International Archives — Page 31 of 59

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 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...

August 27, 2017 No Responses

Emissions: Volkswagen engineer jailed

A former Volkswagen engineer who helped develop a device that enabled cars to evade US pollution rules has been sentenced to more than three years in prison and ordered to pay $200,000. James Liang, 63, was the first person prosecuted...

August 26, 2017 No Responses

Nissan celebrates 70 years of electric vehicles

Exactly 70 years after the debut of its first electric vehicle (EV), Nissan’s most advanced EV ever – the Nissan BladeGlider sports car – took center stage at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK. According to the...

August 26, 2017 No Responses

NNPC implores indigenous firms to bid for 30 marginal fields

August 25, 2017 No Responses

Ayo Teriba seeks support for privatization scheme

A leading economist and the Chief Executive Officer of Economic Associates, Dr. Ayo Teriba, has called for the opening of the Nigerian economy through privatisation which stimulates foreign direct investment(FDI.) “Privatisation is the tool which most co...

August 24, 2017 No Responses

Worldstage CEO implores Nigerians on innovation for collective economic development

The President/CEO of Worldstage Group, Mr. Segun Adeleye, convener of the Worldstageeconomicusummit2017 has charged all Nigerians and business owners within the country to imbibe innovation for economic development. According to him, diversification into no...

August 24, 2017 No Responses

Kia Sportage wins autoPacific’s 2017 ideal vehicle award

The boldly designed Kia Sportage has won AutoPacific’s 2017 Ideal Vehicle Award (IVA), earning the highest marks in the Compact Crossover SUV category. The IVA is the Sportage’s second honor from AutoPacific following the Vehicle Satisfaction Awards (VSA) ...

August 23, 2017 No Responses

Minister explains agenda to lift broadcast industry

The Federal Government is to organize an Audience Measurement Conference to provide broadcast industry stakeholders the opportunity to contribute to efforts to establish a scientific Audience Measurement System for radio television broadcasting in the count...

August 23, 2017 No Responses

Fero Mobile Photo News

L-R: Dandy Ikharia, Social Media Manager, Fero Mobile, Ruth Olaniran, Brand Ambassador, Fero Mobile, Anthony Ajala, Team Leader, Lagos Region at Fero Mobile and Wunmi Ayilara, Sales Consultant, Fero Mobile at the Laffup Comedy Show at the MUSON Centre, Onikan,...

August 22, 2017 No Responses

Total stakes $7.5billion for Maersk Oil Business

Danish transport and energy conglomerate, A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S has signed an agreement to sell Maersk Oil to Total S.A for $7.45 billion in a combined share and debt transaction. As explained by Maersk, the separation of the energy...

August 22, 2017 No Responses

IITA-CWMP signs agreements with 136 farmers

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture led Cassava Weed Management Project (IITA-CWMP) has commenced signing of agreements for the setting up of 136 demonstration plots with farmers across four states in Nigeria. The for states are Abia, Ben...