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September 12, 2017 No Responses

Customs intercepts 1,100 pump action rifles

The Nigerian Custom Service (NCS) Tin-Can Island Command has impounded 1,100 pump action rifles. This bring to a total of about 2110 pump action rifles so far impounded in Lagos in the last seven months. The Comptroller General of the...

September 12, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki, Mahindra Group conclude arrangement on Benin Industrial Park

All is set for the smooth take-off of the planned Benin Industrial Park with the receipt of the Preliminary Report by Governor Godwin Obaseki from the Mahindra Group in India, on Monday. A visibly elated Obaseki, who is accompanied by...

September 12, 2017 No Responses

Dana Air Gets IATA Membership

Nigerian Carrier, Dana Air has been formally announced as the newest member of The International Air Transport Association (IATA). The IATA membership is coming just two years after the airline passed its International Operations Safety Audit (IOSA) and was...

September 12, 2017 No Responses

Cosco to acquire 76% stake of APMT Zeebrugge Terminal

Dutch container terminal operator APM Terminals has reached a deal to sell its 76% share in the APM Terminals Zeebrugge container terminal to COSCO SHIPPING Ports. Under the agreement signed between APM Terminals and the Hong Kong-based subsidiary of China C...

September 12, 2017 No Responses

Aisha Buhari to Nigerians: Show support to victims of flooding in Benue state

Wife of the President and founder, Future Assured Programme, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to show support to the victims of the recent flooding in parts of Benue state with a view to complement government effort at...

September 12, 2017 No Responses

Labour vows to embark on nationwide strike over promotion arrears

Frustrated by false promises of Federal Government to pay promotion arrears, outstanding salaries, and other allowances owed Federal officers, organized Labour under the auspices of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has resolved to shut d...

September 11, 2017 No Responses

FG: Farmers to get four million fertilizers before end of the year

The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) will deliver 4 million bags of 50kg Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium (NPK) fertilizer to farmers, at an affordable price, before the end of the year. Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publi...

September 11, 2017 No Responses

Geely targets one million electric vehicles by 2025 as China unveils agenda to ban diesel, petrol cars

China, the world’s biggest car market, plans to ban the production and sale of diesel and petrol cars and vans. The country’s vice minister of industry said it had started “relevant research” but that it had not yet decided...

September 11, 2017 No Responses

Korean firm to build 15 LNG carriers for Russia

A Korean company has received a contract to build 15 ice-breaking LNG carriers for Russia, the President of South Korea Moon Jae-in said while speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. The tankers are said to be intended for the transpo...

September 10, 2017 No Responses

Minister seeks more support for creative industry

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at the weekend visited the African Arts and Craft Expo in Abuja, during which he inspected all the pavilions of the Exhibitors from across the country and many African nations. The Minister, who.....

September 10, 2017 No Responses

Edo to develop 58 tourist sites

The Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Osaze Osemwegie-Ero has disclosed plans by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to revive and rebrand 58 tourist sites across the state. Osemwegie-Ero made the disclosure while r...

September 9, 2017 No Responses

BMW to unveil 12 electric car models by 2025

BMW says that it’ll have a total of 25 electrified vehicles in its lineup by 2025, with a full dozen of those being full-electric cars. These should have a usable range of up to 435 miles, BMW CEO Harald Krueger...

September 9, 2017 No Responses

‘Preparation is key to successful cyber security management system’

The key to a successful cyber security management system is to prepare well and expect incidents in the system, writes Scott Yang, Cybersecurity Manager, Taiwan Stock Exchange. Under the crossfire of system vulnerabilities, human behaviours, and task schedul...

September 8, 2017 No Responses

WFE elects eight Directors

At the 57th General Assembly in Bangkok on Thursday, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) elected eight Directors of the Board. The Directors of the Board are: 1. Chairman Wu Qing, Shanghai Stock Exchange – Chairman, WFE (1-year term) 2....