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August 28, 2018 No Responses

Bowen, UNILAG, EKSU Emerge Winners Of Maritime Blueprint Competition

Bowen University, Iwo; University of Lagos (UNILAG) and Ekiti State University (EKSU), have emerged winners of the Maritime Blueprint Competition in which law students from six universities participated. The competition, sponsored by SIFAX Group, is one of the activities of...

August 28, 2018 No Responses

Toyota To Invest $500m In Uber

Toyota Motor Corporation is to invest $500m (£387m) in Uber and expand a partnership to jointly develop self-driving cars. The firm said this would involve the “mass-production” of autonomous vehicles that would be deployed on Uber’s ride sh...

August 28, 2018 No Responses

Qatar Airways Deploys A350-1000 Aircraft On Singapore, Tokyo’s Routes

Qatar Airways is set to deploy world’s most technologically advanced passenger aircraft, Airbus A350-1000 to Singapore’s Changi Airport from September 1, 2018. The airline also said that the aircraft would be introduced daily to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport fr...

August 28, 2018 No Responses

NASS Approves N143B For INEC

National Assembly Joint Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recommended N143 billion for approval for the commission’s preparation for the 2019 general elections. This is in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s request on ...

August 28, 2018 No Responses

Buhari Lauds Danish Initiative On Dairy Farming

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday said an initiative on dairy farming being championed by the Kingdom of Denmark and the Kaduna State government would go a long way in curbing clashes between cattle herders and farmers in the country. Receiving His...

August 28, 2018 No Responses

Diamond Bank Unveils Scholarship Scheme For Customers

Diamond Bank Plc has announced plans to reward holders of its youth banking accounts with scholarships worth N3million. Titled, the Diamond Future and Cool-Teens Scholarship offer, the campaign is targeted at parents with children in pre-school, primary and...

August 28, 2018 No Responses

NPA PHOTO NEWS

The representative of NPA Managing Director, Engr Rufai Mohammed (right), The South-West Co-Ordinator, Dr. James Akanmu, (Left), Chairman Nig. Institute of Procurement Engr (NiProcE) Engr. Samuel Echedon FMSE and far right is Chairman, CEO, Project Monitor...

August 27, 2018 No Responses

Ijelu Mining, Makerere Capital Partner Canada Limited On Financing, International Partnership

Ijelu Mining and Construction Nigeria Limited in association with Makerere Capital Partners Canada Limited of Toronto are co-sponsoring a Strategic Alliance Summit (SAS) during the Africa Accelerating event from the 22nd to 26th October, 2018 in Canada; toward...

August 27, 2018 No Responses

Edo Approves N700m For Modular Refinery Take-Off

The Edo State Governor is scheduled to accompany President Muhammadu Buhari on an investment tour in China following the federal government’s listing of several Edo State government’s projects which are backed by Chinese investors, on its itinerary...

August 27, 2018 No Responses

Farmers Seek Effective Implementation, Monitoring Of CBN’s Credit Policy

Farmers across the country have applauded the nine per cent interest rate credit policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the agriculture sector, saying it will help boost production if adequately implemented. Some of them who spoke with...

August 26, 2018 No Responses

Ecobank Adopts ‘President Macron’s Artist’

Ecobank Nigeria has adopted popular child artist, Kareem Waris. Already, the bank has signed an agreement with Waris’ parents for educational support/grant and upkeep allowance spanning 20 years. Waris Olamilekan Kareem, is the 11-year-old artist who sk...

August 26, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria To Hosts ITU Workshop On Internet Governance

Nigeria will host this year’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) annual regional human capacity building workshop on “Strengthening capacities in Internet governance in Africa”, according to Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Adminis...

August 26, 2018 No Responses

Volkswagen Sets Aside $4B For Digital Options, Software

Volkswagen will invest 3.5 billion euros ($4 billion) by 2025 to build digital businesses and products including a cloud computing-based platform to connect vehicles and customers to offer services such as car sharing. The German automaker explained that it wa...

August 26, 2018 No Responses

John McCain Dies At 81

Senator John McCain, the Vietnam war hero turned senator and presidential candidate, has died aged 81. Mr McCain died on Saturday surrounded by his family, according to a short statement released by his office. He was diagnosed with an aggressive...