Nigeria News Archives — City Business News

July 31, 2023 No Responses

Resident Doctors Insist On Indefinite Strike

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) says the ongoing nationwide strike action embarked upon by its members on Wednesday may continue indefinitely. t added that the strike would continue until reasonable progress was made by the government to address...

July 14, 2023 No Responses

Dangote Cement To Roll Out New Plants In Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana

Dangote Cement has concluded plans to expand its production capacity through the construction of a new 6Mt integrated cement plant in Itori, Ogun State. According to the Group Managing Director, of Dangote Cement, Mr. Arvind Pathak, the new plant o...

March 12, 2023 No Responses

Obi, Soludo Campaign For Anambra House Of Assembly Candidates

Mr Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party, and the Anambra state Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), have intensified campaigns for their respective candidates, ahead of the March 18 House of Assembly election in...

March 9, 2023 No Responses

INEC Reschedules State Elections To March 18

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rescheduled Governorship and State House of Assembly elections earlier fixed for March 11 to March 18. The commission announced this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information ...

January 15, 2023 No Responses

NPA Expects 23 Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Bulk Sugar, Frozen Fish, Others

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Saturday said 23 ships conveying petroleum products and other goods were expected at Lagos ports from Jan. 14 to 29. NPA listed the items expected at the port as bulk sugar, frozen fish, bulk...

November 21, 2022 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Saudi-Bound Widow With Cocaine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Saudi-bound widow with cocaine concealed in footwear at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, N...

October 27, 2022 No Responses

FG Declares Preferred Bidders For Airports

The Federal Government has announced the selected preferred and reserve bidders for Nigerian airports concession. Sen. Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, made the announcement when he addressed newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, t...

October 9, 2022 No Responses

Cotton Farmers Urge FG To Sustain Anchor Borrowers Programme

Cotton Farmers in Bauchi State on Saturday called on the Federal Government to encourage cotton farming by sustaining the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) in the country. The cotton farmers, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency o...

August 9, 2022 No Responses

Woman Docked For Allegedly Stealing 99 iPhones

A 60- year-old woman, Adenike Okunbanjo, was on Monday docked in an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing 99 pieces of iPhones worth N14.85 million. The defendant, a businesswoman who resides at 1, Alade St., Temidire, Ibafo, Ogun State...

August 1, 2022 No Responses

Stallion Targets 20% Market Share with MG ZS Crossover

Stallion MG has expressed confidence that its recently launched MG ZS would, in 2022, capture between 15% and 20% share of Nigeria’s-SUV market*. Anurag Shah, General Manager, Stallion MG Automobiles Ltd., Nigeria’s official representative of the Briti...

July 16, 2022 No Responses

Customs Deactivate Five Star Logistics Over N97.3m Debt

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) on Friday said that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) had deactivated the Five Star Logistics Ltd terminal from its portal. The acting president of ANLCA, Dr Kayode Farinto, confirmed the developmen...

June 20, 2022 No Responses

Energy Transition: NCDMB Boss Seeks Intensive Petroleum Education

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Mr Simbi Wabote, has urged the Federal Government and other stakeholders to adopt a strategy to overcome the challenges of energy transition. A statement issued on Sunday...

May 12, 2022 No Responses

Gombe Approves N11.491b For Water Project

Gombe State Government has approved N11.491 billion for the rehabilitation, upgrade and expansion of Gombe regional water scheme. The Commissioner for Water Resources, Malam Mijinyawa Yahaya disclosed this while briefing Journalists at the end of the Sta...

May 2, 2022 No Responses

Eid-el-Fitr: Ganduje Bans Hoisting Of Banners, Posters During Festivities

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has banned the hoisting of banners and posters of politicians during the Eid Prayers and other festivities. In a Sallah message signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Muhammad Garba on Sunda...