Minister – Page 79 – City Business News

October 29, 2022 No Responses

Nigerian Navy Receives Patrol Vessel From China To Boost Fight Against Piracy

The Minister Of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, on Friday said that the Nigerian Navy had taken possession of a patrol vessel from China to boost the fight against piracy. The minister said this during the handover of some military...

October 27, 2022 No Responses

EFCC Hails CBN’s Move To Clampdown On Currency Hoarders

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has applauded the move by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redesign and reissue higher denominations of the Nigerian currency, the Naira. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Wednesday announced th...

October 26, 2022 No Responses

NPA Boss Explains Onne, Calabar Ports ISO Certification

Habours departments of Onne and Calabar ports have secured the International Standard Organisation(ISO) certification. Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Koko, disclosed on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while featur...

October 21, 2022 No Responses

Broadband: Pantami Woos State Governors, Obaseki Shares Experience

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Thursday in Abuja, told a gathering designed for State Governors that the potentials of broadband are so enormous that if made available for their citizens, will be the...

October 20, 2022 No Responses

Shippers’ Council, NIMASA, ICPC, Others Advocate Improved Partnership Against Corruption At Ports

Some stakeholders in the maritime sector have called for increased collaboration among relevant agencies to tackle corruption in port processes in the country. They spoke on Wednesday at an Extra-Ordinary Session organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices ...

October 17, 2022 No Responses

Consider Nigeria Choice Investment Destination, Emefiele Urges Foreign Investors

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has urged foreign investors to consider Nigeria and other African countries as choice destinations for investment. According to a post on CBN Twitter handle, Emefiele made the call...

October 15, 2022 No Responses

At 2022 WMDPE, IMO, NIMASA Harp On Technology, Innovations

The Secretary-General, International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Mr. Kitack Lim, has highlighted the need for ‘innovation’ and ‘inclusivity’ as shipping voyages to a decarbonized future, in which digitalization and automation will play...

October 15, 2022 No Responses

NPA MD Mourns Ngozi Obikili, GM, Corporate & Strategic Planning Division

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Koko has paid a condolence visit to the family of late Mrs Ngozi Obikili, General Manager, Corporate & Strategic Planning Division who passed on 12th October, 2022. Accompanied ...

October 13, 2022 No Responses

ICC Seeks Trade Facilitation Partnership With Shippers’ Council

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has sought the collaboration of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) to aid trade facilitation in Africa. The Chairman, ICC Global Customs and Trade Commission, Mr Segun Olugboyegun made the call when he led ...

October 12, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Seeks Synergy To Tackle Piracy In Gulf Of Guinea

The Federal Government on Tuesday called for more synergy among the stakeholders to tackle headlong the perennial problems of regional piracy activities in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) nations.The Minister of State Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, m...

October 11, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Decries Low Trade Level With Egypt

Nigeria on Monday decried her low level of trade with Egypt, two economic powers on the African continent. Nigeria’s ambassador to the northern African country, Malam Nura Rimi, noted that statistics showed that notwithstanding the sizes of the two eco...

October 11, 2022 No Responses

NIMASA Boss Extols Staff, Stakeholders

The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has stated that stakeholders would continue to occupy premium position in the life of NIMASA, noting that it is the stakeholders who keep the Agency and...

October 9, 2022 No Responses

NIMASA To Engage Cadets Protesting In Philippines

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)is to engage the National Seafarers Development Program (NSDP) 2013 cadets protesting at Nigerian embassy in the Philippines. In a statement issued on Saturday, NIMASA said: “We wish...

October 8, 2022 No Responses

Stakeholders Seek Infrastructure To Tap $9trn Maritime Resources

Stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to provide adequate infrastructure to tap the $9 trillion resources in the maritime industry. They explained in Lagos that adequate infrastructure was the only way one million jobs could be accessed by the joble...