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April 26, 2018 No Responses

Edo Explains Agenda For 200, 000ha For Oil Palm Plantation, Council

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration plans to earmark not less than 200,000 hectares of land for organised oil palm plantation to diversify the state’s economy and create jobs for its teeming youth population. Obaseki disclosed this...

April 25, 2018 No Responses

Buhari Condemns Killing Of Two Catholic Priests, 17 Worshippers

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned killing of worshippers and priests at a church in Ukpor-Mbalom community in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue, and vowed to apprehend those behind the ungodly act. The President, in a statement by...

April 25, 2018 No Responses

Audi Rolls Out New Q5L SUV With Long Wheelbase

It boasts of 4.77 meters (15.6 ft) long and offers plenty of space for five people and loads of luggage: Audi is presenting the new Q5L at the Beijing Motor Show from April 25 to May 4. The long version...

April 25, 2018 No Responses

NIMASA Canvasses Sustainable Use of Ocean Resources

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has inaugurated Marine Litter Marshals to assist the Agency in ridding the oceans of unwanted waste materials that could cause environmental degradation and also impede safety of navigation on the...

April 25, 2018 No Responses

CO2 from new cars up as petrol overtakes diesel In New Statistics

The year 2017 saw two new and related trends in EU car registrations: an increase in CO2 emissions coupled with a rise in petrol sales, according to new data from the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Automobile Manufacturers’...

April 25, 2018 No Responses

Tony Elumelu To African Leaders: Prioritize Africa’s Youth

During the annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, DC, African philanthropist and entrepreneur Tony O. Elumelu insisted that prioritizing Africa’s youth by fixing the policy and regulatory issues impeding t...

April 25, 2018 No Responses

Improve Health, Safety Operations, ITF Urges Hutchison Ports

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has urged Hutchison Ports to address health and safety incidents across their global operations, after a dockworker suffered multiple injuries in a fall at the company’s Port Botany terminal. The ITF...

April 24, 2018 No Responses

Okomu Oil Palm Explains Expansion Agenda, Support For Gelegele Seaport

Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc is to sustain ongoing expansion agenda, Managing Director, Mr. Graham Heferhas said. Already, the company has commissioned 11,400 hectare of oil palm plantation covering over 10 communities in Edo State. In a chat...

April 24, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Condemns Killing Of Another Nigerian In South African

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike dabiri –Erewa on Mondaydescribed the killing of Clement Nwaogu, another Nigerian in Rustenburg, South Africa as unfortunate Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement in Abuja cond...

April 24, 2018 No Responses

NSE Signs Corporate Recycling MoU with RecyclePoints Limited

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RecyclePoints Limited for the collection and recycling of waste materials generated at The Exchange’s offices. According to NSE, this initiative is also a demonstration ...

April 24, 2018 No Responses

Gas Leak Kills Two on Board COSCO Bulker

Two crewmen died and another one sustained injuries in an incident caused by a gas leak aboard Feng Hui Hai near India’s Navlakhi Port on April 22. The 63,300 dwt bulker, loaded with coal, was en route from Indonesia to...

April 24, 2018 No Responses

Photo News

President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, (second left);Group Executive Director, Strategy, Portfolio Development and Capital Projects, Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar V. G. Edwin (Left); Member of the Managing Board of Siemen...

April 23, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria’s External Reserves Hit $47.93b, Explains 17m Tax Payers’ Base

Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, explained on Sunday that the country’s positive growth outlook would be sustained. The Minister and the CBN Governor gave this as...

April 23, 2018 No Responses

Saraki Visits Female Sergeant-At-Arms Injured by Senate Invaders

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday, visited a female Sergeant-At-Arms, Mrs. Sandra Davou – injured on Wednesday as she and her colleagues struggled to stop thugs who invaded the Senate and stole its Mace. A statement by the...