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March 26, 2018 No Responses

NPA To Start Aggressive Debt Recovery, Tasks Terminal Operators On Equity

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is to commence aggressive recovery of debt owed by Terminal Operators and other stakeholders in the maritime sector. Addressing stakeholders in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Managing Director of NPA Hadiza Bala-Usman said prompt payment of...

March 25, 2018 No Responses

1,000 Seaports Commit To Sustainable Growth, Development

Nearly 1,000 ports and port-related companies have committed themselves in Antwerp to achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations. On March 22, a two-day event held under the auspices of the World Ports Sustainability Prog...

March 25, 2018 No Responses

Mobile Phone Subscription In Nigeria Hits 147 Million

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said that the country’s phone subscriptions have reached 147 million as at January 2018. The Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta disclosed this during the NCC Special Day at the ongoing 29th Enugu In...

March 25, 2018 No Responses

Diamond Bank Photo News

L – R : SamueL Omotayo, Principal, ECWA Government Secondary School, Ilorin; Babasola Elsie Dupe, Principal, ECWA Junior Secondary School, Ilorin; Chizoma Okoli, Executive Director, Diamond Bank Plc; and Rev. Dr. Okanlawon, ECWA Church Representative at the ...

March 24, 2018 No Responses

Volkswagen Places Order For LNG-Powered Car Carrier

China’s Xiamen Shipbuilding has started building the first of two 7,500 CEU LNG pure car truck carrier (PCTC) vessels ordered by Siem Car Carriers. According to the company, from 2019, the ships powered by liquefied natural gas are to be operated...

March 24, 2018 No Responses

NPA Photo News

L-R: NPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INCHARGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNICAL SERVICES, PROF. IDRIS ABUBAKAR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARINE & OPERATIONS, DR. SOKONTE DAVIES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION MOHAMMED BELLO-KOKO, CEO OF OIL & GAS FREE...

March 24, 2018 No Responses

Dana Air Unveils Buy One, Get One free Promo

Dana Air has announced a ‘Buy one, Get One free’ promo for any of its guests that books a return ticket between 12 Midnight on Thursday 29th March, and 12 midnight on Friday, 30th March, being Good Friday. The airline...

March 24, 2018 No Responses

NNPC Boss Reiterates Commitment To Support Local Investors

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Dr. MaikantiBaru, has restated the corporation’s commitment to support indigenous companies operating in the oil and gas industry to grow to their fullest potential. The GMD...

March 23, 2018 one Response

NPA MD at Onne Port Stakeholders Forum, Inspect Tug Boat

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has reiterated her commitment to sustain periodic engagement with stakeholders in the sector. Addressing Onne Port Stakeholders on Thursd...

March 23, 2018 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation Selects 1,000 Entrepreneurs For 2018 Programme

More than 150,000 Africans from 114 countries worldwide applied to join the 4th ‎cycle of The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s (TEF) 10-year, $100 million TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. Meanwhile, the Foundation has announced African entrepreneurs with the mos...

March 23, 2018 No Responses

Trade War Looms As Trump Announces Tariffs on Chinese imports

The US plans to impose tariffs on up to $60bn (£42.5bn) in Chinese imports and limit the country’s investment in the US in retaliation for years of alleged intellectual property theft. The White House said the actions were necessary to...

March 23, 2018 No Responses

Initiative For Climate-Smart Shipping Debuts

Electromobility for Shipping is the name of a new collaboration between six actors with the aim to increase the electrification of shipping. Swedish ferry company Stena AB, the Swedish Shipowners’ Association, ABB Sweden AB, ABB Marine Oy, research institut...

March 23, 2018 No Responses

Buhari: Leah Sharibu Will Not Be Abandoned

President Muhammadu Buhari is as committed to the freedom of the only Dapchi schoolgirl still in captivity as he was to the girls’ freedom when all 110 were in the captivity of Boko Haram terrorists. The Buhari administration will...

March 22, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Saves N68b On Personnel Cost In 2017

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Wednesday disclosed that the Federal Government saved N68 billion on personnel cost in 2017. This brings the aggregate savings by the Government on personnel cost since 2007 to date to N288...