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March 24, 2018 No Responses

NNPC Boss Reiterates Commitment To Support Local Investors

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Dr. MaikantiBaru, has restated the corporation’s commitment to support indigenous companies operating in the oil and gas industry to grow to their fullest potential. The GMD...

March 23, 2018 one Response

NPA MD at Onne Port Stakeholders Forum, Inspect Tug Boat

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has reiterated her commitment to sustain periodic engagement with stakeholders in the sector. Addressing Onne Port Stakeholders on Thursd...

March 23, 2018 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation Selects 1,000 Entrepreneurs For 2018 Programme

More than 150,000 Africans from 114 countries worldwide applied to join the 4th ‎cycle of The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s (TEF) 10-year, $100 million TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. Meanwhile, the Foundation has announced African entrepreneurs with the mos...

March 23, 2018 No Responses

Trade War Looms As Trump Announces Tariffs on Chinese imports

The US plans to impose tariffs on up to $60bn (£42.5bn) in Chinese imports and limit the country’s investment in the US in retaliation for years of alleged intellectual property theft. The White House said the actions were necessary to...

March 23, 2018 No Responses

Initiative For Climate-Smart Shipping Debuts

Electromobility for Shipping is the name of a new collaboration between six actors with the aim to increase the electrification of shipping. Swedish ferry company Stena AB, the Swedish Shipowners’ Association, ABB Sweden AB, ABB Marine Oy, research institut...

March 23, 2018 No Responses

Buhari: Leah Sharibu Will Not Be Abandoned

President Muhammadu Buhari is as committed to the freedom of the only Dapchi schoolgirl still in captivity as he was to the girls’ freedom when all 110 were in the captivity of Boko Haram terrorists. The Buhari administration will...

March 22, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Saves N68b On Personnel Cost In 2017

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Wednesday disclosed that the Federal Government saved N68 billion on personnel cost in 2017. This brings the aggregate savings by the Government on personnel cost since 2007 to date to N288...

March 22, 2018 10 Responses

BMW Targets Pre Tax Profit of 10B Euros In 2018, Sets Aside 7B Euros For Electric, Autonomous Cars

BMW will increase research and development spending to an all-time high of up to 7 billion euros ($8.6 billion) this year as part of efforts to bring 25 electrified models to market by 2025 BMW said that despite higher...

March 22, 2018 No Responses

Minister: 104 Dapchi School Girls, Two Others Freed Unconditionally

The Federal Government said a total of 106 abducted persons, comprising 104 Daphi schoolgirls, one other girl and a boy were freed by insurgents in the early hours of Wednesday. Briefing journalists in Maiduguri, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alh...

March 22, 2018 No Responses

NSC Photo News

Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Hassan Bello (Left) and Hon. Mai Mala Buni, Chairman, Governing Board, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, during the inaugural meeting of the Board on Wednesday in Lagos

March 21, 2018 No Responses

Pirelli Records Fresh Innovation In Tire Technology

Pirelli has recorded fresh breakthrough in tire technology. It’s called Cyber Car and it’s a tire that connects the rubber with the car and provides loads of information and data. Under the arrangement, the tire can relay information such as...

March 21, 2018 No Responses

FG Targets 7 % Economic Growth In Three Years

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has described Nigeria’s economic outlook for the year 2018 and beyond as positive . She stated that the country was now resilient after exiting recession and has the potential to achieve a seven...

March 21, 2018 No Responses

Global Kia Sportage Sales Hit Five Million

Kia Motors is celebrating five million cumulative sales of its global best-selling Kia Sportage compact SUV. Launched in 1993, and spanning four generations since, the Kia Sportage has achieved this milestone on the year of its 25th anniversary. The latest...