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August 2, 2017 No Responses

Dakuku: Africa set to tackle piracy, other maritime crimes

The Chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that Maritime Administrations (MARADs) in Africa are set to tackle the twin issue of piracy, sea crime and illegal migration in the continent. The...

August 1, 2017 No Responses

FG implores Dangote on 2019 completion date for refinery

The Federal Government has said it relies heavily on the Dangote refinery to fulfil its promise to Nigerians to end fuel importation by December 2019. To this end, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, who visited...

July 31, 2017 No Responses

Africa seeks greater representation on IMO council

The Chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administration (AAMA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has called for increased representation of the continent on the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Council and its Secretariat. Dakuku who made the appeal w...

July 31, 2017 No Responses

Oscar Onyema, NSE CEO elevated fellow of IoD Nigeria

The Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Stock Exchange, Mr Oscar N. Onyema was on Friday, July 28, 2018 elevated to a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, Nigeria. Fellowship is one of the highest honours the IoD can bestow...

July 30, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria reiterates right business environment for investors

Industrialisation and diversification of the economy remain the focus of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelama has said. Speaking during his visit to Abia State, the Minister ...

July 29, 2017 No Responses

Shippers Council partners Customs on Dry Ports Project

The Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) Mr. Hassan Bello, has called on the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to partner with the Council for a successful take-off of the Inland Dry Ports (IDP) project in the country...

July 29, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki tasks healthcare providers on quality service delivery.

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has tasked healthcare providers to deliver quality services to the people especially at the primary healthcare centers. The governor gave the charge in Benin City when he received the executive of the Medical...

July 29, 2017 No Responses

Minister: Criticism will not stop broadcasting code amendment

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government will not be stampeded into abandoning its ongoing efforts to amend the Nigeria Broadcasting Code to ensure the production in Nigeria of ‘Nigerian content or l...

July 28, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki inaugurates committee on health insurance scheme

The Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki has inaugurated a committee to design the framework for a world class health insurance scheme (Edo Health Insurance Scheme) that will be the pride of Edo people and the African continent. The committee...

July 27, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo inaugurates $1.5B Indorama fertilizer plant

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, will inaugurate a new world-class fertilizer plant built by Indorama Eleme Fertilizer and Chemicals Limited on Thursday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The plant with production capacity for 1.5 million Metric Tons of Urea ...

July 27, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki seeks support for basic education, environmental protection

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has sought the collaboration of His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin, in the areas of basic education and protection of the environment. The...

July 27, 2017 No Responses

FG prepares information officers to tackle fake news

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the Ministry has strengthened the capacity of its Information Officers to tackle the menace of fake news with fact-based counter-narrative. The Minister stated this in Abuja on Wednesday in hi...

July 27, 2017 No Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R:Sanusi Musa, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria; Godstime Iwenekhai, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Tinuade Awe, General Counsel and Head, Regulation, NSE; Kencho Omojafor, Medview Airline Plc and John Bentur, Securities and Exchange ...

July 27, 2017 No Responses

Edo to revamp basic education system

The Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki yesterday unveiled some of the strategies designed by his administration for the revamping of Basic Education system in the state. Speaking at a one-day Basic Education Stakeholders’ Forum in Benin City, Obaseki ex...