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September 30, 2022 No Responses

World Maritime Day

L-R: Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Koko, Rector, Maritime Academy Of Nigeria, Commodore Emmanuel Effedua (retd.) and Executive Secretary, Nigeria Shippers’ Council (NSC), Emmanuel Jime at the 2022 World Maritime Day celebration on Thursday in Lagos

September 30, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Unveils Agenda For Zero Carbon Emission For Shipping By 2050

To attain net zero carbon emission for shipping by 2050 in line with the policy of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Nigerian Government has rolled out more proactive measures. Speaking in Lagos on Thursday at the 20...

September 29, 2022 No Responses

FEC Approves N27b For Road Project Linking Ondo, Edo States

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N27 billion for the rehabilitation of a 27km road linking Ondo and Edo States. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed revealed this to State House correspondents at the end of the...

September 29, 2022 No Responses

FRSC Deploys 800 Patrol Vehicles For ‘Ember Months‘ Campaign

Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed 800 patrol vehicles and 100 ambulances across Nigeria to address possible traffic congestions during the ember months. FRSC’s acting Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu, said this on Wednesday in Kaduna State while fl...

September 29, 2022 No Responses

FG Approves N580.5m For Armoured Vehicles To Fight Drug War

The Federal Executive Council (FEC)has approved N580.5 million for the procurement of four armoured vehicles to fight dangerous and illicit drugs by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federat...

September 29, 2022 No Responses

Court Acquits Three AIICO Staff Accused Of N1.5b Fraud

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court, on Wednesday acquitted three staff of the American International Insurance Company Limited, (AIICO) charged with fraud of N1.5 billion The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that Taiwo, in a r...

September 28, 2022 No Responses

Engineers Task SON On Fake Auto Parts Influx

The Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers (NIMechE) on Tuesday called on the Standards Organisations of Nigeria (SON) to checkmate the importation of substandard auto spare parts into the country. The Lagos Chapter Chairman of NIMechE, Mr Abdulganiyu Ti...

September 28, 2022 No Responses

Senate Passes Bill To Amend CBN Act For Second Reading

The Senate on Tuesday at plenary passed for second reading, a bill to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act. Leading debate on the general principles of the bill, its sponsor, Sen. Sadiq Umar (APC-Kwara), said the bill was...

September 27, 2022 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: Director, Office of the Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr Daiyabu Kurfi, Member Technical Committee MSME Forum, Mrs Precious Gilbert-Akpan , President, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Business Membership Organisation...

September 27, 2022 No Responses

FRSC Deploys 10 Additional Operational Vehicles To Tackle Gridlock In FCT

The Acting Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Biu has directed the immediate deployment of 10 additional operational vehicles to tackle traffic gridlocks in FCT. A statement issued on Monday Mr Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Educati...

September 27, 2022 No Responses

SON Impounds Substandard, Adulterated Wines In Ebonyi

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has impounded substandard and adulterated alcoholic and non-alcoholic wines within the Abakaliki metropolis in Ebonyi State. A statement issued on Monday by the Head of Public Relations, SON South-East Regional...

September 27, 2022 No Responses

N5b Libel Suit: Out Of Court Settlement Fails, Court Adjourns To Nov15

THE out-of-court settlement embarked upon by parties in a N5 billion libel suit instituted by the immediate past Resident Electoral Commission (REC) in Akwa Ibom, Mike Igini, has failed in a Benin High Court presided over by Justice Vestee Eboreime ...

September 26, 2022 No Responses

500,000 Nigerians Await Repatriation From Three Countries

Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Ms Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, has disclosed that 500,000 Nigerians are awaiting repatriation in three countries. Suleiman-Ibrahim told the News Agen...

September 26, 2022 No Responses

LASTMA Urges Motorists To Obey Traffic Laws

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has warned operators and drivers of ‘LagosRide’ Taxi across the state to obey the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law of 2018. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba, said this on...