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January 24, 2017 No Responses

A bill to criminalise activities of CDAs in Edo underway, says Obaseki

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has disclosed that a bill to criminalize the illegal activities of Community Development Associations (CDAs) in the state was in the offing. The governor made the disclosure when the Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II paid him...

January 24, 2017 No Responses

Total Photo News

R-L: Managing Director, Total Nigeria Plc, Philippe Torres , Otunba S. A. Oladite, National President, Petroleum Tanker Driver’s Union and Chairman of S. A. Oliditi and Sons Ltd.

January 23, 2017 No Responses

Exchange rate tops agenda as MPC holds first meeting in 2017

Foreign exchange crisis will top the agenda Monday and and Tuesday as the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) holds its first meeting in 2017. Members of the committee are also expected to come up with more measures...

January 23, 2017 one Response

NSC Photo News

L-R: Hassan Bello, Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Gildas Tohouo Tohouo, Managing Director, Maersk Nigeria Ltd and Nancy Umole, Chief Financial Officer, Maersk Nigeria Ltd during a courtesy visit to NSC boss in Lagos

January 23, 2017 No Responses

‘Collaboration between Executive, Judiciary key to quicken dispensation of Justice’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the revitalized collaboration between the Executive and the Judiciary under the present administration will quicken the dispensation of justice in the country and ensure there is no hidi...

January 23, 2017 No Responses

New LNG Carrier Joins MISC Berhad’s Fleet

Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad (MISC Berhad), a shipping arm of Petronas, held the naming and delivery ceremony of its new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Seri Cenderawasih in Ulsan, South Korea. The 150,200 cbm carrier is the second ...

January 23, 2017 No Responses

Gambia: Dogara lauds Buhari, ECOWAS leaders

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and leaders of the Economic Community of West African States for the role they played in averting major political crisis in the Gambia. In a...

January 23, 2017 No Responses

Mauritius Prime Minister to hand over to son

(BBC) Mauritian Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth says he is stepping down to hand power to his son, Pravind. The 86-year-old first became prime minister in 1982, beginning a third spell as leader in 2014. In a televised address Mr Jugnauth...

January 22, 2017 No Responses

Fashola implores power sector stakeholders on adequate gas supply

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, has asked stakeholders in the Power Sector to look forward to the implementation of policies that would improve gas supply and liquidity as well as the completion of several...

January 22, 2017 No Responses

Yahya Jammeh leaves Gambia

(BBC) Gambia’s former President Yahya Jammeh has left the country in the wake of elections that ousted him after 22 years in power. He boarded a plane to Guinea and from there will travel on to exile in Equatorial Guinea,...

January 22, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki to overhaul local government administration

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki has promised to take bold steps in resolving all the administrative challenges militating against council workers especially on issues related to salary arrears owed them in the recent times. The Governor dis...

January 21, 2017 No Responses

BMW, Daimler to expand purchasing deal

(Auto News) BMW Group plans to expand its cooperation with Daimler in purchasing components, the automaker’s new head of purchasing, Markus Duesmann, said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “It’s not been fully exploited...

January 21, 2017 14 Responses

NPA Photo News

L-R: Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman; Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi; Chaiman Fish Owner Forum, Mrs. Margret Orakusi; Managing Director, Atlantic Shrimpers Limited, Kamlesh Kabra during the Minister’s f...

January 21, 2017 No Responses

Maritime stakeholders seal NJIC agreement

To facilitate maritime trade and investment, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has assured stakeholders in the industry of its commitment in ensuring that a friendly working environment is created in and around the port environmen...