Nigeria Archives — Page 491 of 637

August 28, 2017 No Responses

Edo rehabilitates fertilizer plant, to ‘disrupt’ importation

The Edo State Government and WACOT Limited will receive the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, to commission the Edo State Fertilizer and Chemical Company Limited (ESFCCL) located in Auchi, Edo State. The Edo Fertilizer...

August 28, 2017 No Responses

Photo News

Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside (middle), in a photograph with some Management staff of the Agency and members of the Shipping Association of Nigeria led by Representative of the Chairman of ...

August 28, 2017 No Responses

Top ships under investigation over share issuance scheme

An investigation has been launched on behalf of investors of Top Ships, a Marshall Islands-incorporated tanker owner and operator, into the company’s dealings with Kalani Investment. According to US-based law firm Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (GPM), the...

August 28, 2017 No Responses

Minister: Nigeria is ready for investments in creative industry

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says Nigeria is ready to receive investors in the Creative Industry, having created the enabling environment for investments through favourable economic policies. The Minister stated this in Abuja...

August 28, 2017 No Responses

Firm to test autonomous boxship in 2019

Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) intends to test an autonomous containership in the Pacific Ocean in 2019. The ship would sail from Japan to North America with a crew on standby, Hideyuki Ando, a senior general manager at Monoh...

August 27, 2017 No Responses

Gunmen attack anchored oil tanker in Lagos

Armed robbers boarded a tanker and stole some oil from the ship while it was anchored at Lagos General Purpose Anchorage, Nigeria, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB).has reported. Quoting report put together by ICC, IMB explained that the incident...

August 27, 2017 No Responses

TUC Photo News

Members of National Administrative Council of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) displaying copies of Nigerian Workers Herald, an in-house Magazine of Congress during National Executive Council meeting in Lagos.

August 27, 2017 No Responses

‘Photo exhibition by Hanan Buhari, a game changer’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described as a ‘game changer’ the ongoing photo exhibition in Abuja by a daughter of the President, Hanan Buhari, saying her uncommon passion for photography will encourage more y...

August 27, 2017 No Responses

Emissions: Volkswagen engineer jailed

A former Volkswagen engineer who helped develop a device that enabled cars to evade US pollution rules has been sentenced to more than three years in prison and ordered to pay $200,000. James Liang, 63, was the first person prosecuted...

August 27, 2017 No Responses

TUC COMMUNIQUE

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC) OF THE TRADE UNION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA HELD ON FRIDAY, 25TH AUGUST, 2017, AT THE LAGOS AIRPORT HOTEL, IKEJA. The National Executive Council of Trade Union...

August 26, 2017 No Responses

Nissan celebrates 70 years of electric vehicles

Exactly 70 years after the debut of its first electric vehicle (EV), Nissan’s most advanced EV ever – the Nissan BladeGlider sports car – took center stage at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK. According to the...

August 26, 2017 No Responses

UNILAG, OAU, UNN emerge winners of maritime blueprint competition

University of Lagos, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife and University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) have emerged winners of the Maritime Blueprint Competition in which law students from eight universities participated. The competition, sponsored by SIFAX ...

August 26, 2017 No Responses

NPA gets new structure, redeploys General Managers

The Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has approved a new organisational structure and the commencement of a Business Process Re-engineering initiative that will create synergies to improve efficiency. The Board has also approved the redistribution of...