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July 20, 2016 No Responses

Minister insist on ports’ audit

By Moses Ebosele – The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has reiterated Federal Government resolve to audit operations and activities at the nation’s Seaports. Speaking in Abuja after a meeting with the management of Nigeria Shippers Council (NSC) and...

July 20, 2016 No Responses

Expert cautions against mass retrenchment

By Moses Ebosele – AN economist, Matthew R. Otoide has challenged the Federal Government to ‘do everything within its power’ to stop ongoing retrenchment across the country. In a chat with City BusinessNews, Otoide explained that the developme...

July 20, 2016 No Responses

UBA partners Mastercard on payments infrastructure

TO further consolidate on its activities, United Bank for Africa (UBA) has partnered Master Card on payment infrastructure across the Africa continent. The partnership which cuts across the 19 African countries in which UBA currently operates include Nige...

July 20, 2016 No Responses

BA crew threaten industrial action over performance scheme

Thousands of British Airways (BA) cabin crew are to vote on whether to take industrial action in a dispute over a performance management scheme described by one union rep as a “human resources fantasy project”. According to United Kingdom based...

July 20, 2016 No Responses

PDP raises 82-member zoning committee

Ahead of another convention slated for August 17 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caretaker Committee has inaugurated an 82 member committee. The committee is expected to help design zoning of party positions to dif...

July 20, 2016 No Responses

Le Guen rejects Super Eagles job

Barely 24 hours after Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) appointed Paul Le Guen as the technical adviser for Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Le Guen has turned down the offer. NFF had on Monday announced Le Guen as the new technical adviser...

July 19, 2016 No Responses

Anxiety as inflation hits 16.5 per cent

By Moses Ebosele – Economic challenges confronting Nigeria assumes more disturbing dimensions as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased to its highest point of 16.5 per cent since 2005. The report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS...

July 19, 2016 No Responses

ENL Consortium disowns Protesters

By Moses Ebosele – ENL Consortium, operator of Terminals C and D of the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa has disowned dockworkers who staged a protest at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Headquarters in Marina, Lagos on Monday, July 18, 2016....

July 19, 2016 No Responses

New NPA boss harps on improved revenue generation

By Moses Ebosele – The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) will strive for enhanced operating efficiencies to facilitate improved revenue generation and inflows into the national treasury, newly appointed Managing Director, Hadiza Bala-Usman has said. ...

July 19, 2016 No Responses

Presidency pledges full complince with fiscal responsibility act

The Federal Government has reiterated its resolve to fully comply with the provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act and other extant laws as they relate to the submission of budget proposals to the National Assembly. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu.....

July 19, 2016 No Responses

Nigeria appoints Le Guen as new technical adviser for Super Eagles

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has named Frenchman Paul Le Guen, 52, as the new Technical Adviser of the senior national team, the Super Eagles. He will be assisted by Nigerian Salisu Yusuf, who takes the role of Chief Coach....

July 19, 2016 No Responses

German police kill Afghan teen who slashed passengers on train

A teenage Afghan migrant armed with an ax and a knife attacked passengers aboard a regional train in southern Germany on Monday night, injuring four people before he was shot and killed by police as he fled, authorities said. Wuerzburg police said...

July 18, 2016 No Responses

Investors stake N3.8b on three banks in one week

By Moses Ebosele – For the week ended July 15, 2016, transactions in FBN Holdings Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc and Access Bank Plc accounted for 353.999 million shares worth N3.867 billion in 4,188 deals. At the end of...

July 18, 2016 No Responses

NCC remits N70b into federation account

Between December 2015 and March 2016, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), remitted N70 billion into the federation account. The amount according to a statement issued by the commission is in addition to the N30 billion paid by MTN Nigeria Communica...