Federal Archives — Page 80 of 121

March 1, 2017 No Responses

SEC canvasses international collaboration on mergers, acquisitions

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday expressed its readiness to collaborate with relevant international agencies to ensure that the growth of Mergers and Acquisitions in the country is sustained. Director General of SEC, Mounir Gwarzo stated this when...

March 1, 2017 No Responses

How Africa can benefit from $12tri global economic development target, by LADOL, world business leaders

The Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics base (LADOL) has joined notable world business promoters in mapping out strategies to actualize how Africa could effectively reap a whopping $1 trillion from a projected $12 trillion new market value in an emerging global...

March 1, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo tasks SON, NAFDAC, others on regulatory approvals within time limits

It is the role of government’s regulatory agencies to act as catalysts of beneficial change and to take responsibility for facilitating businesses in the country, the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo has said. “We must see ourselves as agents of some...

February 28, 2017 No Responses

Presidency: Osinbajo not performing better than Buhari

The Presidency on Monday said it was wrong for anybody to be claiming that the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has been performing better than President Muhammadu Buhari since the President started his extended medical vacation. It said Osinbajo still co...

February 28, 2017 No Responses

FG flags off presidential initiative on fertilizer, targets 100,000 jobs

The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative of the Federal Government produced more than 4,000 metric tonnes of locally-blended fertilizer in the first week of operation. The Initiative was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari in December 2016, to achieve t...

February 28, 2017 No Responses

NIMASA targets strategic growth with 2017 Budget

The 2017 budget of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is tailored towards strategic growth and other developmental initiatives of the maritime sector, Director General, Dr. Dakuku Peterside has said. The DG who stated this during the 2...

February 27, 2017 No Responses

SEC Seals Yuan Dong over ‘illegal activities’

Citing need to protect investors and ensure that illegal operators are not allowed to operate in Nigeria’s capital market, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria (SEC) has sealed up the premises of Yuan Dong (YDEC). According to a statement by.....

February 26, 2017 No Responses

FG recalls two sacked NCAA directors

The federal government has recalled two out of the nine directors who were sacked from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Friday. The duo are Adamu Abdullahi, Director of Consumer Protection, and Ayodele Sasegbon, Director of general aviation. Sam...

February 26, 2017 No Responses

Dogara lauds Oslo Summit on Food Crisis in North East

Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, has commended the convening of World leaders in Oslo, Norway, “which saw donors pledging $672 to tackle food crisis in the north east for the next three years”. In a statement issued...

February 24, 2017 No Responses

CBN re-introduces charges on cash deposits, withdrawals

About three years after the policy was suspended, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday announced the re-introduction of bank charges on certain categories of cash deposits and withdrawals. In a circular to all Deposit Money Banks posted on...

February 24, 2017 No Responses

Communities, 44 varsities to benefit from N20b green bond

Not less than 44 Nigerian universities and several communities are to benefit from the proposed N20billion sovereign green bond scheduled to commence next month. Speaking at the investors’ conference for the green bond at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on...

February 24, 2017 No Responses

NIMASA team at Customs HQ, canvasses synergy, revenue, trade facilitation

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has stated that NIMASA and the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) are partners in progress in bringing the desired growth and development to the Nigerian...

February 23, 2017 No Responses

NLNG records explosion along gas transmission pipelines

The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) on Wednesday recorded an explosion on a section of its right of way housing two gas transmission pipelines. A statement issued by NLNG General Manager (External Relations), Kudo Eresia-Eke, explained that one of the.....

February 23, 2017 No Responses

EFCC recovers 17 vehicles from Dikko, ex-Customs boss

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday disclosed that it has recovered 17 “exotic vehicles’’ in a warehouse belonging to a former Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko Inde. A statement issued by Wilson Uwujaren, Hea...