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May 10, 2019 No Responses

Senate Confirms Dabiri-Erewa As Chairman, Nigerian Diaspora Commission

The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa as Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Diaspora Commission. The confirmation followed a report on the screening of the nominee for Senate’s approval presented by Sen. Rose Oko (PDP-Cross River) at...

May 8, 2019 No Responses

Shell Opens New LNG Terminal

Shell in partnership with Gasnor has opened a new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) regasification terminal at Gibraltar. The terminal, which will be operated by Shell’s Gasnor subsidiary will allow the British Overseas Territory to switch from diesel-fueled pow...

May 7, 2019 No Responses

Ntel Appoints Babatunde Omotoba As MD/CEO

NatCom Development Investment Limited, operators of Ntel 4G/VoLTE Network has appointed Babatunde Omotoba as its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer. A statement issued on Monday by Ntel Acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Damian Udeh ...

May 7, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Unveils New Savings Bonds

The Federal Government has offered for subscription of two-year savings bond at 11.74 per cent and three-year savings bond at 12.74 per cent per annum, the Debt Management Office (DMO) has said. According to the offer circular obtained from the...

May 6, 2019 No Responses

Yam Stakeholders Seek Duty-Free Export To Europe

To facilitate free duty yam export to Europe, some stakeholders in the yam value chain have appealed to the Nigerian Government to sign relevant trade agreements with the European Union (EU) They made the appeal in a communiqué issued in...

May 6, 2019 No Responses

FRSC Recovers Stolen Vehicle Through NVIS

The Federal Road Safety Corps, Anambra State Command has urged motorists to ensure their vehicles are properly registered and uploaded to the National Vehicle Identification System platform and desist from patronising touts. Andrew Kumapayi, the Sector Command...

May 6, 2019 No Responses

NNPC Remits N153.01b Into Federation Account In January

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it transferred N153.01 billion into the federation account in January. The corporation disclosed this in its Financial and Operations Report for the January released in Abuja on Sunday. “Within the peri...

May 6, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Greets Nigerians On The Commencement Of Ramadan

President Muhammadu Buhari sends greetings to Nigerians in general and Muslims in particular as they commence the month-long Ramadhan fast. In a message on Sunday night following the news of the sighting of the lunar month of Ramadhan, President Buhari...

May 6, 2019 No Responses

Photo News

VP Trading, Cars45, Mohammed Iyamu; Zonal Coordinator, Nigeria Customs Service Zone ‘A’, Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs, Katherine Ekekezie; and Head, Central Support Services, Cars45, Mandela Oniemola during a courtesy visit to the Zone A HQ, Ni...

May 5, 2019 No Responses

Osinbajo Tasks NGE On Professionalism, Welfare

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has challenged Nigerian Guide of Editors (NGE) tackle unprofessional conduct in Nigeria’s media industry. Speaking at the 2019 Biennial convention of the Nigerian Guild of Editors in Lagos, Osinbajo who was ...

May 4, 2019 No Responses

Sanusi Joins MTN Board

MTN Group, on Friday, in Johannesburg, South Africa,announced the appointment of the Emir of Kano, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, into its board. The appointment of the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor is part of significant changes...

May 4, 2019 No Responses

PricePointe Wholesale Club Approves One-Day Membership For Workers

To celebrate the International Workers’ Day, PricePointe Wholesale Club is offering Nigerian workers a one-day membership for N500 to enable them get everything they love for the month of May. The PricePointe Club Workers’ Day Special takes place this week...

May 4, 2019 No Responses

NIMASA DG: We Are Determined To End Piracy

The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has said that his agency is determined to run pirates and other bandits operating on the nation’s territorial waters out of business. Peterside wh...

May 3, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria’s Unemployment Rate To Reach 33.5% By 2020

Nigeria unemployment rate to reach 33.5 per cent by 2020, says the Federal Government. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this while declaring open a two-day workshop on “Breaking the Resilience of High Unemployment Rate in the...