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November 4, 2023 No Responses

Blue Economy: Jamoh, Gunter Paul Meet To Discuss Possibilities

The Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has met with Professor Gunter Pauli to discuss possibilities in Nigeria’s Blue Economy, in Abuja. A statement issued by NIMASA explained that the meeting is a follow...

November 3, 2023 No Responses

New Shippers Council Boss Harps On Teamwork

The newly appointed Executive Secretary/CEO of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr. Akutah Pius Ukeyima on Wednesday officially assumed duty at the Council’s headquarters in Lagos. The new Shippers Council boss who was received by management and members o...

November 1, 2023 No Responses

NIMASA Hosts Regional Training On Biofouling Technology Transfer

As part of efforts to explore the newest technologies in Biofouling and in compliance to International Maritime Organization (IMO) rules, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is hosting a 3-day Biofouling Management Training for coas...

November 1, 2023 No Responses

Lagos Shuts 34 Firms Over Tax Debts

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has closed down 34 corporate organizations for failing to remit Personal Income Taxes of their employees and for non-remittance of Consumption Taxes by operators in the hospitality sector to the Lagos State Gover...

October 31, 2023 No Responses

FEC Approves N2.1tri Supplementary Budget For 2023

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the supplementary budget of over N2 trillion for the year 2023, the second this year. The council granted the approval on Monday during its weekly meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu. This...

October 30, 2023 No Responses

Wabote: Two Edo Refineries To Boost Nigeria’s 1.5m bpd Refining Capacity By 2025

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Simbi Wabote, has said that the two refineries in Edo State, the Edo Refinery and Duport Midstream Refinery, which are currently refining pet...

October 26, 2023 No Responses

NCDMB Boss Warns Against Tinkering With Petroleum Industry Act

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has advised that making unending changes to the structures set up by Petroleum Industry Act 2021 could kill the confidence of investors and stal...

October 24, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu Visits Kia Stand At Nigeria Economic Summit In Abuja

PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday, October 23, 2023 visited Kia Nigeria Stand at the 29th Nigeria Economic Summit in Abuja. Meanwhile, addressing participants at the ongoing event, the President vowed to clear the foreign exchange contracts ba...

October 22, 2023 No Responses

Lagos Seeks Collaboration With Nigerian Mining, Geoscience Society

The Special Adviser on Mineral Resources, Engr. Abiola Olowu has urged the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society to join hands with the present administration in the State to advance the understanding and application of geology, geophysics and related discip...

October 20, 2023 No Responses

NASENI, Chinese Firms Sign Three MoUs

At a ceremony attended by Vice President Kashim Shettima (GCON) on Thursday, October 19, 2023, on the sidelines of the third Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum in Beijing, China, the National Agency for Science and Engineering I...

October 20, 2023 No Responses

Wike Rejects Customs Request To Reclaim Revoked Land

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike, has rejected the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) request for reconsideration over its revoked land by the FCT Administration (FCTA). The Minister announced the rejection when Customs officers,...

October 18, 2023 No Responses

Shettima: Nigeria, China Strategic Partnership Key To Africa’s Development

Vice President Kashim Shettima, says Nigeria’s strategic partnership with China needs to be scaled up because it remains key to Africa’s development. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President o...

October 17, 2023 No Responses

FG Proposes N26.01tri For 2024 Fiscal Year

The Federal Government has proposed the sum of N26.01 trillion for the 2024 appropriation based on oil price benchmark of $73.96 and 21 per cent interest rate. Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this to State House...

October 16, 2023 No Responses

NIMASA, UBTH, Others Receive Presidential Recognition

The award for the best Federal Ministry, Department and Agency, MDA in Digital Transformation from the Presidency through the Bureau of Public Service Reforms has been conferred on the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Other re...