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September 1, 2022 No Responses

Sambo: Regional Maritime Bank Takes Off In 90 Days

Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, has expressed optimism that within 90 days, the ministry will secure accommodation to enable the take-off of the Regional Maritime Development Bank(RMDB). Sambo said this in a statement issued by the ministry’s Director of Media...

August 31, 2022 No Responses

NPA Receives 19 Ships Laden With Frozen Fish, Wheat, Others At Lagos Ports

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Tuesday, said 19 ships were expected to arrive at Lagos ports from August 30 to September 9, 2022. According to NPA, four of the ships were carrying frozen fish, while the remaining 15 ships were...

August 30, 2022 No Responses

Sky Capital Appoints MD, Non-EDs For Skye Bank Sierra Leone

Sky Capital & Financial Allied Limited, the financial services subsidiary of SIFAX Group, has appointed a new Managing Director and three non-executive directors for one of its subsidiaries Skye Bank, Sierra Leone. After the approval by the Bank of S...

August 30, 2022 No Responses

FG Plans To Spend N19.76tri In 2023

The Federal Government is proposing to spend N19.76 trillion in 2023. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, made the declaration in Abuja on Monday when she said the 2023 budget had a proposed deficit of N11.3...

August 29, 2022 No Responses

Ecobank Nigeria Unveils Special Loans, Remittances Scheme

Ecobank Nigeria has unveiled a special scheme on Back2School loans and remittances for all its customers. Head, Consumer Banking, Ecobank Nigeria, Korede Demola-Adeniyi said the loan offerings have been developed based on the bank’s understanding...

August 28, 2022 No Responses

World Bank Engages GBV Service Providers In Kaduna

The Kaduna State Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a World Bank-supported project, has engaged Gender-Based Violence (GBV) service providers, to provide health and psychosocial services to adolescent survivors. The Pr...

August 27, 2022 No Responses

CBN Releases $265m To Settle Outstanding Ticket Sales

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),on Friday, released the sum of 265 million dollars to airlines operating in the country to settle outstanding ticket sales. According to a statement issued by the Director, Corporate Communications Department of CBN, Mr Osita....

August 26, 2022 No Responses

TotalEnergies, COSCO In Milestone Biofuel Bunkering Operation

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has completed the first refuelling of a COSCO Shipping Lines containership with sustainable marine biofuel. This is TotalEnergies’ first biofuel bunkering operation for a containership in Singapore. According to World Maritime News...

August 25, 2022 No Responses

NIMASA DG Tasks Industrial Council On Seafarers’ Welfare

Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, has called on the National Joint Industrial Council (NJIC) to improve the welfare of Nigerian seafarers. Jamoh made the call at the NJIC review of the Minimum...

August 25, 2022 No Responses

Stock Market Recovers N65b

Trading activities on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd., (NGX) closed on a positive note on Wednesday, with indices growing by 0.22 per cent following gains by BUA Cement, Nestle and Stanbic Bank Specifically, the market capitalisation gained N65 bil...

August 24, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Decries Abuse Of Expatriate Quota Policy

The Minister of Interior, Alhaji Rauf Aregbesola has decried the abuses and gross violations of Nigeria’s expatriate quota policy by foreigners and some organisations in the country. Aregbesola condemned the practice on Tuesday in Abuja at the re-inaug...

August 24, 2022 No Responses

Kaduna Customs Area Command Gets New Controller

Mr Yakubu Salihu has assumed duty as new Controller, Kaduna Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Salihu replaced Abubakar Sanusi who was transferred to the NCS Headquarters, Abuja. Sanusi, the outgoing controller, on Tuesday in Kaduna...

August 22, 2022 No Responses

100 MSMEs Secure Export Certifications

Over 100 Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSME) have received export certifications to qualify them for the export of their products, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), disclosed on Sunday in Jos, Plateau State. The Executive Director of NEP...

August 21, 2022 No Responses

Ecobank Reiterates Support For Creative Industry

The Managing Director and Regional Executive, Ecobank Nigeria Limited, Bolaji Lawal has assured that the Bank will continue to provide a platform for harnessing and powering the creative industry in Nigeria. The Managing Director made this pledge at the Photog...