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January 4, 2018 No Responses

Obaseki orders arrest of two employees of BUA over stop-work notice

Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has ordered the arrest of two employees of BUA International Limited over alleged violation of a Stop Work order issued by the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel. According to NAN, the order was...

January 4, 2018 No Responses

Minister: Dakuku is not corrupt, has reduced NIMASA’s operating cost by 50 per cent

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has described the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside as an epitome of good governance and great character. The Minister stated this in Por...

January 4, 2018 No Responses

‘Oando’s forensic audit to commence this month’

There is no going back on the forensic audit of Oando Plc, the Acting Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Abdul Zubair, has said. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, Zubair said the...

January 4, 2018 No Responses

NPA reiterates commitment to safety, security standards

The Management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has expressed concern while sympathizing with those affected in the unfortunate fire incident which occurred at locations in the Tin Can Island Port Complex (TCIPC), Apapa during which no lives were lost. ...

January 3, 2018 No Responses

SEC extends forbearance window for multiple accounts consolidation to March 31

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended the forbearance window for multiple accounts consolidation to March 31, 2018. Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja, Acting Director General of SEC, Dr. Abdul Zubair said:“With a view...

January 3, 2018 No Responses

APM Terminals waives charges on container for IDPs

APM Terminals Apapa Limited has waived handling and storage charges running into several millions of naira on a container load of fish which was donated by the Federal Government to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Yobe State. The Federal...

January 3, 2018 No Responses

Kia declares 226,842 sales in December

Kia Motors Corporation announced its December 2017 global sales figures for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles, recording a total of 226,842 units sold. In December, sales in Korea slid 6.2% compared with the same month last...

January 2, 2018 No Responses

Buhari to inaugurate Nigeria’s First Inland Dry Port in Kaduna

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday inaugurate the country’s first Inland Dry Port in Kaduna. A statement by Mr Ignatius Nweke, Director Special Duties, Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), on Monday in Abuja, disclosed this. Nweke said the dry port was....

January 2, 2018 No Responses

Maize Cultivation: Association to engage 500,000 farmers in 2018

The National President, Maize Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Bello Abubakar-Annur has disclosed that the union is planning to engage 500, 000 farmers in maize cultivation in the 2018 farming season across the country. Abubakar-Annur told the News Agency of Nig...

January 1, 2018 No Responses

Audu Ogbeh: Man Of The Year 2017

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com – Seasoned administrator and farmer of great repute, Chief Audu Ogbeh is City BusinessNews Man of the Year 2017. Since his assumption of office in November, 2015 as Minister of Agriculture and Rural...

January 1, 2018 No Responses

Heal the world movement empowers over 200 people

In a swift move to curb the spate of increasing unemployment in Nigeria , Heal The World Movement , a Christian charity organisation with headquarters in Lagos, Nigerian and branches within the country and globally, recently organ...

January 1, 2018 No Responses

NLC: We shall hold government accountable in 2018

Being the text of the New Year message of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, mni. PREAMBLE On behalf of the National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress, I wish to congratulate Nigerian working people...

December 31, 2017 No Responses

Cosmas Maduka dedicates multiple awards in 2017 to Customers, Coscharis Group team

Despite various challenges, Coscharis Group, the Nigerian conglomerate that plays in diverse sectors of the economy like automobile, information technology, logistics, beverages, agro – allied amongst others ended the year 2017 on a good note. Within ...

December 31, 2017 No Responses

Court rejects VW’s bid to suspend emissions audit

Germany’s highest court has rejected a bid by Volkswagen AG to suspend the work of a special auditor appointed to investigate management’s actions in the “Dieselgate” emissions scandal. A three-judge panel did not give an opinion on the merits of...