Nigeria Archives — Page 347 of 670

November 4, 2019 No Responses

FRSC Probes Origin Of Number Plate

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has ordered investigation into a particular plate number in Kano. The number plate has the inscription of “Chip Whip” purportedly for a member of the Kano state House of...

November 3, 2019 No Responses

Border Closure: Nigeria Reassures Farmers Of Support

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Shehuri, on Saturday reassured farmers on accessibility of better farming equipment and government support. Shehuri gave the assurance when he visited the Livestock House of the Federa...

November 2, 2019 No Responses

14 Firms Bid For OML 119 Redevelopment Financing

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has publicly opened bids from 14 companies for the financing and redevelopment of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 119. The Corporation disclosed this in a statement issued by its Acting spokesman, Mr Samson Makorji, in...

November 1, 2019 No Responses

Customs Impounds N304m Smuggled Goods

The Federal Operations Unit of Nigeria Customs Service, Zone B Kaduna in August 2019 seized smuggled goods valued at over N304.39 million. Speaking on Thursday, Comptroller of the command, Mustafa Sarkin-Kebbi explained that the seizures were made from t...

November 1, 2019 No Responses

Kaduna To Export Ginger, Maize

The Kaduna State Government is working toward including ginger and maize as part of its export products in 2020. The Permanent Secretary, state Ministry of Agriculture, Alhaji Sabiu Sani disclosed this while defending the ministry’s 2020 budget before the Ho...

October 31, 2019 No Responses

MTN Nigeria Posts N856.48b Revenue In Nine months

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has announced a revenue of N856.48 billion for nine months ended September 30, 2019. The unaudited result showed that the revenue represented a growth of 12.03 per cent when compared with N764.46 billion achieved in the...

October 31, 2019 No Responses

Kaduna Raises Women Empowerment Fund to N1b

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Wednesday said the government would raise the State Women Empowerment Fund (KADSWEF) to N1 billion from 2021. The governor said this in Kaduna while opening the 4th Kaduna Women Economic Empowerment Summit. “We are...

October 31, 2019 No Responses

Ecobank Offers Free Access Charge On *326# USSD Short Code

Ecobank Nigeria has announced that access to its *326# Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) is at zero cost to the consumer. By this announcement an Ecobank customer who performs transactions on the bank’s platform by dialing *326# is free of...

October 30, 2019 No Responses

Techno Oil Boss Task Agencies On Importation Of Fake, Sub-Standard Cylinders

The Chief Executive Officer, Techno Oil Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder manufacturing plant, Mrs Nkechi Obi has urged the Federal Government and relevant agencies to put measures in place to stop importation of fake and sub-standard cylinders. Spe...

October 29, 2019 No Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R shows Mr. Jude Chiemeka, Head, Trading Business Division, NSE presenting a replica of the closing gong to Mrs. Jameelah Sharrieff-Ayedun, Chairman, Credit Bureau Association of Nigeria (CBAN) & Managing Director/CEO Credit Registry Plc during a Clo...

October 28, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Seeks Future Investments In Riyadh

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Monday for Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to attend the third edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) organised by Saudi’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). The three-day event will be held under the.....

October 28, 2019 No Responses

Fidelity Bank, Gazelle Academy Empowers 200 Youth With Entrepreneurial Skills

Determined to reduce unemployment levels in the country, Fidelity Bank Plc, in partnership with Gazelle Academy and the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka on Friday concluded an entrepreneurship training programme for over 200 students in Anambra State. The progr...

October 28, 2019 No Responses

Catholic Cleric Urges Journalists To Rebrand Nigeria

Rev. Fr. Christian Anokuru, Head Coordinator, Catholic Diocese of Umuahia, has called on journalists to rebrand the country by reporting fearlessly, as demanded by the ethics of their profession. The priest made the call during Sunday’s Thanksgiving Service ...

October 27, 2019 No Responses

Anyaoku, Others Canvass Support For Border Closure

Eminent Nigerians on Saturday canvassed support for President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration on the closure of Nigeria’s border. They made the call at the 2019 Investiture of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) on Saturday in Lago...