Minister Archives — Page 68 of 169

September 16, 2022 No Responses

Jime Harps On Seamless Trade, Synergy With Airfreight Stakeholders

As part of measures to promote seamless trade, the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Emmanuel Jime has sought synergy with Airfreight stakeholders. Jime stated this when the President, of the Airfreight Stakeholders’ Forum, Mr. Toyin Onifade led...

September 15, 2022 No Responses

Photo News

EKiti State Governor-Elect, Mr. ‘Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji on a courtesy visit to the Honourable Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo and the Honourable Minister of State, Transportation, Prince Ademola Adegoroye at the Federal Ministry of Trans...

September 15, 2022 No Responses

Shippers Council Boss: Ship Operators Adopting Green Shipping

Ship operators are adopting green shipping aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Emmanuel Jime, said on Wednesday at the 2022 Lagos International Maritime Week (LIMW). The week had the...

September 14, 2022 No Responses

Minister: N10b For Local Vaccines Production Intact

The N10 billion earmarked in 2020 by the Federal Government for local production of vaccines, is still intact, Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said. The minister gave the assurance on Tuesday in Abuja, during the Ministerial bi-weekly update.....

September 13, 2022 No Responses

FCCPC Targets N14.3b Revenue In 2023

The Executive Vice Chairman, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Mr Babatunde Irukera, on Monday, disclosed that the commission had a target revenue of N14.3 billion for 2023. Irukera made this known at a hearing on the 2023-2025 ...

September 13, 2022 No Responses

Lekki Deep Seaport: NPA, Shippers Council, Brainstorm On Tariff Structure For Chad, Niger, Others

As the Lekki Deep Seaport gets set for operations, landlocked countries of Chad, Mali and Niger Republic have indicated an interest in routing their cargoes through Nigeria. Already, the Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA) and Nigeria Shippers Counci...

September 13, 2022 No Responses

Minister To NIMASA: Deploy Modular Floating Dockyard

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Mu’azuJaji Sambo has charged the Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, to ensure prompt deployment of the Modular Floating Dockyard the Agency acquired sometimes ago.&n...

September 12, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Reports 21 New Cases Of Monkey Pox

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 21 more cases of monkeypox in the country. The NCDC via its official website announced on Sunday that the disease could be spread by close contact and exposure to an infected...

September 12, 2022 No Responses

SEC Harps On Crowdfunding Benefits

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that the operationalization of Crowdfunding will accelerate the Financial Inclusion agenda in Nigeria while increasing the quantum of investible funds by unlocking the untapped capital in the economy. ...

September 10, 2022 No Responses

SON To Return To Nigeria’s Borders Soon, Says DG

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) is working on plans to return to the nation’s land borders to check the influx of fake and substandard products into the country.Malam Farouk Salim, Director General, SON, said this at the one-day Stakeholders’...

September 10, 2022 No Responses

NPA Photo News

L-R: General Manager, Legal Services, Innocent Gamboross, MD NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko, High Commissioner of Namibia to Nigeria, His Excellency, Humphrey Geiseb, GM Corporate and Strategic Communications, Ibrahim Nasiru during a courtesy visit to the Management...

September 9, 2022 No Responses

Q2: Nigeria’s Total Trade Stands At N12.841b

Nigeria’s total merchandise trade stands at N12,841.54 billion, in the second quarter of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS), has said. This is according to the NBS Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics Report for Q2 2022 released in Abuja on...

September 9, 2022 No Responses

NIS Seeks Partnership With NIMASA On Issuance Of Travel Documents To Seafarers

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has appealed to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to partner with it on the issuance of travel documents to seafarers. The Comptroller General of Immigration, Mr Isah Jere, made the app...

September 8, 2022 No Responses

FEC Approves Nigeria-Kuwait Bilateral Air Deal

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the signing of a Bilateral Air Services Agreement between Nigeria and Kuwait. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing State House Correspondents after FEC meeting pres...