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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, orientation...

November 3, 2016 No Responses

700,000 Nigerians apply for 500 FIRS jobs

(NAN) The Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Tunde Fowler, has said that the organisation received more than 700,000 applications from the recent job advert it placed. Mr. Fowler made this known on Wednesday in Abuja when he appeared before...

November 2, 2016 No Responses

Experts task FG on threat to Nigeria’s cassava industry

Experts in cassava research have identified low productivity of cassava roots as major threat to Nigeria’s cassava industry. According to the Researchers, the development if not curtailed could impede gains made in the sector, thereby putting Nigeria at ri...

November 2, 2016 No Responses

TUC decries sexual abuse at IDP camps

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has criticized sexual abuse, rape and exploitation of women and girls living in seven Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital allegedly by camp leaders, vigilante groups, policem...

November 2, 2016 No Responses

Minister takes change begins with me campaign to Police headquarters

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday formally presented the Federal Government’s NationalRe-Orientation Campaign, Change Begins With Me, to the top brass of the Nigeria Police Force, including Inspector-General of Po...

November 2, 2016 No Responses

Presidency to offer more explanations on quest for $30B loan

The Presidency is to further brief the National Assembly on the urgent need for Nigeria to secure $30Billion international loan. The Nigeria Senate had on Tuesday unanimously, threw out President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for external loan of $29.96 bill...

November 2, 2016 No Responses

NSE to train market participants on ETFs

Consistent with its commitment to broaden and deepen the Nigerian capital market, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in partnership with the Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) Issuers Vetiva Fund Managers Limited, Lotus Capital Limited and Stanbic IBTC Asset Manageme...

November 1, 2016 No Responses

‘Onne Phase 4B Port facility begins operation soon’

Barring any unforeseen hitch, part of the new capacity being added at the Phase 4B area of the Onne Port Complex development Area in Rivers State will be put into commercial use soon, the Managing Director of Nigeria Ports Authority...

November 1, 2016 No Responses

CSR-in-Action partner MMSD, NNPC, NEITI on cohesive mineral development

CSR-in-Action, in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD), Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other stakeholders, is to hold its 5th Sustain...

November 1, 2016 No Responses

FG to adopt new ship finance model

Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has pledged the commitment of the Federal Government to adopt resolutions reached at the proposed Nigeria Ship Finance Conference. Speaking at a pre-event dinner in Lagos, Amaechi said: “I assure you that whatever dec...

November 1, 2016 No Responses

NIMASA inaugurates three per cent freight benchmark review committee

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has inaugurated a committee to review the parameters for charging the three percent freight benchmark currently collected by the Agency. He explaine...

November 1, 2016 No Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R shows Oscar N. Onyema, OON, President African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) and Chief Executive Officer, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) with Kevin Moore, Director Global Business Development, Chartered Institute for Securities & Inves...

October 31, 2016 No Responses

TUC faults Senate on amendments to CCB/CCT Act

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria at the weekend condemned amendments to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Act by the National Assembly. In a statement titled: “Lawmakers: Self-Serving laws cannot...

October 31, 2016 No Responses

CBN to sanction fraudulent bank customers

Worried by reported cases of fraud, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to put modalities in place to sanction fraudulent bank customers nationwide. Speaking at the October meeting of Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum (NeFF) in Lagos, CBN Director,...