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January 20, 2020 No Responses

Customs Appoints NOVA Duty Collecting Bank

NOVA Merchant Bank has been appointed as a designated collecting bank for Import, Excise and other duties by the Nigeria Customs Service. A statement explained that this will enable the Bank handle duty payments for its clients in addition to...

January 20, 2020 No Responses

Abia, Anambra PDP Protest Supreme Court’s Verdict On Ihedioha

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia and Anambra on Sunday marched round the major streets of Umuahia and Awka capital cities to protest against the Supreme Court’s judgment that sacked Chief Emeka Ihedioha as governor of Imo. Ihedioha, who...

January 19, 2020 No Responses

NNPC Boss Lauds Lee Engineering Over Construction Of 150 Million Metric Storage

The Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mr. Mele Kyari has commended Lee Engineering and Construction Company for the execution of the Atlas Cove Depot Optimization Project for the NNPC. The Atlas Cove Depot Optimizatio...

January 18, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Tasks Newly Promoted Officers On Dedication

The Benin Zonal Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has charged 378 newly promoted operatives to shun acts inimical to the ethos of the corps. Mr Kehinde Adeleye, Zonal Commanding Officer of Zone Rs 5, compromising Edo, Delta...

January 18, 2020 No Responses

SIFAX Group Photo News

L-R: Winnie Uloghobui, Executive Assistant, Bravo Points International, Producers of The Next Titan Show; Adekunle Oyinloye, Group Managing Director, SIFAX Group; Amifeoluwa Yakubu, Winner, The Next Titan, Season 6; Mide Kunle-Akinlaja, Executive Producer, Bra...

January 18, 2020 No Responses

NSE Sustains Growth With N114billion

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index on Friday rose by 0.90 per cent in spite of rise in inflation rate recorded in December 2019. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the index rose by 265.39 points or...

January 18, 2020 No Responses

El-Rufai Inaugurates Milk Farm Project For 1000 Households

Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Friday inaugurated a 1000 Household Milk Farm Project in Damau, Kubau Local Government Area of the state. The governor, at the inauguration, said the project was a joint venture between the state government, Danish...

January 15, 2020 No Responses

Navy Impounds 1,439 Bags Of Smuggled Rice

The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, (FOB) Ibaka in Mbo, Akwa Ibom, has arrested six suspected smugglers, seized 1, 439 bags of smuggled rice between December 23, 2019, to January in the state. Peter Yilme, the Commanding Officer of FOB,...

January 15, 2020 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Seeks optimisation Of Lilypond Park

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) on Tuesday called for proper optimisation of the Lilypond Park to reduce congestion on the Apapa port access roads. Mr Hassan Bello, NSC Executive Secretary, made the call at a stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos on...

January 14, 2020 No Responses

NSE Projects Outlook For 2020

The Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr Oscar Onyema on Monday presented the key performance of the Exchange in 2019 and gave a prognosis for the market in the New Year 2020. Speaking at the event titled: 2019...

January 13, 2020 No Responses

NDDC Begins Verification Of Projects

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has inaugurated a 50-member committee to audit and document projects and contracts awarded in nine Niger Delta states. A statement issued on Sunday by Chijioke Amu-Nnadi, the commission’s Deputy Director, Corpora...

January 13, 2020 No Responses

Photo News

Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside (middle); flanked by Executive Director, Operations, Engr. Rotimi Fashakin (second right); Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Dr. Bashir Jamoh (sec...

January 13, 2020 No Responses

Diversion: FRSC Deploys 100 Officers To Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed 100 personnel to control traffic on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway following resumption of diversion to continue reconstruction. Mr Samuel Obayemi, the FRSC’s Zonal Commanding Officer, Zone RS2, comprising Lagos and...

January 12, 2020 No Responses

Kano Approves N79m Counterpart Fund To Improve Healthcare Delivery

Kano State Government has approved N79 million as contribution for the implementation of 2019 Health Work Plan. The state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, made this known on Saturday in Kano when he briefed newsmen on the outcome of...