Firms Pledge To Tackle Gender Pay

Firms Pledge To Tackle Gender Pay

On Thursday,  global leaders from governments, private sector companies, trade unions and civil society pledged to take concrete action towards closing the gender pay gap by 2030. The global commitments – to ensure women in every sector of the workforce...
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19 Firms Indicate Interest In Afam, Yola DisCos

19 Firms Indicate Interest In Afam, Yola DisCos

Nineteen (19) firms have indicated interest to acquire the Afam Power Company and the Yola Distribution Company (YDC) put up for sale by the Federal Government.  At the close of the submission of bids for the Expression of Interest (EOIs)...
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Daimler, Mercedes-Benz Owner Gets First Non-German Boss

Daimler, Mercedes-Benz Owner Gets First Non-German Boss

Daimler, the German car maker that owns Mercedes-Benz, will be run by a non-German for the first time as from 2019.   Dieter Zetsche, 65, will be replaced by Ola Kaellenius, a 49-year-old Swede, as chief executive in a succession...
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CAMCAN Holds Maiden Capital Market Performance Awards In Lagos

CAMCAN Holds Maiden Capital Market Performance Awards In Lagos

The crème de la crème of the nation’s capital market will gather in Lagos on Saturday, September 29, 2018, at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, for the maiden awards ceremony to recognize and reward excellence among...
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World Investor Week Gets More Support, Explains Awareness, Protection

World Investor Week Gets More Support, Explains Awareness, Protection

In addition to the Argentine G20 Presidency, various important multilateral institutions have endorsed the second annual World Investor Week (WIW), organized by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) to raise awareness of the importan...
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Nigeria Approves $64m Contract For Escravos Power Supply

Nigeria Approves $64m Contract For Escravos Power Supply

Nigeria’s  Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday approved $64 million for power supply to Escravos communities. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Ibe Kachikwu made this known at the end of the FEC meeting chaired by Vice President Yem...
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Pope Reassures Chinese Catholics After Deal With Beijing

Pope Reassures Chinese Catholics After Deal With Beijing

Chinese Catholics should move on from past divisions and behave as “good citizens,” Pope Francis said on Wednesday, days after the Vatican signed a landmark deal with the Communist regime in Beijing.“We can initiate an unprecedented process that we hope....
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Shippers Forum Implores Maersk Line On New Fuel Surcharge

Shippers Forum Implores Maersk Line On New Fuel Surcharge

Danish shipping company needs to reconsider its plan to introduce new fuel surcharge arrangements from January 1, 2019, the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) has said.   Earlier this month, Maersk Line said it will change fuel adjustment surcharge to recover pres...
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NSC Photo News

NSC Photo News

L-R: Executive Secretary/CEO Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Hassan Bello, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and Representative of Chairman, Governing Council, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Alhaj Lawal Samaila Yakawada at the Sub-Regional Workshop and J...
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Dakuku Re-Elected AAMA Chairman

Dakuku Re-Elected AAMA Chairman

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has been re-elected the Chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administration (AAMA) for another term. Dr. Dakuku who is the incumbent Chairm...
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MPC Communique

MPC Communique

Background The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met on the 24th and 25th of September, 2018 and evaluated developments in the global and domestic economic and financial environments in the first eight months of 2018, as well as the outlook for the rest...
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Labour Mobilises For Nationwide Strike

Labour Mobilises For Nationwide Strike

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com –     Citing delay in the implementation of a new national Minimum Wage for Nigerian Workers, organised labour on Monday commenced mobilisation  for a nation-wide strike.     President, United Labour Congress (ULC), Mr...
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All-New Kia Cerato Debuts December In Nigeria

All-New Kia Cerato Debuts December In Nigeria

Unveiled at the 2018 New York International Auto Show in Manhattan, United States of America, the All-new Kia Cerato is to debuts in Nigeria towards the end of this year.    The new Cereto according to its manufacturer has  made...
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Traders Lament Harassment, Closure Of 400 Nigerian-Shops In Ghana

Traders Lament Harassment, Closure Of 400 Nigerian-Shops In Ghana

The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) over the alleged consistent and repeated threats, intimidation and harassment as well as the closure of o...
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