City News Archives — Page 6 of 39

November 13, 2021 No Responses

Seplat Energy Director Resigns

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Citing personal reasons, an Independent Non-Executive Director (INED) of Seplat Energy Plc, Mr. Xavier Rolet, KBE, has stepped down from the Board of the company with effect from November 11, 2021. The resignation of Mr Rolet...

November 11, 2021 No Responses

FEC Approves National Development Plan For 2021-2025

The Federal Executive Council(FEC) has approved the National Development Plan(NDP) for 2021 to 2025 to succeed the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan(ERGP) which expired in December, 2020. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed,&n...

November 10, 2021 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Visits Shipping Firms, Seeks Partnership

The Nigerian Shippers ‘Council (NSC) has sought the cooperation and collaboration of shipping companies as part of measures to drive efficiency, transparency and effectiveness of port processes. A statement issued by NSC head of Public Relatio...

November 10, 2021 No Responses

Nigerian Breweries Invests N78b In Raw Materials

As part of measures to boost job creation, Nigerian Breweries Plc (NB) in the last five years invested not less than N78 billion in the cultivation of raw materials across the country. Speaking at an interactive session with Journalists in...

November 9, 2021 No Responses

Renewed Interest In Airtel, MTN, Others Lift NGX By N644b

Transactions on the Nigerian stock market closed on a positive note on Monday with the market capitalisation gaining N644 billion to hit N22 trillion mark, amid gains by telecommunication companies. Specifically, the market capitalisation inched higher b...

November 9, 2021 No Responses

Group Decries Prolonged ANLCA Crisis

The Alliance of ANLCA, Western Zone, a faction from the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has decried the lingering crisis in the association. Dr John Ofobike, the group’s Leader, said at a news conference in Lagos on Monday...

November 9, 2021 No Responses

Fidelity Bank MD Tasks Employees On Ethics, Integrity

The Managing Director, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, has charged employees to uphold high ethical standards, integrity and sound corporate governance while providing financial services to the banking public. Onyeali-Ikpe gave the charge in a...

November 8, 2021 No Responses

Jamoh Bags Zik Leadership Award

Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has received the prestigious Zik Leadership Prize in Public Policy for 2020. The organisers of the award, the Public Policy Research and Analysis Centre (PPRAC),...

November 8, 2021 No Responses

FG Appoints Ataguba, Rasheed, Others Into Railway Unbundling Committee

Nigeria’s decision to unbundle the Nigerian Railway Corporation has started with the Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Gbemisola Saraki chairing the first meeting of the Ministerial Committee on the unbundling of the corporation. Addressing t...

November 8, 2021 No Responses

Police Probes Death Of FAAN’s AGM

The Lagos State police command has commenced investigation into the death of Mr Abdulrahaman Musa, Assistant General Manager (AGM), Electrical Engineering Department, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN), Lagos. The police spokesman in Lagos, CSP...

November 5, 2021 No Responses

SON Probes Lagos Building Collapse

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has commenced investigations into the 21 story building collapse in Gerrard, Ikoyi area of Lagos State. According to a statement issued by the standards body and made available to journalists in Lagos stated that,....

November 5, 2021 No Responses

Enugu Assembly Approves N15b Loan Request From CBN

The Enugu State House of Assembly has approved a N15 billion loan request by the Enugu State Government from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).The loan request was contained in a letter to the house read by the Speaker, Chief...

November 5, 2021 No Responses

5G:Pantami Seeks Collaboration For Effective Deployment

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has urged stakeholders of the telecommunications industry to collaborate for effective deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) technology in the country. Pantami said this in his keyn...

November 4, 2021 No Responses

NCC Awards N20m Grants To Four Innovative Tech Startups

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has awarded N20 million grant to four deserving Nigerian tech startups for their novel digital solutions aimed at curbing insecurity and advancing Internet of Things (IoT) frontier in Nigeria. The Executive Vi...