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April 1, 2018 No Responses

Airline Ends Skirts-Only Rule For Female Staff

Female cabin crew at Cathay Pacific have won a battle to scrap a rule forcing them to wear skirts. The Hong Kong airline has agreed flight attendants can choose to wear trousers, after intense union pressure. Some crew had complained...

April 1, 2018 No Responses

NPA Photo News

VICE PRESIDENT,PROF YEMI OSINBAJO AND THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF NIGERIAN PORTS AUTHORITY (NPA), HADIZA BALA USMAN. TO THE RIGHT OF OSINBAJO IS THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION, CHIBUIKE ROTIMI AMAECHI AT THE OFFICIAL FLAG-OFF OF LEKKI DEEP SEAPORT PROJECT IN LEKK...

March 31, 2018 4 Responses

TNL Rewards Toyota Dream Car Art Contest Winners With Laptops, Corporate Gifts, Others

Toyota Nigeria Limited (TNL) has rewarded winners of the 12th Dream Car Art Contest held recently with laptops, certificates and other corporate gifts. The contest was held on the 10th of February 2018 in Abuja and Port-Harcourt and in...

March 31, 2018 No Responses

PDP Faults List Of Looters

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the reported list of alleged “looters” as “hollow and laughable”. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP described the list as an extension of Federal G...

March 31, 2018 No Responses

UBA’s RED TV Unveils Season 2 of Inspector K

On March 16th 2018, the online lifestyle network powered by the United Bank for Africa, REDTV, held an exclusive screening for season 2 of the hit series, Inspector K , at Filmhouse Cinema in Lekki, Lagos. Inspector K is a...

March 30, 2018 No Responses

FG Seeks Speedy Completion Of Lekki Deep Seaport

The Federal Government has challenged promoters of the Lekki Deep Sea Port to facilitate speedy completion of the project. President Muhammadu Buhari, represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo flagged off the construction of the Sea Port in Lagos on Thur...

March 30, 2018 No Responses

Between Family Firms, Listing And Capital Markets

The World Federation of Exchange (WFE) has published a report into family businesses, investigating the opportunities and challenges for family firms when considering public equity as a source of funding. The report – entitled ‘Family Firms ...

March 30, 2018 No Responses

Firm To Establish Bus Assembly Plant In Lagos

A new Bus Assembly plant is to debuts in Lagos State in the next 20 months. Speaking at the inauguration of Ikeja Bus Terminal on Thursday, the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode said his administration was committed to improving public...

March 29, 2018 No Responses

COSCHARIS Unveils Special Easter Package For Jaguar Customers In Nigeria

Jaguar, represented by Coscharis Motors in Nigeria is offering customers who buy any Jaguar variant between now and April 2, 2018, the opportunity to enjoy an all expense paid trip to South Africa for The Jaguar Simola Hill climb. Scheduled...

March 29, 2018 No Responses

FG, States, LGs Share N647.39b

The Easter break as the Federal, State and Local Governments shared the sum of N647.39 billion from the Federation Account. The money was the revenue collection for the month of February 2018 which was approved at the Federation Account Allocation...

March 29, 2018 No Responses

UK Car Production Drops In February

The number of cars made in Britain fell in February as domestic demand slumped by “double digit figures”, industry figures suggest. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said that 145,475 vehicles were built during the month –...

March 28, 2018 No Responses

Banks Boost Financial Inclusion With 500,000 Agent Networks

In collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the licenced mobile money operators and the super agents, Commercial banks in Nigeria on Tuesday disclosed plan to roll-out 500,000 agent networks. According to the Banks, the development is designed to....

March 28, 2018 No Responses

UBA London Subsidiary Gets Regulatory Approval

Foremost financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA Plc) on Tuesday announced that its London subsidiary has obtained regulatory permission to carry out wholesale banking services in the United Kingdom. The approval licence was granted to the lender ...

March 28, 2018 No Responses

COSCO Names Another 20,000 TEU Boxship

China’s COSCO Shipping Lines has named COSCO Shipping Leo, a 20,000 TEU containership newbuild. The naming ceremony for the giant boxship was held in Nantong on March 22, 2018. Built by Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS), COSCO Shipping Leo is...