The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday named Sahara Energy, Oando, MRS and 36 others as successful bidders of its 2007/2018 crude oil term contract, effective January 1, 2017. According to NNPC, the 39 successful bidders comprised 1...
For the month of December, 2016, the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), recorded N1.3 Billion seizures and commenced the prosecution of alleged smugglers including two Chines nationals. The Zone also inten...
Guinness Nigeria Plc is to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on January 24, 2017to secure Shareholders approval for a rights issue. In a statement, the company explained that it believed that the rights issue would allow the company to...
Between January and December 2016, demand for BMW 7 Series increased by 39 per cent to 12,918 in the United States of America (USA). The BMW X1 also set a new sales record with 27,812 units, a 92.9 percent increase...
China Cosco Shipping Group (Coscocs) has entered into a strategic agreement with Chinese state-owned automaker FAW Group for the transportation of vehicles and components. Under the agreement, signed on January 3 in Shanghai, the parties also plan to strength...
Deputy Managing Director, FirstBank, Gbenga Shobo (Middle); Executive Chairman and CEO of EbonyLife TV, Mo Abudu ( third left); Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, FirstBank, Folake Ani-Mumuney (second right) presenting the star prize to the wi...
Presco Plc, quoted in the agricultural sector of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has been admitted into the NSE 30 index. The development, which is based on the NSE bi-annual review, became operational, January 3, 2017. Also included in the...
The immediate past Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Wale Adeniyi has commended Journalists and all stakeholders in the maritime sector for their support during his reign as the spokesperson of Customs. Adeniyi and 245 others....
(Wheels 24)-It was a picture perfect start for Toyota Gazoo Racing SA, as Nasser Al-Attiyah and navigator Mathieu Baumel (#301) triumphed in the opening stage of the race, a 26th stage victory for Al-Attiyah on the Dakar Rally. Giniel de...
(NAN) Nigeria is planning to overhaul about 50 bridges nationwide, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said. Mr. Fashola unveiled the plan when he was inspecting the rehabilitation of Lagos Ring Road Bridge Abutment and Approach....
(BBC) Singer Janet Jackson has at the age of 50 given birth to her first child, a baby boy, her publicist has confirmed. A statement said the musician and her Qatari businessman husband, Wissam Al Mana, were “thrilled” to welcome...
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has granted license to Nigeria’s largest and most ambitious Free Trade Zone and Mega Port project – the Maritime Africa Economic City otherwise known as the Badagry Free Zone. The license was handed...
As part of its determined efforts to touch the lives of Nigerians positively, the Federal Government has commenced payment of N5, 000 monthly stipends to the poorest and the most vulnerable in the country through the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT)...