City BusinessNews Archives — Page 220 of 403

October 14, 2020 No Responses

Market Capitalisation Recovers N3b

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) recorded marginal growth on Tuesday, appreciating by 0.02 per cent on renewed bargain hunting to halt downward posture of four consecutive trading sessions. Specifically, the All-Share Index increased by 6.55 points or 0.02 per cent...

October 14, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds 1,400 Bags Of Fertilizer, Generates N39.99b In Oyo/Osun

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Oyo/Osun Area Command, has arrested 25 suspected smugglers and seized a total of 1,400 bags of fertilizer. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Uche Ngozi, disclosed this on Tuesday in Ibadan while briefing journali...

October 12, 2020 No Responses

FRSC To Clampdown On Trucks With Unlatched Containers

The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) is to monitor truck drivers carrying containers with a view to ensure that unlatched containers are not allowed to move on the highway. The Rivers Sector Commander, Corps Commandant, Salisu Galadunci, made this kn...

October 12, 2020 No Responses

Diri Extols Alamieyeseigha’s Legacies

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has described the first civilian governor of the state, the late Chief Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, as a selfless leader that always ensured the interest of the Ijaw nation was placed above other considerat...

October 10, 2020 No Responses

Customs Generates N13.11b From Onne Seaport In September

For the month of September, 2020, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers State generated over N13.11 billion. A statement issued on Friday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mrs Ifeoma Ojekwu quoted the Controller...

October 9, 2020 No Responses

Experts Laud Early Submission of 2021 budget Proposal

Financial experts on Thursday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the early submission of the 2021 budget proposal and called for prompt passage. The experts also called for strict implementation, after its passage. They spoke in separate interviews with ...

October 7, 2020 No Responses

Permanent Secretary Lauds Shippers Council’s Several Initiatives

The newly-appointed Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani has commended the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) for its promotion of the establishment of Vehicle Transit Areas (VTA) amongst other initiatives aimed at trade facilitati...

October 5, 2020 No Responses

IMO Re-Elects Bala Usman Facilitation Committee Vice Chair

Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has, for the second time, been elected Vice-Chair of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Facilitation (FAL) Committee. A statement issued on Sunday by Assistant General M...

October 1, 2020 No Responses

Shell To Sack 9,000 Workers

Royal Dutch Shell has concluded plans to cut 7,000 to 9,000 jobs as it responds to challenges including the slump in oil demand amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The oil giant said the cuts would be implemented by 2022 and included...

October 1, 2020 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: Executive Commissioner Corporate Services Securities and Exchange Commission Mr Ibrahim Boyi, President, FINTECH Institute Dr Segun Aina, Director General, SEC Mr Lamido Yuguda and Executive Commissioner Operations, SEC Mr Dayo Obisan du...

September 29, 2020 No Responses

Cassava Farmers Want Soft Loans To Boost Garri Production

Some Cassava farmers in Dangara community, Kwali Area Council, FCT, have called on the Federal Government, to provide soft loans for farmers to enable them boost garri production in the area. Cassava is a tap root with long tuberous edible...

September 27, 2020 No Responses

Students Honour FRSC Sector Commander

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Sector Commander in Oyo State, Mrs Uche Chukwurah, has been honoured as an Icon of Societal and Human Safety by the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), for her outstanding performance. Presenting the...

September 23, 2020 No Responses

Commonwealth Postpones Heads of Government Meeting To 2021

The President of Rwanda,Paul Kagame and Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland on Wednesday announced the new date for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which was to have been held in Kigali in June 2020 but was postponed bec...

September 20, 2020 No Responses

Ecobank MD: Innovations, Disruptions Will Continue To Define Future Of Banking In Nigeria

The Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has reiterated that the future of Nigerian banking would continue to be shaped by innovations and technology disruptions, stressing that only financial institutions that are amenable to such transforma...