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May 12, 2017 No Responses

National Assembly passes N7.441tri 2017 Budget

The 2017 budget of N7.441trillion was on Thursday passed by the two chambers of the National Assembly. President Muhammadu Buhari had on December 14, 2016 presented a N7.298 trillion estimate before the joint session of the National Assembly. In the...

May 12, 2017 No Responses

NNPC Chief Executives sign performance bond with GMD

The journey to the transformation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into a commercially focused and profitable business organization has been taken a notch higher with the signing of a performance bond by the Chief Operating Officers (COO) ...

May 12, 2017 No Responses

Maersk Group declares $253m profit in first quarter

Danish shipping and offshore energy conglomerate Maersk Group reported its profit at USD 253 million for the first quarter of 2017, compared to USD 224 million seen a year earlier, in line with expectations. The group’s revenue increased by 5 percent...

May 12, 2017 No Responses

FRSC boss implores commanding officers on purposeful leadership

At the first quarter review of the 2017 Management/Commanding Officers Strategy Session of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) at the Corps’ Academy at Udi, Enugu state, the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has charged Unit Commanders fro...

May 12, 2017 No Responses

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Ag. President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo at the Katsina MSMEs Clinics on Thursday.

May 11, 2017 No Responses

Proposed amendment to NLNG Act threatens 18,000 potential jobs

Ongoing efforts by the National Assembly to amend the Nigeria LNG Act is a direct threat to the expected 18, 000 construction jobs for Trains 7 and 8, General Manager, External Relations Division, Kudo Eresia-Eke has said. Speaking at...

May 11, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria intensifies partnership with Brazil on sustainable growth in Agriculture, targets 960,000 tractors in eight years

Inline with ongoing measures to revamp Agriculture across the country, the Federal Government through the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has signed the Protocol of Intention for Nigeria to access Agricultural mechanization ...

May 10, 2017 No Responses

Minister tasks new NTA board on professionalism, national integration

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has challenged the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) to leverage on its rich experience and the unique power of technology to enhance its professionalism, while also serving as an effective too...

May 9, 2017 No Responses

CBN injects $81.2m for BTA, SMEs, others

As a follow up to last Friday’s injection of $389 million into the retail segment of the Foreign Exchange Market (FOREX), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday, intervened with the sum of $81.2 million in the invisibles and...

May 8, 2017 No Responses

Buhari hands over to Osinbajo, begins medical-check up in UK

President Muhammadu Buhari has travelled to the United Kingdom for further medical check-up and consultations with his Doctors. Already, the President has transmitted letters about the trip to the Senate and the House of Representatives, in compliance wit...

May 8, 2017 No Responses

82 Chibok Girls: Atiku lauds Buhari, security agents, BBOG

Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar, received news of the release of 82 Chibok Girls with great joy and gladness. In a statement personally signed by the former Vice President in Yola, Adamawa...

May 8, 2017 No Responses

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L-R: Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Hassan Bello, Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman, Executive Director, Finance and Admin, NIMASA, Bashir Yusuf Jamoh and Mrs Ify Anazonwu-Akerele, member, NCS at the investi...

May 7, 2017 No Responses

Buhari to receive freed 82 Chibok girls

Boko Haram group have released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in north-eastern Nigeria three years ago, the president’s office says. They were handed over in exchange for Boko Haram suspects after negotiations. The girls will be...

May 5, 2017 No Responses

SEC appoints interim Board for Ikeja Hotels

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the dissolution of the board of Ikeja Hotels Plc due to unresolved internal crisis involving some majority shareholders of Ikeja Hotels Plc The Commission said this proactive measure has become neces...