Minister Archives — Page 164 of 168

November 7, 2016 No Responses

Business leaders seek fresh path to prosperity in SouthWest, lauds Awolowo

All is now set for business leaders from the South West to hold Economic Summit in Ibadan, Oyo State between November 18 and 25, 2016. The gathering is expected to identify challenges confronting the region and how to overcome...

November 7, 2016 No Responses

Shareholders should take advantage of recession, says Oderinde

The Proactive Shareholders Association of Nigeria (PROSAN) has advised members to take advantage of the present economic recession in Nigeria. Addressing members during a meeting in Ibadan, Oyo State, the National Coordinator of PROSAN, Taiwo Oderinde e...

November 6, 2016 No Responses

Minister seeks rich content in music

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has hailed Nigerian musicians for putting the country’s name on the globalmap, urging them to pay more attention to the need for socially-relevant messages in their music The Minister gav...

November 6, 2016 No Responses

LCCI Photo News

Caption: Representative of the Government and Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello(2nd Left) cutting the tape to declare open the 2016 Lagos International Trade Fair while being assisted by the Commissioner for Commerce and Cooperatives, Mr Rotimi...

November 4, 2016 No Responses

Lagos international trade fair begins today

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) will on Friday, November 4 commence the 30th edition of the Lagos International Trade Fair. According to the organisers, the Opening Ceremony is scheduled to take place by 10am at the Tafawa...

November 4, 2016 No Responses

10 students gets NLNG post graduate scholarships

Nigeria LNG Limited has so far awarded a total of three thousand and fifty-three (3,053) scholarships to Nigerian students. This is part of the company’s education intervention programme for deserving students at Post Primary, Undergraduate and Post Graduate...

November 4, 2016 No Responses

FG to leverage on power of music to promote national re-orientation campaign

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the government will leverage on the power of music to promote theNational Re-orientation Campaign tagged “Change Begins With Me.” The Minister said this in Abuja when he received a gr...

November 4, 2016 No Responses

FBN Holdings takes financial literacy to youths

In its sustained commitment to encourage savings culture among Nigerians, FBN Holdings Plc joined the rest of the world on Monday in celebrating the 2016 World Savings Day by engaging children and youths on the rudiments of savings in line...

November 4, 2016 No Responses

WFE names new board officers

At the 56th General Assembly in Cartagena on Thursday, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) appointed three new officers of the Board, in line with the organisation’s customary geographical rotation of officers every two years. The new officers of...

November 3, 2016 No Responses

How to grow liquidity in emerging market exchanges, by Arunma Oteh, others

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers on Wednesday in Cartagena, Colombia held a roundtable to discuss how best to grow liquidity in emerging market exchanges. The session which form part ...

November 3, 2016 No Responses

Minister tasks NPA on single window project

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) must be committed to the success of single window project as part of measures to improve vessel traffic and revenue, Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has said. Speaking yesterday in Lagos at a ceremony to...

November 3, 2016 No Responses

Pension scheme hits N5.9tr in 12 years

For the past 12 years, the National Pension Commission (PenCom) realised over N5.9 Trillion from 7.2 million contributors under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). Speaking at a PenCom workshop for Journalists in Calabar, Cross Rivers State on Wednesday, ...

November 3, 2016 No Responses

BPE boss gets excellence award

The Acting Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Dr. Vincent Onome Akpotaire, has said that the Bureau is a unique public institution with well-groomed workforce positioned to drive the nation’s economy. He likened the work ethics, orienta...

November 3, 2016 No Responses

700,000 Nigerians apply for 500 FIRS jobs

(NAN) The Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Tunde Fowler, has said that the organisation received more than 700,000 applications from the recent job advert it placed. Mr. Fowler made this known on Wednesday in Abuja when he appeared before...