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August 30, 2017 No Responses

Lagos to enforce compulsory insurance scheme

The Lagos State Government wants effective enforcement of Compulsory Insurance Scheme (CIS) in its territory to mitigate risks resulting from violation of insurance regulations in various sectors. Already, the state has constituted an enforcement team to tackle abuses by individuals and corporate...

August 30, 2017 No Responses

COSCO Shipping records $26.3m profit in six months

COSCO Shipping International (Hong Kong) Limited witnessed a rise in its earnings during the first half of 2017, driven by long-awaited signs of recovery in the shipping industry. For the six months ended 30th June 2017, the group’s profit...

August 30, 2017 No Responses

GOCOP at Presidential Villa, seeks accreditation of more members

The recently elected executives of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) on Friday visited Nigeria’s seat of power, Aso Rock. The GOCOP team, led by its new President, Dotun Oladipo, was received by the Special Adviser to the President...

August 29, 2017 No Responses

Customs detains Oritsetimeyin truck over alleged smuggling

A truck belonging to Oritsetimeyin Logistics Limited has been detained by the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of Nigeria Customs Service,Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, over alleged smuggling. With registration number SMK 412XC, the truck was arested while conveying smug...

August 29, 2017 No Responses

Audi appoints four new board members

There is to be a new composition of the Board of Management of AUDI AG as of September 1. The area of Finance, IT and Integrity will be the responsibility of Alexander Seitz and the area of Marketing and Sales...

August 29, 2017 No Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R:Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Ade Bajomo, Executive Director, Market Operations and Technology, NSE; Honorable Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu; Chief Patrick Ezeagu, Chairman, As...

August 29, 2017 No Responses

Kia signs new UEFA Europa league sponsorship deal

Kia Motors has been named as a new Official Partner of the UEFA Europa League. The three-year sponsorship agreement commences in time for the 2018/19 season, and runs through to the UEFA Europa League final in 2021. The UEFA Europa...

August 29, 2017 No Responses

Customs records 54 Seizures, recovers N252.1m duty payments

The Federal Operations Units (FOU) of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone ‘A’, Ikeja has recorded 54 seizures with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of over N783million. According to the command, the seizures were recorded between Wednesday 9th and Friday 25th...

August 29, 2017 No Responses

Dakuku: We are ready to disburse CVFF Fund according to Law

Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has assured Nigerian shipowners that the agency is making frantic efforts to disburse the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF) in line with set down regul...

August 28, 2017 No Responses

Edo rehabilitates fertilizer plant, to ‘disrupt’ importation

The Edo State Government and WACOT Limited will receive the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, to commission the Edo State Fertilizer and Chemical Company Limited (ESFCCL) located in Auchi, Edo State. The Edo Fertilizer...

August 28, 2017 No Responses

Photo News

Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside (middle), in a photograph with some Management staff of the Agency and members of the Shipping Association of Nigeria led by Representative of the Chairman of ...

August 28, 2017 No Responses

Top ships under investigation over share issuance scheme

An investigation has been launched on behalf of investors of Top Ships, a Marshall Islands-incorporated tanker owner and operator, into the company’s dealings with Kalani Investment. According to US-based law firm Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (GPM), the...

August 28, 2017 No Responses

Minister: Nigeria is ready for investments in creative industry

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says Nigeria is ready to receive investors in the Creative Industry, having created the enabling environment for investments through favourable economic policies. The Minister stated this in Abuja...

August 28, 2017 No Responses

Firm to test autonomous boxship in 2019

Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) intends to test an autonomous containership in the Pacific Ocean in 2019. The ship would sail from Japan to North America with a crew on standby, Hideyuki Ando, a senior general manager at Monoh...