Tag: Minister

Forum tasks Lagos Govt on maritime related scholarship for indigenes
November 16, 2016 No Responses

Forum tasks Lagos Govt on maritime related scholarship for indigenes

Citing urgent need to acquire knowledge and skills in maritime and oil related disciplines, the just concluded All Nigerian Maritime Journalists Retreat has advised the Lagos State Government to establish special scholarship scheme for Badagry and other  indigenes at the...
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NIMASA Director gets MPA academy fellowship award
November 16, 2016 No Responses

NIMASA Director gets MPA academy fellowship award

The Head of Shipping Development Department in the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Mr. Akin Akinyosoye has been awarded the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) Academy Fellowship Award. The award is in consideration of Mr...
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NUPENG faults restructuring agenda for NNPC, DPR, PPPRA
November 15, 2016 No Responses

NUPENG faults restructuring agenda for NNPC, DPR, PPPRA

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has advised the Federal Government to desist from its reported plans to scrap the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Petroleum Product Pricing ...
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NPA pledges to harness business potentials at Seaports
November 15, 2016 No Responses

NPA pledges to harness business potentials at Seaports

 The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is to harness all business potentials available at the nation’s seaports.   Speaking at an interactive session with Warri Port stakeholders, NPA Board Chairman, Emmanuel Olajide Adesoye, stressed the need for all hands t...
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Inflation hits 18.3 %
November 15, 2016 No Responses

Inflation hits 18.3 %

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in a report released on Monday in Abuja said  Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased to 18.3 per cent (year-on-year) in October from 17.9 per cent recorded in September. The CPI, which measures inflation, is...
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Unsolicited SMS: MTN, Airtel, others get final warning
November 15, 2016 No Responses

Unsolicited SMS: MTN, Airtel, others get final warning

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday issued a final one-week ultimatum for the telecommunications network operators to put a stop to all unsolicited messages or face sanctions.  The commission said it was worried by the non-compliance by the...
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NNPC redeploys staff, appoints new spokesperson
November 15, 2016 No Responses

NNPC redeploys staff, appoints new spokesperson

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the appointment and redeployment of top management staff across board.   According to Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Maikanti Baru,  the changes were informed by the desire to cons...
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‘Only 3000 out of 10,000 kilometers of Nigeria’s waterways are navigable’
November 15, 2016 No Responses

‘Only 3000 out of 10,000 kilometers of Nigeria’s waterways are navigable’

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has only succeeded in exercising the powers vested on it by the Act establishing Nigeria’s over 3000 kilometers of navigable waterways from Nigeria/Niger and Nigeria/Cameroon borders to the Atlantic Ocean. The G...
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NPA boss seeks transparency in budget implementations
November 14, 2016 No Responses

NPA boss seeks transparency in budget implementations

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) at the weekend signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BudgiT Information Technology Network as part of measures to open up its budget for the public and provide Nigerians with all the necessary information during...
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LCCI Photo News
November 14, 2016 No Responses

LCCI Photo News

Mr. Sola Oyetayo, Vice President & Chairman, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Trade Promotion Board; Chief Dr. Mrs. Nike Akande, President, LCCI; Dr. Chris Ngige, Hon. Minister of Labour and Employment and Mr. Babatunde Ruwase, Deputy Presiden...
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FG spends N750B for infrastructure development in five months, says Minister
November 13, 2016 No Responses

FG spends N750B for infrastructure development in five months, says Minister

As part of measure to reposition Nigeria’s economy, the Federal Government in the last five months mobilized not less than N750 Billion for infrastructure development.   Speaking in Lagos on Saturday at the 2016 Wealth Creation Platform organized by KICC...
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‘Nigeria has political will to drive sustainable tourism’
November 12, 2016 No Responses

‘Nigeria has political will to drive sustainable tourism’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the Federal Government has demonstrated that it has the political will to drive sustainable tourism in the country,  Speaking at a panel of African Ministers of Tourism, who met on the sid...
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NSE Photo News
November 12, 2016 No Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R Abimbola Ogunbanjo, First Vice President, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, NSE; Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria; Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, CON, President, NSE an...
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Criticism trails FIRS N143B budget
November 11, 2016 No Responses

Criticism trails FIRS N143B budget

The dust raised  by the N143 Billion Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) budget for 2017 continued unabated yesterday in the Senate.   At the end of yesterday’s session, the Senate rejected the budget and the report of its Finance Committee, citing...
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