Minister Archives — Page 139 of 173

May 17, 2017 No Responses

Nine ministers present mid-term report as Audu Ogbeh blames high cost of local rice on interest rate

Not less than nine Ministers attended a special edition of the Federal Government’s town hall meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. They are Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh; Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; Minister of...

May 17, 2017 No Responses

FRSC, Seaport Truckers bicker over alleged extortion

Seaport truck owners under the aegis of Joint Council of Seaport Truckers (JCOST) on Tuesday in Lagos threatened to sue the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) over alleged extortion. But, in a swift...

May 17, 2017 No Responses

NPA Photo News

Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (3rd right); Executive Director, Finance and Admin. NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko (2nd right); the President SSA, Comrade Benson Adegbeyeni (1st right); President General, Maritime Workers Uni...

May 17, 2017 No Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R: Mr. Yinka Sanni, Group CEO, Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc; Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Mr. Atedo Peterside CON, outgoing Chairman, Stanbic IBTC Holding Plc; Mrs. Abiodun Peterside (his wife);...

May 16, 2017 No Responses

Weststar announces return of FIAT to Nigeria

“It is with great excitement that Weststar Associates Limited, (Authorized General Distributors of Mercedes-Benz, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, & Ram in Nigeria) confirms the arrival of the much-anticipated Italian brand – FIAT in Nigeria. Plans are alrea...

May 16, 2017 No Responses

Edo to construct central bus terminal in Benin

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has, in continuation of the decongestion process to clean up Edo State, inspected the city centre, Ring Road and its environs, where he moved to recover government properties and promised to build a central...

May 16, 2017 No Responses

‘Indigenous languages may go into extinction’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the country’s indigenous languages are endangered and could go into extinction in no distant future if urgent steps are not taken to reverse the trend. In his address at the 2017 A...

May 16, 2017 No Responses

Apapa access roads: NPA, Dangote, Flour Mills, to raise N4.5 b

As part of measures to fast-track the re-construction of Apapa seaports access roads in Lagos State, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is to raise N4.3 billion. Addressing maritime stakeholders in Lagos on Monday, the Managing Director of NPA, Hadiza...

May 14, 2017 No Responses

‘FG will give priority to indigenous consultants’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government will soon adopt a policy to give the right of first refusal to indigenous consultants in its projects. The Minister disclosed this in Abuja on when he received...

May 13, 2017 No Responses

Haastrup: Success of port concession has opened more business opportunities

The Federal Government has been commended for its foresight in concessioning terminal operations at the nation’s seaports. Chairman, Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), Princess Vicky Haastrup, who gave the commendation said the succes...

May 12, 2017 No Responses

Oando seeks approval to refurbish refineries

Oando Plc is to seek the approval of the Federal Government to refurbish one or two refineries as part of measures to end fuel importation. Speaking during the company’s facts behind the figure at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)...

May 12, 2017 No Responses

NASS earmarks N23.7B for personnel cost in 2017

The National Assembly has earmarks N125billion for its 2017 budget, up from N115billion in 2016. Under the arrangement, total personnel cost is N23,789,787,880 while total overhead cost is N85,878,619,888; total capital cost will gulp N14,940,196,063. A...

May 12, 2017 No Responses

National Assembly passes N7.441tri 2017 Budget

The 2017 budget of N7.441trillion was on Thursday passed by the two chambers of the National Assembly. President Muhammadu Buhari had on December 14, 2016 presented a N7.298 trillion estimate before the joint session of the National Assembly. In the...

May 12, 2017 No Responses

NNPC Chief Executives sign performance bond with GMD

The journey to the transformation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into a commercially focused and profitable business organization has been taken a notch higher with the signing of a performance bond by the Chief Operating Officers (COO) ...