Minister – Page 72 – City Business News

March 29, 2023 No Responses

NIMASA Donates Vehicles To Maritime Workers

The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA and the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, have restated their commitment to continuous stakeholder engagement as an effective tool to maintain the peace that the nation’s maritime sector...

March 29, 2023 No Responses

Ecobank Takes Financial Planning Education To Schools

Ecobank Nigeria has embarked on financial education for Secondary School students across the country on personal financial management including savings, budgeting, and investment being part of activities to commemorate Global Money Week (GMW). Tutoring t...

March 28, 2023 No Responses

Minister Seeks Improved Visa Policy Between Nigeria, Qatar

Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has called for an improved visa policy between Nigeria and Qatar. Sirika made the call when the Charge d’Affaires of Qatar in Nigeria, Mr Ahmed Mohammed, paid a courtesy visit to him in Abuja...

March 28, 2023 No Responses

NLNG Begins Inauguration Of Teaching Hospitals In Four States

Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited on Monday commenced another round of commissioning of Phase 1 projects in its multi-billion-naira Hospital Support Programme (NLNG HSP) in Lagos, Kano, Bayelsa and Cross River states. A statement issued by Yemi Adeyemi, Acting Manage...

March 26, 2023 No Responses

17 Vessels Discharge Cargo At Lagos Ports

Seventeen vessels are currently discharging petrol, bulk wheat, bulk sugar, bulk salt, frozen fish, petrol, butane gas, soya bean meal, automobile gasoline and bulk urea at the Lagos Ports. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) also disclosed on Saturday that fiv...

March 25, 2023 No Responses

Bello-Koko: NPA Committed To Renovation Of Seafarers Centre

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has pledged to be involved in the renovation of the Mission to Seafarers (MTS) centre to ensure visiting seafarers have a befitting place. Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, the NPA Managing Director, said this after inspecting the...

March 24, 2023 No Responses

NPA Remittance To Federation Account Hits N91b

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) remittances to the Consolidated Revenue Account (CRA) of the Federal Government have increased from N80 billion to N91 billion in the last one year. The increase in remittance is coming amidst low Importation into the...

March 22, 2023 No Responses

Expanding Growth At NPA

The appointment of Mohammed Bello-Koko as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has changed the Nigerian seaports narrative. Before now, Nigerian ports have been described as the most expensive and inefficient in the West and Centra...

March 22, 2023 No Responses

Experts’ Caution Against Interest Rate Benchmark At 18%

A financial expert, Dr Tunde Adeoye, says increasing Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) from 17.5 per cent to 18 per cent by Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) can lead to a prolonged downturn in economic activities....

March 16, 2023 No Responses

FEC Approves N15b For Road Linking 2nd Niger Bridge, €3.7m For Power

The Federal executive Council has approved N15 billion for the construction of an access road linking the Benin-Asaba expressway to the second Niger bridge. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this when he briefed State House co...

March 16, 2023 No Responses

NPA Receives 12 Ships With Petroleum Products, Others At Lagos Ports

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday said 12 ships conveying petroleum products and other goods were expected at Lagos ports from March 15 to March 23, 2023. NPA listed items on board as bulk sugar, frozen fish, general cargo,...

March 12, 2023 No Responses

Farmers Task Tinubu On Mechanisation, Foreign Investments

Stakeholders in the agricultural space have urged the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to adopt policies and invest in mechanisation and inputs that will boost the nation’s food system. They said this in separate interviews with the News Agency ...

March 4, 2023 No Responses

Bello-Koko: Tincan Port Fencing Will Enforce Automated Access Control Gate Usage

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday said that the concrete fencing of Tincan Port would help enforce the usage of the automated access control gate. Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, Managing Director, NPA, said this during a tour of the Tincan...

February 25, 2023 No Responses

IRI, NDI Task Nigerians On Peaceful Elections

The Joint National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) Election Observation Mission have called on Nigerians to shun violence for peaceful polls . IRI and NDI in a statement on Friday said: “We strongly condemn t...