Nigeria News Archives — Page 14 of 22

March 5, 2021 No Responses

NAN MD Tasks Online Publishers On Professionalism

The Managing-Director, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Buki Ponle, has urged the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP)to ensure professionalism while discharging its duties in the society. Ponle made the call on Thursday in Abuja when a delegation...

March 5, 2021 No Responses

Lagos Airport Police Smash Fake COVID-19 Certificate Racketeers

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has arrested five suspected syndicates, forging fake COVID-19 certificates. The Commissioner of Police, Airport Command and Aviation Security (AVSEC ) CP Uma...

March 2, 2021 No Responses

SIFAX Offdocks Record 49,835 TEU Volumes In 2020

Executive Director, SIFAX OffDock, Capt. Ibraheem Olugbade, on Monday said that the inland container depots owned by SIFAX Group, recorded 49,835 Twenty-feet Equivalent Unit (TEU) of cargo capacity in 2020. Olugbade in a statement in Lagos said that the cargo....

February 28, 2021 No Responses

COVID-19 Vaccines Arrive In Nigeria On Tuesday

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, has confirmed that Nigeria will on Tuesday, March 2, receive the first tranche of COVID-19 vaccines. Mustapha, who is also the chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, made the...

February 25, 2021 No Responses

Group Urges CBN To Remove Stockfish From Forex Ban List

The Norwegian Seafood Council has appealed to the Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN) to remove stockfish from the list of items not eligible for foreign exchange. According to Odd-Emil Ingebrigtsen, the Norwegian minister of fisheries, there is a need to make....

February 22, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria To Boost FTZs Competitiveness Through AfCFTA

The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) is to leverage on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCTA) to boost the country’s Free Trade Zones (FTZs) competitiveness. Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, the Managing Director of NEPZA, made t...

February 21, 2021 No Responses

Onyeama: Republic Of Benin Not Aspiring To Be Part Of Nigeria

The Republic of Benin is not aspiring to be the 37 State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Geoffrey Onyeama, clarified on Saturday. In a statement issued by the Ministry’s spokesperson, Mr Ferdinand Nwonye,...

February 15, 2021 No Responses

NAFDAC Reads Riot Act To Fraudulent Clearing Agents, Importers

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has read the riot act to clearing agents and importers operating at the nation’s ports. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji...

February 7, 2021 No Responses

NDLEA Confiscates N1.4b Cannabis In Edo

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo Command, has discovered a suspected cannabis warehouses in Ukpuje forest in Owan West Local Government Area of theState. The State Commander of the agency, Mr Buba Wakawa, alleged on Sat...

February 6, 2021 No Responses

Customs Hands Over 4,907 Cartons Of Expired Sweet, Chocolates To NAFDAC

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over 4,907 cartons of seized expired sweets and chocolates valued at N23.7 million to National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The Commander of Comptroller-General of Customs’ Strike ...

January 31, 2021 No Responses

NDDC To Distribute Boat Ambulances, Waste Disposal Trucks, Waste Bins

The Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Efiong Akwa, has ordered the immediate distribution of 36 waste disposal trucks, 162 waste bins and two boat ambulances to the nine Niger Delta states. Speaking during a...

January 22, 2021 No Responses

Ikeja Electric Warns Customers Against Assaulting Its Employees

Ikeja Electric (IE) Plc has warned customers against assault on its employees carrying out their legitimate duties. Mr Felix Ofulue, Head, Corporate Communications, Ikeja Electric, gave the warning in a statement issued on Thursday in Ikeja. Ofulue...

January 21, 2021 No Responses

Rivers Donates N500m To Sokoto

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Wednesday donated N500 million to support the Sokoto State Government in rebuilding the Sokoto Central Market ravaged by fire on Tuesday morning. Wike who visited the scene of the market inferno barely 24 hours afte...

January 20, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Raises N2.36tri From Capital Market

The Federal Government of Nigeria dominated capital raising at the fixed income segment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in 2020, raising over N2.36 trillion. The Chief Executive Officer of NSE, Mr Oscar Onyema, said this at the 2020 market...