Minister – Page 136 – City Business News

August 14, 2017 No Responses

DMO boss seeks Editors’ support, explains focus on loan repayment, utilisation

The Director General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Ms. Patience Oniha, at the weekend in Lagos s solicited the support of the media in informing Nigerians on the management of the country’s debt stock and government’s drive towards infrastructural...

August 14, 2017 No Responses

Buhari extols Nigeria’s relationship with China

The relationship between Nigeria and China is one that President Muhammadu Buhari cherishes and values highly, Presidential spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, has said. Mr Adesina stated this when he received in audience the Vice Minister of Information of State.....

August 13, 2017 No Responses

Ghana, firm seal 25 years concession deal for new port Terminal

The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has signed a concession agreement with compatriot firm IbisTek for the development and operation of an integrated container and multi-purpose terminal at the Port of Takoradi. The concession term is 25 years, ac...

August 13, 2017 No Responses

Buhari: There’s tremendous improvement in my health

August 12, 2017 No Responses

FRSC boss congratulates new GOCOP executives

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has congratulated the Publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, on his emergence as the President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers during the association’s election...

August 12, 2017 No Responses

FG renews Hassan Bello’s appointment as NSC CEO

The Federal Government has approved the renewal of the appointment of Mr. Hassan Bello as the Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council for another four-year tenure. A letter conveying the renewal dated June 9th, 2017 to the Council...

August 11, 2017 No Responses

How to lift Nigeria’s economy through aggressive savings, by Peter Obi

To successfully curtail Nigeria’s economic challenges, former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has identified the strategic roles of aggressive savings, diversification of the economy towards manufacturing, export of value added and knowledge-based pro...

August 11, 2017 No Responses

EFCC Photo News

L – R: Pai Gamde, Ag. Head, Corporate Services Division, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, NSE; Ibrahim Magu, Ag. Chairman, Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and Willie Sam Ndata, Doyen of Stockbro...

August 11, 2017 No Responses

NIMASA DG in Jamaica, explains benefit of deep sea mining

Nigeria is set to benefit from deep sea mining through effective harnessing of opportunities by working with the International Seabed Authority (ISBA), the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside ha...

August 11, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki seeks partnership with EFCC on capacity building for civil servants

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, is seeking the collaboration of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the introduction of a capacity building programme to enlighten civil servants about corruption related issues. Obaseki made the...

August 10, 2017 No Responses

Mercedes-Benz records 1.3m sales, begins Q3 with double-digit growth

Renowned automobile firm, Mercedes-Benz has sustained its successful streak of double-digit growth since the beginning of the year. Already, the firm has commenced the third quarter with a new sales record of 181,791 vehicles sold in July. This now...

August 9, 2017 No Responses

Customs impounds 12 new Toyota LandCruiser, 17 Hilux, others worth N1.3billion

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com – Thirty-seven new vehicles allegedly smuggled into the country through land borders has been impounded by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Briefing Journalists in Lagos on Tuesday, Comptroller General o...

August 9, 2017 No Responses

Researchers deploy SAH technology to speed up multiplication of cassava planting materials

Scientists working on cassava breeding are now using the Semi-Autotrophic Hydroponics (SAH) technology to rev up the propagation of clean cassava planting materials. The SAH involves the use of modified soil which holds plant roots in planting pots with litt...

August 8, 2017 No Responses

At Taiwo Afolabi’s maritime conference, experts task FG on PPP model for port infrastructure development

SIFAX Group, a multinational corporation with diverse interests in Maritime, Aviation, Haulage & Logistics, Oil & Gas and Hospitality, and other maritime experts have urged the Federal Government to adopt the public-private partnership (PPP) model to a...