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May 3, 2017 No Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R: Tony Ibeziako, Head, Domestic Primary Markets, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Haruna Jalo-Waziri, Executive Director, Capital Markets Division, NSE; Engr. Abdullahi Sule, Ag. Group Managing Director, Dangote Sugar Plc and Bennedikter Molokwu, Non-Executive Director, Dangote Sugar Plc...

May 3, 2017 No Responses

LCCI Photo News

L-R: Honorary Life Vice President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Margret Adeleke, President, Chief Dr Nike Akande, Managing Director/CEO, CMC Connect, Mr Yomi Badejo, and Chairman, Trade Promotion Board LCCI, Mr Sola Oyetayo, at the unveiling o...

May 2, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria LNG exports landmark 4000th cargo

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Monday, May 1st, 2017 reached another major milestone with the exportation of its 4000th cargo of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from its Bonny Island Terminal in Rivers State to Mamara LNG Terminal in Turkey, which...

May 2, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo: Nigeria’ll become self-sufficient in Rice production in 2018

Nigeria will become self-sufficient in rice production by the end of 2018, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said. Speaking on Monday at the Platform, a yearly conference organised by the Christian Covenant Centre, in Lagos, Osinbajo said: “If all...

May 2, 2017 No Responses

FG pledges speedy passage of new wage bill as workers demand N65,000 minimum montly salary

The Federal Government on Monday in Abuja assured workers of speedy passage of the new National Minimum Wage. Meanwhile, workers under the aegis of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) asked employers for a review of...

May 2, 2017 No Responses

Proceed on medical leave, Falana, others, tell Buhari

Pro-democracy and civil society activists have advised President Muhammadu Buhari to proceed on medical leave immediately. In a statement on Monday, the activists explained that they were compelled to give the advice based on media reports that President Buhar...

May 1, 2017 No Responses

Reps to pass new minimum wage bill as ULC faults exclusive list report

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has reinterated the commitment of House to pass a new minimum wage bill. In a message to mark the 2017 Workers’ Day, Dogara explained that increasing workers’ salary and wages...

May 1, 2017 No Responses

Total teams up with Pavilion Energy on LNG bunkering

Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions and Pavilion Gas signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on LNG bunkering cooperation in Singapore, on the sidelines of GASTECH 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. Under the MOU, Pavilion Gas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pavilion Ene...

April 30, 2017 No Responses

Aisha Buhari empowers 1000 women in Kano

The first batch of beneficiaries of the Women Empowerment Programme organized by Aisha Buhari Foundation in Kano concluded their training on Friday. A statement issued by Director of Information to the Wife of the President, Suleiman Haruna, explained tha...

April 29, 2017 No Responses

Kia plans $1.1 billion plant in India

Kia Motors has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, India to build a new manufacturing facility in Anantapur District. The MOU ceremony was held in the city of Vijayawada, a part of Andhra...

April 29, 2017 No Responses

Road accidents claim 1,466 Nigerians in three months

Not less than 1,466 Nigerians died as a result of road accidents between January and March, this year. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), 1,363 of the 1,466 Nigerians that got killed in the period were adults. NBS...

April 29, 2017 No Responses

UBA posts N22.4b profit in first quarter

For the first quarter ended March 2017, United Bank for Africa Group (UBA) recorded Profit After Tax of N22.4billion, indicating 32 percent year-on-year growth compared to N17.0 billion achieved in the corresponding period of 2016. The group also sustained...

April 28, 2017 No Responses

Ecobank merges 74 branches, explores digital strategy

Ecobank Nigeria Limited has reaffirmed its digital transformation agenda enabling its customers depend more on its digital platforms to do their daily banking activities, thereby reducing the need to go to branches. By this development the bank will have enhan...

April 28, 2017 No Responses

NSE, London Stock Exchange renew capital market agreement

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) on Thursday in Lagos announced the renewal of their strategic capital markets partnership agreement at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Under the arrangement, the renewal extends t...