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October 13, 2018 No Responses

After 17hrs,52mins, World’s Longest Flight Lands In New York From Singapore

The world’s longest commercial flight landed in New York from Singapore on Friday, surpassing the previous record by 12 minutes. Singapore Airlines premiered the non-stop flight from Singapore to New York that covers 16,700 kilometres and lasted a whopping 17...

October 12, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Targets $22b Foreign Investments In Two Years

The Nigeria Government will attract $22 billion private sector investments through the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) “Focused Laboratories” in two years, Budget and National Planning Minister, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma has said. According to th...

October 12, 2018 No Responses

APC: Nigerians Must Choose From Candidates That Can Pass Integrity Test

The All Progressives Congress(APC) has re-emphasised its position that Nigerian electorate must have opportunity to choose from candidates that could pass the integrity and anti-corruption test in 2019 general elections. Mr Yekini Nabena, the APC Acting Nation...

October 12, 2018 No Responses

Obasanjo: Atiku’s Administration Will Be Business-Friendly, Boost Economy

I am happy to welcome the distinguished leaders of goodwill who have led the PDP Presidential Candidate and my former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, to my humble abode and I welcome the Presidential Candidate himself. Let me start by congratulating President-...

October 12, 2018 No Responses

NPA Photo News

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), HadizaBala Usman (Middle) with the victorious NPA Football Team (Hadiza Warriors) and top Management of NPA, when the team paid a courtesy call on the MD at the NPA Corporate Headquarters...

October 11, 2018 No Responses

CABOTAGE: NO MORE WAIVERS, DAKUKU TELLS OIL COMPANIES

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has said the Agency will no longer encourage the application of any form of waivers under the Cabotage Act, particularly from the oil firms operation...

October 11, 2018 No Responses

How Discrepancies In Vote Tally Scuppered PDP’s Aniocha/Oshimili primary

Discrepancies in vote tally and emerging proofs that unaccredited persons may have voted in the inconclusive primary election to pick a flag bearer in the Aniocha-Oshimili federal constituency for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led to the stalemate. The pr...

October 11, 2018 No Responses

NPA Photo News

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), HadizaBala Usman receives the Maritime Cup won by the NPA Football Team (Hadiza Warriors) from the General Manager, Human Resources / Chairman Central Nigerian Ports Sports Association (NIPOSA),Yahay...

October 11, 2018 No Responses

IMF To Nigeria: Increase Non-Oil Revenue

Nigeria should explore ways of increasing revenue outside its traditional base of oil proceeds, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. Speaking during a press briefing at the on-going 2018 IMF/World Bank Meetings in Bali, Indonesia, IMF’s Deputy...

October 10, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Rallies Support For SIFAX Group’s Multi-Million Dollar Inland Container Depot In Gambia

Ambassador Oluwasegun Ibidapo-Obe, the Nigerian High-Commissioner to Gambia, has commended SIFAX Group for its planned multi-million dollar investment plan in The Gambia. The company recently signed an agreement with the government of The Gambia to build a...

October 10, 2018 No Responses

Innovation In Energy Storage Wins NLNG’s $100,000 Science Prize

The Advisory Board of the Nigeria Prize for Science today announced“Nanostructured metal hydrides for the storage of electric power from renewable energy sources and for explosion prevention in high voltage power transformers”, a work by Dr. Peter Ngeneas ...

October 10, 2018 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation, GIZ, To Empower Young Entrepreneurs In East, West Africa

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading entrepreneurship philanthropy, is partnering with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German Government’s Agency for International Cooperation. GIZ will support the...

October 10, 2018 No Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R shows Mark Bohlund, Africa Economist, Bloomberg Economics (BE); Mr. Victor Etuokwu, Executive Director, Access Bank Plc; Oladele Afolabi, Director, Portfolio Management, Debt Management Office; Titi Odunfa Adeoye, Chief Executive Officer, Sankore Inves...

October 9, 2018 No Responses

Mercedes-Benz Delivers 202,819 Vehicles In September

For the Month of September, 2018, Mercedes-Benz sold 202,819 vehicles worldwide. In the third quarter of 2018, 526,255 vehicles with the three-pointed star were delivered to customers (-8.2%). With more than 200,000 units sold last month, sales in September...