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March 30, 2023 No Responses

Capital Market Gets Major Boost As Senate Passes Investments Bill

The nation’s capital market received a major boost Wednesday as the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria passed into law, the Investments and Securities Bill 2023. The Bill which is expected to aid the functioning of the capital market and...

March 30, 2023 No Responses

Kia EV9 SUV Displays Design, Technology

Kia on Wednesday revealed full details of the Kia EV9, its first three-row seat electric flagship Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) that brings fresh thinking, design, and technology to the sector and spearheads the brand’s rapid transformation to ...

March 30, 2023 No Responses

NLNG 2023 Science Quiz Competition Focuses On Net Zero

NLNG has commenced the 2023 cycle of the NLNG Science Quiz Competition, with the theme “Net Zero Science” to focus on climate change and net zero emission goals. A statement issued by Yemi Adeyemi, Acting Manager, Corporate Communication an...

March 30, 2023 No Responses

FRCN Secures N383.9m Approval For 13 Vehicles

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N383.9million for the procurement of 13 operational vehicles for the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). Minister of State for Works and Housing, Umar El-Yakub, stated this at the end of the Council...

March 29, 2023 No Responses

Stock Market Investors Lose N341b

The Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) on Tuesday witnessed further drop in market indices by 1.2 per cent, amid sustained negative investment sentiments. Specifically, the NGX All-Share Index dropped 626.14 points or 1.2 per cent to close at 53,124.63 compared with...

March 29, 2023 No Responses

NIMASA Donates Vehicles To Maritime Workers

The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA and the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, have restated their commitment to continuous stakeholder engagement as an effective tool to maintain the peace that the nation’s...

March 28, 2023 No Responses

Minister Seeks Improved Visa Policy Between Nigeria, Qatar

Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has called for an improved visa policy between Nigeria and Qatar. Sirika made the call when the Charge d’Affaires of Qatar in Nigeria, Mr Ahmed Mohammed, paid a courtesy visit to him in Abuja...

March 28, 2023 No Responses

NLNG Begins Inauguration Of Teaching Hospitals In Four States

Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited on Monday commenced another round of commissioning of Phase 1 projects in its multi-billion-naira Hospital Support Programme (NLNG HSP) in Lagos, Kano, Bayelsa and Cross River states. A statement issued by Yemi Adeyemi, Acting Manage...

March 28, 2023 No Responses

Bauchi Detects 7,806 Cases Of Tuberculosis

Bauchi State recorded 7,806 cases of tuberculosis in 2022, Dr Sani Mohammad, Executive Secretary, Bauchi State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Malaria said on Monday in Bauchi. He declared at a news conference to mark the...

March 26, 2023 No Responses

17 Vessels Discharge Cargo At Lagos Ports

Seventeen vessels are currently discharging petrol, bulk wheat, bulk sugar, bulk salt, frozen fish, petrol, butane gas, soya bean meal, automobile gasoline and bulk urea at the Lagos Ports. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) also disclosed on Saturday that fiv...

March 26, 2023 No Responses

PDP Seeks INEC’s Review Of Ogun Governorship Election Result

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday in Abuja called on INEC to review the March 18 Ogun governorship election result. Addressing Journalists, National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba explained that the party rejected the declaration of Gov. ...

March 26, 2023 No Responses

APC Petitions INEC Over Delta Guber Poll

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the outcome of the March 18 governorship election in Delta.The petition was signed by Mr Godwin Anaughe, the state APC Director, Election and Strategy ...

March 25, 2023 No Responses

Regulators Approve Access Bank Zambia Merger With African Banking Corporation

Access Holdings Plc has received final regulatory approval for the acquisition and merger of Access Bank Zambia and African Banking Corporation Zambia Ltd. The Company Secretary, Mr Sunday Ekwochi, explained in a statement on Friday, that the transaction would...

March 25, 2023 No Responses

Bello-Koko: NPA Committed To Renovation Of Seafarers Centre

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has pledged to be involved in the renovation of the Mission to Seafarers (MTS) centre to ensure visiting seafarers have a befitting place. Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, the NPA Managing Director, said this after inspecting the...