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January 27, 2017 No Responses

At Onne Free Zone, PCN celebrates completion of Egina pipe coating

Pipe Coaters Nigeria Limited (PCN) on Wednesday celebrated completion of the coating and cut back of the last pipe for the Egina UFR (umbilicals, flowlines and risers) project at the Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone, Rivers State. According to...

January 27, 2017 No Responses

NPA, Customs explains single window partnership at Ports

As part of measures to promote trade, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) are collaborating to introduce Single Window (SW) platform at the Seaports. According to the Managing Director of NPA, Ms Hadiza Balla Usman,...

January 27, 2017 No Responses

NIMASA seeks stakeholders input in port reforms

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has called on Maritime stakeholders to make input in the ongoing Port Reform Agenda of the present administration in other to reposition the maritime i...

January 27, 2017 No Responses

Customs FOU zone ‘C’ task officers on professionalism

As the headquarters of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Abuja consummate activities marking the 2017 Customs Day Celebration, the Customs Area Controller, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’ Owerri, Comptroller Mohammed Uba Garba has challenged offic...

January 27, 2017 No Responses

LCCI Photo News

Out-going Country Director (Nigeria), African Development Bank, Dr Ousmane Dore and President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, Chief Dr Mrs Nike Akande, CON during a Courtesy Visit of the Country Director to the LCCI in Lagos.

January 27, 2017 No Responses

Edo swears in Ikponwen as new Chief Judge

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki on Thursday, sworn in Justice (Mrs) Esohe Ikponwen, as the substantial Chief Judge of the state. Speaking during the swearing in ceremony at the state Government House, Obaseki said that every government must...

January 26, 2017 No Responses

How to grow liquidity in emerging markets, by WFE

January 26, 2017 No Responses

‘Osinbajo not under pressure to resign’

The Presidency on Wednesday denied reports in some quarters that Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo was under pressured to resign. A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs, Femi Ojudu, explained that it was not tru...

January 26, 2017 No Responses

NIMASA DG canvasses support for Govt programmes

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has urged professional bodies in the country to support Government programmes aimed at revamping the nation’s economy. This charge was given when m...

January 26, 2017 No Responses

Somali hotel bomb attack ‘kills 28’

Ambulance workers in the Somali capital Mogadishu have told the BBC they have counted 28 dead bodies at a hotel following a bomb attack by militants. They said 43 others, including seven journalists, were injured after bombs exploded at the...

January 25, 2017 No Responses

FG tasks General Electric CEO on $2b East-West rail project

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday in Abuja urged a delegation from General Electric (GE) led by its Global Chief Eexecutive Officer, Jeff Immelt to speed up its infrastructural engagements in Nigeria. One of such engagements according to...

January 25, 2017 No Responses

Guinness Nigeria shareholders approve N40b Rights Issue

Guinness Nigeria Plc, on Tuesday in Lagos, secured shareholders approval for its proposed N40 billion Rights Issue. Speaking at the Extra-Ordinary General Meeting (EGM), Babatunde Savage, Chairman, Guinness Nigeria Plc, said: “Guinness Nigeria has been i...

January 25, 2017 No Responses

Dogara seeks infrastructure bond for road projects

Concerned about the huge debt owed to local road contractors in the country, speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara, has proposed an Infrastructure Bond for funding road infrastructure in the country. Speaking when he received the...

January 25, 2017 No Responses

NSC donates Toyota Hilux van to Marine Police Command

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has donated a Toyota Hilux patrol van to the Marine Police Command to aid their operations at the ports. The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Council, Mr. Hassan Bello, while handing the...