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February 7, 2018 No Responses

NNPC task force arrest two managers of Azman filling stations over alleged diversion

As part of efforts to sanitize the fuel supply and distribution system to eliminate the queues, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has stepped up the arrest and prosecution of erring marketers and fuel hawkers across the country. A...

February 7, 2018 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: Mr. Henry Ajoh, General Manager, SIFAX Shipping Company Limited; Otunba Kunle Folarin, Chairman, Nigerian Ports Consultative Council (NPCC); Mr. Hassan Bello, Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers’ Council; Prince Olayiwola Shittu, National Preside...

February 7, 2018 No Responses

Labour faults reinstatement of NHIS Boss

Alarmed that President Muhammadu Buhari reinstated the suspended Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Usman Yusuf, organsied Labour under the umbrella of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), has stated tha...

February 7, 2018 No Responses

BUA Group to establish N7.5b hospital in Kano

Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, Chief Executive Officer, BUA Group has disclosed plan to build a N7.5 billion ultra-modern specialist hospital in Kano State as part of measures to curtail rate of medical tourism in the country. This was disclosed in a...

February 7, 2018 No Responses

Customs impounds four Rolls-Royce, Jaguar, 29 others worth N1.4billion

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, has impounded 31 vehicles including four Rolls Royce. Others include one Porche Panamera, one Jaguar, one Bentley, two Lexus Sports Utility Vehicles, One Toyota Land Crui...

February 7, 2018 No Responses

Edo inaugurates Technical Committee on Privatisation, Commercialisation

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has inaugurated a 10-man Technical Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation (TCPC), which will take inventory of all non-operational enterprises owned by the state government and provide guidelines for their priv...

February 6, 2018 No Responses

Okomu oil palm unveils agenda for new plantation

Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc has notified its shareholders and other stakeholders of plan to unveil new plantation. According to the company, the new plantation referred to as Extension 2 will be commissioned by Governor of Edo State, Godwin...

February 6, 2018 No Responses

NPA to sanction terminal operators over huge debt

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is to withdraw its services from some terminal operators over unspecified huge debt. Reviewing NPA’s 2017 activities, Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman said efforts are ongoing to compel the terminal operators to sett...

February 6, 2018 No Responses

Buhari signs Air Services Agreements with China, Qatar, Singapore, Others

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja signed the Instruments of Ratification of the Bilateral Air Services Agreements between Nigeria and Algeria; Congo; the People’s Republic of China; Qatar and Singapore. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Seni...

February 6, 2018 No Responses

CBN injects $210m into foreign exchange market

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected 210 million dollars into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market to ensure availability and meet customers’ requests in various segments of the market. Giving a breakdown of the amount, the acting Director, Corporate...

February 5, 2018 No Responses

Total to sell 25% stake to Qatar Petroleum

French oil and gas group, Total, has agreed to sell a 25 per cent stake in the Exploration Block 11B/12B, offshore South Africa, to Qatar Petroleum, in a deal which Total said would strengthen its ties with the Qatari group....

February 5, 2018 No Responses

Minister: Military rescues 30,000 women, children from Boko Haram in two years

Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, on Monday said that no fewer than 30,000 women and children have been rescued from Boko Haram by the troops of operation Lafiya Dole in Sambisa Forest in the last two years. Speaking during a...

February 5, 2018 No Responses

LNG Carrier, Pan Americas handed over to owner

The liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Pan Americas, the second one constructed for the Queensland Curtis LNG Project, has been handed over to its owners. Jointly owned by Teekay LNG Partners, China LNG Shipping International, and China’s CNOOC Limited,...

February 5, 2018 No Responses

Lassa Fever: Edo to install two dialysis, x-ray machines, ventilators, others

In a proactive response to the outbreak of Lassa Fever in Edo State, the state government has commenced the installation of two dialysis machines, ventilators, x-ray machine, and has procured Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), drugs and other consumables req...