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November 5, 2016 No Responses

Vegetable Season: CMA CGM upgrades six services from Morocco to Russia, Europe, Middle East

CMA CGM has announced the deployment of its upgraded transportation offer to Morocco for the export of citrus fruits and vegetables. Under the arrangement, six maritime services will provide Moroccan producers unparalleled export solutions with ten weekly calls in Moroccan...

November 5, 2016 No Responses

Facebook promotes safety online in Lagos, Kenya

Two months after Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg traveled to Nigeria and Kenya to meet with developers, partners, and entrepreneurs, Alex Stamos, Chief Security Officer at Facebook, gave a keynote address at the CyberXchange security confere...

November 4, 2016 No Responses

Lagos to deliver Badagry Expressway by 2019

The Lagos-Badagry Expressway is to be delivered before the end of 2019, State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has said. Speaking in Lagos on Thursday during an inspection tour, Ambode said the project was a major economic catalyst for Lagos, adding that...

November 4, 2016 No Responses

West Blue partners Ecobank on single window cash xpress card

West blue consulting in partnership with Ecobank has unveiled the Ghana national single window cash xpress card. The ceremony which was held in Ghana had in attendance the commissioner general,GRA; Mr George blankson, the Chief Executive Officer of West.....

November 4, 2016 No Responses

Lagos international trade fair begins today

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) will on Friday, November 4 commence the 30th edition of the Lagos International Trade Fair. According to the organisers, the Opening Ceremony is scheduled to take place by 10am at the Tafawa...

November 4, 2016 No Responses

Customs impounds 11,315 cartons of imported frozen poutry products

The newly appointed Area Controller of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’ Owerri, Comptroller Mohammed Uba Garba has intercepted a DAF Truck loaded with eleven thousand, three hundred and fifteen (11,315) cartons of impor...

November 4, 2016 No Responses

10 students gets NLNG post graduate scholarships

Nigeria LNG Limited has so far awarded a total of three thousand and fifty-three (3,053) scholarships to Nigerian students. This is part of the company’s education intervention programme for deserving students at Post Primary, Undergraduate and Post Graduate...

November 4, 2016 No Responses

FG to leverage on power of music to promote national re-orientation campaign

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the government will leverage on the power of music to promote theNational Re-orientation Campaign tagged “Change Begins With Me.” The Minister said this in Abuja when he received a gr...

November 4, 2016 No Responses

FBN Holdings takes financial literacy to youths

In its sustained commitment to encourage savings culture among Nigerians, FBN Holdings Plc joined the rest of the world on Monday in celebrating the 2016 World Savings Day by engaging children and youths on the rudiments of savings in line...

November 4, 2016 No Responses

WFE names new board officers

At the 56th General Assembly in Cartagena on Thursday, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) appointed three new officers of the Board, in line with the organisation’s customary geographical rotation of officers every two years. The new officers of...

November 3, 2016 No Responses

How to grow liquidity in emerging market exchanges, by Arunma Oteh, others

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers on Wednesday in Cartagena, Colombia held a roundtable to discuss how best to grow liquidity in emerging market exchanges. The session which form part ...

November 3, 2016 No Responses

Minister tasks NPA on single window project

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) must be committed to the success of single window project as part of measures to improve vessel traffic and revenue, Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has said. Speaking yesterday in Lagos at a ceremony to...

November 3, 2016 No Responses

Pension scheme hits N5.9tr in 12 years

For the past 12 years, the National Pension Commission (PenCom) realised over N5.9 Trillion from 7.2 million contributors under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). Speaking at a PenCom workshop for Journalists in Calabar, Cross Rivers State on Wednesday, ...

November 3, 2016 No Responses

BPE boss gets excellence award

The Acting Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Dr. Vincent Onome Akpotaire, has said that the Bureau is a unique public institution with well-groomed workforce positioned to drive the nation’s economy. He likened the work ethics, orienta...