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December 10, 2016 No Responses

NPA Photo News

L-R: World Bank Customs and Trade Specialist, Robert Struthers; Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman and Mikiko Imai Ollison, the Trade Logistics Specialist, West and Central Africa, during a technical visit to the Managing Director by the World...

December 10, 2016 No Responses

LCCI Photo News

L-R: Chairman, JKN Limited, Chief Dr. John Odeyemi; President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chief Dr. Mrs. Nike Akande and His Majesty, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi during the presentation of Grand Star Award of Oodua to Akande...

December 9, 2016 No Responses

‘Suspend policy on vehicle importation ban through land borders’

The House of Representatives has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to direct Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to suspend recent policy banning the importation of vehicles through the nation’s land borders. In its resolution on Thursday, the lawmakers explained...

December 9, 2016 No Responses

FG Information App For Launch December 15

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has announced that the Federal Government Information App (FGIAPP) will be launched in Abuja on 15 Dec. 2016, as part of efforts to enhance the dissemination of government activities. The Ministe...

December 9, 2016 No Responses

Senate advocates overhaul of NYSC

The Senate has urged the Federal Government to overhaul the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the interest of corps members and all stakeholders. The resolution on Thursday followed a review of the death of three corps members – Miss...

December 9, 2016 No Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R shows Haruna Jalo-Waziri, Executive Director, Capital Markets Division, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Sam Oyemelukwe, Head of Anglophone Africa, Trace TV, Kenny Saint Brown, Recording Artist; Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, NSE; Au...

December 8, 2016 No Responses

Citigroup, others to issue Nigeria’s $1b Eurobond in 2017

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the appointment of transaction parties for the one billion dollars Eurobond to be issued in January, 2017. Speaking after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday, the Minister of Finance Mrs Kem...

December 7, 2016 No Responses

FG mandates auto dealers to publish ex-factory price of vehicles

In the spirit of transparency, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all automobile dealers in Nigeria to publish ex-factory price of their vehicles with effect from 2017. The directive is based on a request forwarded to the President by the...

December 7, 2016 No Responses

NIMASA DG canvasses utilization of PPP model for maritime infrastructure

Adequate provision of basic infrastructure has been identified as a necessary step capable of unlocking the vast opportunities in Nigerian maritime industry. This position was canvassed by the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety...

December 7, 2016 No Responses

Lai Mohammed pledges to revamps Nigeria’s tourism potentials

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has pledged to leave a legacy of turning Nigeria’s rich tourism potentials to a tourism economy. The Minister made the pledge in Abuja on Tuesday when he received the International Tourism A...

December 6, 2016 No Responses

Terminal operators seek reduction in Customs duty on vehicles

The Seaport Terminal Operators of Nigeria (STOAN) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for banning the importation of vehicles into the country through the land borders. STOAN Chairman, Princess Vicky Haastrup, while reacting to the ban announced by the Fe...

December 6, 2016 No Responses

Auto Policy: The controversy continues

The controversy trailing implementations of Nigeria’s automotive policy assumed a new dimension on Monday with the outright ban on importation of vehicles through the land borders. Indeed, the policy, unveiled in 2013 by the administration of former Presiden...

December 6, 2016 No Responses

NLNG commissions $2m laboratory at UNN

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), recently, at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) commissioned a $2 million NLNG/UNN Engineering Laboratory donated to the institution as part of the company’s $12 million University Support Programme (USP). NLNG’s USP was la...

December 6, 2016 No Responses

Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, others ban ‘dirty fuels’ from Europe

(BBC) Five countries in West Africa have decided to stop importing “dirty fuels” from Europe, the UN Environment Programme says. A recent report revealed that European companies were exploiting weak regulations in West Africa to export fuels with h...