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October 27, 2022 No Responses

Family Seeks Justice Over Alleged Removal Of Dead Child’s Body Parts

The family of Mr. Promise John has petitioned the Police Command in Delta over the alleged removal of some parts of their dead child in a hospital in Asaba. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the alleged...

October 25, 2022 No Responses

US Coast Guard Lauds NIMASA

The United States Coast Guard, USCG, through Captain Brian Lisko of the US Department of State has commended the efforts of the Nigerian Government to suppress criminality in Nigeria’s maritime domain and by extension the Gulf of...

October 25, 2022 No Responses

Meshioye Emerges 11th President Of MAN

A businessman, Otunba Francis Meshioye has emerged 11th President of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN). A statement issued on Monday by the association’s Public Relations Officer, Mrs Omotayo Okewunmi, explained that Meshioye was elected a...

October 16, 2022 No Responses

Sanwo-Olu Increases Students’Bursary By 100 Per Cent

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved an increment of 100 per cent on bursary payable to students of Lagos State origin in tertiary institutions across the country. The Executive Secretary, Lagos State Scholarship Board, Mr Abdur Rahaman L...

October 16, 2022 No Responses

NCS: National Award To C-G, Three Others, Evidence Of Customs Efficiency

The recent conferment of National Honours on the Comptroller-General, retired Col. Hameed Ali and three officers is an evidence of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) efficiency. The National Public Relations Officer of the service, Deputy C...

October 16, 2022 No Responses

Romeo Oriogun’s Nomad Wins The Nigeria Prize For Literature

The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited, has announced Nomad, authored by the poet, Romeo Oriogun, as the winner of the $100,000 prize for the 2022 cycle on Poetry. Professor Akachi Adimora-Ez...

October 1, 2022 No Responses

Concession Agreement: NPA Conculdes Report, Seeks FG’s Approval

The management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), at the weekend, disclosed that the concession agreement with five terminal operators that have expired have been concluded. According to NPA, the report would be submitted to the Federal Ministry of Trans...

September 28, 2022 No Responses

Lagos Disburses N1.56b As Grants To 3,673 Businesses

Lagos State Government through the state Employment Trust Fund has supported 3,673 businesses with the sum of N1.56 billion as grants. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State made this known at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)/Lagos Economic....

September 21, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Bids UN General Assembly Farewell As Nigeria’s Leader

President Muhammadu Buhari addressed the UN General Assembly on Wednesday for the last time as Nigeria’s leader. In his farewell speech, he told the global body that his administration was determined to entrench a process of free, fair, transparent and...

September 21, 2022 No Responses

Cross River Concessions Cocoa Processing Plant

Cross River Government has concessioned the ultra-model cocoa processing plant in Ikom, Ikom Local Government Area of the state to a private firm, AA Universal Agro Industries Ltd. The Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, explained during the handover in Calabar....

September 21, 2022 No Responses

NIWA Sensitises School Pupils On Career In Maritime

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) in collaboration with Ocean Ambassadors Foundation (OAF) sensitised some Lagos Island primary school pupils on career in the maritime industry on Wednesday in Lagos. The programme, a maritime quiz for ...

September 20, 2022 No Responses

UBA Begins Cross-Border Transactions With PAPSS In Q4

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) is to commence cross-border transactions with the new Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) in the fourth quarter of 2022. Group Head, Digital Banking, UBA, Mr Kayode Olubiyi, expained on Tuesday at a.....

September 20, 2022 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Implores Stakeholders On Seaports Automation

The Nigeria Shippers Council (NSC) has urged maritime stakeholders to support ongoing automation of the nation’s seaports. Speaking as one of the panelists at the 2022 annual Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) conference in Lagos, A...

September 20, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Congratulates Sunny Ade At 76

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the entertainment industry in celebrating juju music maestro and multi-instrumentalist, Chief Sunday Adegeye, better known as King Sunny Ade, who turns 76 on Thursday. In a congratulatory message issued by his spoke...