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April 27, 2017 No Responses

NPA boss implores management team on reform agenda, global best practices

By Moses Ebosele – To make Nigerian Seaports competitive, efficient, effective and up-to-date in global best practices, the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has challenged the organisations’s Executive and Management teams to work harder. ...

April 27, 2017 No Responses

Transcorp declares 20 % growth in revenue

For the first quarter ended March 31, 2017, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), has announced total revenue of N13.2billion representing a 20% increase when compared to the Group’s performance of N15.8billion in the corresponding period of...

April 27, 2017 No Responses

TUC condemns call for removal of minimum wage from concurrent list

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has condemned reported call for the removal of National Minimum Wage from the Exclusive list to the Concurrent list by “the House of Representatives in a bill being sponsored by one of its...

April 27, 2017 No Responses

FG explains report on ‘Buhari to work from home’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has denied reports on President Muhammadu Buhari working from home. In a statement issued in Abuja, the Minister said the President only decided to work from home today (Wednesday),” not that.....

April 26, 2017 No Responses

NLNG calls for intensified Malaria research

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) today called for increased efforts by scientists to fight Malaria and permanently rid the country of the disease before the World Health Assembly’s target date of 2030. Speaking on Tuesday while commemorating World Malaria Day wi...

April 26, 2017 No Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R: Professor Mashood Baderin, Head, School of Law, SOAS University of London; Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Baroness Valerie Amos, Director, SOAS University of London; HE Mrs. Toyin Saraki, Wife, Senate...

April 25, 2017 No Responses

Presidency restores Punch Correspondent’s accreditation

The Presidency through the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura, has recalled Punch Correspondent at the presidential Villa, Mr olalekan Adetayo whose accreditation was revoked on Monday. Presidential spokesman Mr. Femi Ade...

April 24, 2017 No Responses

FRSC recalls ‘drunk officials ’ for disciplinary action

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recalled some of its operatives in Nteje Unit Command under the Anambra State Sector Command for disciplinary action. A statement issued on Monday by FRSC’s Head, Media Relations and Strategy, Bisi Kazeem...

April 23, 2017 No Responses

Buhari congratulates NIMASA DG as IMO seeks increased participation of Africa in global shipping

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside over his election as the Chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA). The Presi...

April 23, 2017 No Responses

FRSC declares war against overloading in Zamfara State

Worried by cases of overloading with human beings and goods in Gusau, Zamfara state, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has declared a major operation against the menace, giving a marching order to...

April 23, 2017 No Responses

Photo News

Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun (Right) with her Angolan counterpart, Augusto Archer de Sousa Mangueira at the Spring Meetings of the IMF/World Bank meeting in Washington DC

April 22, 2017 No Responses

Dakuku emerges new Chairman of AAMA

The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside has been elected as the new Chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administrators (AAMA). This is one of the decisions reached at the just concluded third...

April 21, 2017 No Responses

Oyeyemi lauds road users on traffic compliance during Easter

In the aftermath of the 2017 Easter Special Patrol by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has commended road users for their compliance with the traffic rules and regulations during the festive period, saying...

April 21, 2017 No Responses

Buhari implores African maritime administrators on security

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged African maritime administrators and regulators to ensure a coherent collaborative continental response to the challenges facing the maritime space. Represented by his Vice, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, Buhari gave the c...