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April 21, 2023 No Responses

Access Holdings Declares N1.4tri Gross Earnings For 2022

Access Holdings Plc has announced gross earnings of N1.39 trillion for the 2022 financial year. The company disclosed this in its Consolidated and Separate Financial Statement for the year ended December 31, 2022, released on Thursday in Lagos. The gross...

April 21, 2023 No Responses

Varsity Bans Artificial Eye Lashes, Fingernails

The management of Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu has banned the fixing of fingernails, eyelashes and other artificial materials on the body. The institution also banned the wearing of short clothes by staff and students to work and lectures. Rev. Fr....

April 21, 2023 No Responses

FG Concessions Onitsha Port For 30 Years

The Federal Government says it has successfully concessioned the Onitsha port in Anambra State while discussions are ongoing for the concessioning of Baro and some other ports in the country. George Moghalu, Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authori...

April 21, 2023 No Responses

Air Peace Begins Two Weekly Flights To Israel

Air Peace has, again, made another history as the first ever Nigerian airline to fly direct, nonstop to Israel. The airline commenced scheduled operations into Tel Aviv on April 20, 2023, from Lagos and Abuja. At the well-attended inaugural flight...

April 21, 2023 No Responses

World Maritime University, RINA Sign MoU

In recognition of mutual interests in maritime education and research, RINA, the inspection, certification and consulting engineering multinational, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Maritime University (WMU), an institution establi...

April 21, 2023 No Responses

Eid-el-fitr: FRSC Partner NEMA, Others To Enforce Traffic Rules

The Sokoto state command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is collaborating with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other agencies to enforce traffic rules and regulations during Eid-el-fitr celebrations. Mr Kabir Yusuf-Nadabo, FRSC Sect...

April 20, 2023 No Responses

FG, States, LGs Share N714.629b For March

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) shared N714.629 billion to the three tiers of government in Abuja on Wednesday as federation allocation for the month of March. This is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the FAAC...

April 20, 2023 No Responses

Stock Market Recover N18b

The stock market on Wednesday recorded a positive position, gaining N18 billion to close at N27.871 trillion from the N27.852 trillion posted on Tuesday. Also, the All-Share Index rose by 39.49 points, representing an increase of 0.08 per cent to...

April 20, 2023 No Responses

385 Applicants Get Nigerian Citizenship

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the granting of Nigerian citizenship to 385 applicants who have met the requirements. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing State House correspondents after the FEC me...

April 20, 2023 No Responses

NPA Receives 17 Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Frozen Fish, Others

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday said 17 ships at the Lagos Port Complex were discharging petroleum products and other items. NPA listed other items being discharged as general cargo, container, bulk urea, bulk wheat, bulk sugar, bulk salt,...

April 20, 2023 No Responses

NPA Retiree Jailed 14 Years For N24.3m Fraud

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced a retired staff of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Nasiru Ogara, to 14 years’ imprisonment for engaging in N24.3 million waste bin and vehicle documents fraud. Justice Mojisola Dada, while deliverin...

April 20, 2023 No Responses

Edo Seals Selaf Specialist Hospital

The Edo State Government has sealed Selaf Specialist Hospital, a health facility in Uromi, Esan-North-East Local Government Area (LGA) of the State, as part of ongoing efforts to regulate and sanitize the healthcare system and rid it of quacks. Officials...

April 20, 2023 No Responses

Benin Port Project: Transaction Adviser Issues Request For Proposal To Bidders

The Chairman of the Benin Port Project, Engr. Greg Ogbeifun working with the Project Transaction Advisers, CPCS, has disclosed that the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the port project has been issued to bidders by the Transaction Adviser, CPCS. In...

April 20, 2023 No Responses

Local Content In LNG Train 7 Rises To 60 Per Cent, Says NCDMB

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has said that the construction of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Train7 has witnessed 60 per cent local content. Executive Secretary, NCDMB, Mr Simbi Wabote, said this on Wednesday in Abuja while.....