chinese Vessel

The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Monday said it rescued 18 crew members on board a Chinese vessel, MV HAILUFANG II, from pirates’ attack. A statement issued by Commodore Ibrahim Shettima, the Commander Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT explained that the...