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February 15, 2017 No Responses

Labour: Increase in BRT, LAGBUS fares is insensitive

Lagos State council of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has condemned increase in the transport fares of BRT and LAGBUS buses. In a statement on Tuesday, TUC described the increase announced by the Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan...

February 15, 2017 No Responses

FG to expand TSA Coverage, says Adeosun

To cover more agencies in 2017, the Federal Government has concluded plans to expand the Treasury Single Account (TSA). Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the opening of a two-day retreat on the TSA, the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun...

February 15, 2017 No Responses

NAJA 2017 training holds in June

The Nigerian Auto Journalists Association (NAJA), the umbrella body of all journalists in Nigeria covering the automobile/automotive industry, has concluded plans to hold the second edition of its annual training workshop for the nation’s auto journal...

February 15, 2017 No Responses

LCCI Photo News

L-R: from left:- Charles Chijide, Immediate Past President, Outdoor Advertising Association of Nigeria(OAAN); Kole Ademolegun, Past President, OAAN; Chief Dr Mrs Nike Akande, President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, (LCCI) and Tunde Adedoyin, Preside...

February 15, 2017 No Responses

CMA CGM, Alibaba seal MOU on Digital Cooperation

French container shipping major CMA CGM and Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Hangzhou, China, to seek cooperation in the digital area. The duo intends to provide digitized services via the One Touch platform...

February 14, 2017 No Responses

Dangote to launch 25,000 hectares of rice scheme in Sokoto

Come Wednesday this week, Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of Dangote Group is to launch in Sokoto state it’s multi-million naira 25, 000 hectares of rice Outgrower scheme with a prospect of hundreds of thousand of employment opportunities for the rural...

February 14, 2017 No Responses

FG will intensify war against corruption, says Minister

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government will intensify the war against corruption to ensure that all those who abused the collective human rights of Nigerians through mindless looting of the treasury are...

February 14, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki advocates improved healthcare for Edo indigenes

Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki has called on Edo National Association Worldwide (ENAW) to join hands with his administration for improved and better health care for the people of the state. He made the call while receiving members of...

February 13, 2017 No Responses

Whistle-Blower Policy: FG recovers $151m, N8b looted funds

The Federal Government’s Whistle-blower policy has started yielding fruit as it has so far led to the recovery of US$151 million and 8 billion Naira in looted funds, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said. In...

February 13, 2017 No Responses

Fashola inspects work on Kaduna-Abuja highway, seeks careful driving

Ahead of the planned reconstruction and repair of the Abuja Airport runway which would lead to a diversion of air traffic and passengers from Abuja to Kaduna, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, at the weekend...

February 12, 2017 No Responses

Ogbeh lauds FG’s new plan for Niger Delta

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has commended the recently unveiled Federal Government’s plan for the Niger Delta region especially the proposed modular refineries as announced by the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo d...

February 12, 2017 No Responses

Intels highlights benefits of Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone

The Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Intels Nigeria Limited, Mr. Patrick Bird says the Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone offers enormous advantages and incentives to foreign companies to invest in Nigeria. Speaking on Wednesday in Onne on the sidelines...

February 12, 2017 No Responses

NIIA faults clamour for transfer of containers to Ikorodu terminal

An importer and President of the Nigerian Importers Integrity Association (NIIA), Godwin Onyekazi, has said that the nation’s seaports are operating well below capacity and should not transfer long-standing (overtime) containers to offdock facilities especia...

February 11, 2017 No Responses

Weststar welcomes new Mercedes-Benz Atego 1718 refuse collector compactor

New Mercedes-Benz Atego 1718 Chassis with Usimeca Refuse Collector-Compactor is now in Nigeria courtesy Weststar Associates, authorised general distributors of Mercedes-Benz. Produced in the same high-tech factories in South America, this truck according to ...