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December 6, 2019 No Responses

INEC To Conduct 28 Outstanding Court-Ordered Re-Run In January 2020

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Jan. 25, 2020 to conduct 28 outstanding court-ordered re-run elections in 12 states. The commission announced this in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter...

December 6, 2019 No Responses

Pan African Catholic Congress Begins In Enugu

The first ever Pan African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society and Pastoral Life to reflect on the church as a beacon of hope for the continent on Thursday kicked off in Enugu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that...

December 5, 2019 No Responses

Senate Summons NIMASA DG Over N263.89b Security Contract

The Senate Joint Committee on Navy, Marine Transport and Finance on Wednesday, asked the Director-General, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, to appear before it unfailingly on Thursday. The committee is investigating...

December 5, 2019 No Responses

Nineteen Tanker Crew Kidnapped In Nigeria

Nineteen crew members of a tanker vessel identified as Nave Constellation have been kidnapped by pirates. According to Dryad Global Report, the attack occurred while the vessel was sailing around 100 nautical miles off Bonny Island, Nigeria on December 3...

December 5, 2019 No Responses

Stakeholders Seeks Effective Implementation Of Agric Policies

Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have called for effective implementation of agricultural policies for national development. The stakeholders made the call in a communiqué issued on Wednesday in Ilorin at the close of the two-day programme tagged “Fa...

December 4, 2019 No Responses

Bello Implores Transport Stakeholders On Connectivity, Modernisation

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Photo Caption: Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barrister Hassan Bello; President Chartered Institute of Transport Administration Nigeria (CIoTA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh and Managing Director, Nat...

December 4, 2019 No Responses

Market Capitalisation Drops Further By N22b

The crucial market indices of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dropped further on Tuesday with a decline of 0.17 per cent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation shed N22 billion or 0.17 per cent to...

December 4, 2019 No Responses

Access Bank To Reward More Customers This Season

Access Bank Plc has unveiled series of exciting rewards for its customers to celebrate the yuletide season. The campaign tagged ‘More Xtravaganza’, will run from November 21 to December 31, 2019. Speaking at the launch of the campaign in Lagos,...

December 4, 2019 No Responses

NPA Photo News

L-R: The Representative of the Managing Director, NPA, and General Manager, MD’s Office, Dr. Chinwe Abama, the Programme Consultant, NPA Prostrate Cancer Screening, Adeyemi Amuwo and the General Manager, Medical Services, NPA, Dr. Christiana Akpa during the ...

December 3, 2019 No Responses

UAE Pledges To Deepen Bilateral Relations With Nigeria

United Arab Emirates (UAE) has expressed its readiness to deepen economic ties with Nigeria toward promoting investment and trade between both countries. Dr Fahad AL-Taffaq, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador to Nigeria, made this known in his add...

December 2, 2019 No Responses

Customs, NSCDC Emerge Champions Of Volleyball Premier League

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), male team and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) female team, have emerged champions of the 2019 National Volleyball Premier League. They both emerged champions in the male and female categories of the...

December 1, 2019 No Responses

Adebayo: NSE’s Interactive Session For Consumer Goods Sector Timely, Commendable

It is indeed my singular honour and privilege to address you at this CEO Interactive Session for the Consumer Goods Sector, a programme put up by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). This event is timely at this stage of our...

November 30, 2019 No Responses

CBN Injects $323.5m, CNY 17.9m Into Retail SMIS

In its last intervention for the month of November, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, November 29, 2019, made an intervention of $323.5million in the retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) and CNY 17.9million in the spot and...

November 30, 2019 No Responses

Buhari To Lay Foundation For Construction Of Transport University On Monday

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday perform the ground breaking ceremony for the University of Transportation, Daura and commission the Kwanar Gwante (Shargalle Road), which is off Kano-Daura Road in Katsina State. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special A...