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L-R: Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC),Boboye Oyeyemi and Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Hassan Bello during NSC visit to FRSC head office in Abuja
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Hong Kong issues block exemption for liner VSAs
Hong Kong has granted a block exemption order (BEO) for vessel sharing agreements (VSAs) in the liner shipping industry. The country’s competition commission issued the order on August 8 in response to an application received from the Hong Kong Liner Sh...
GOCOP gets new executive
The Publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, has been elected President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers. The election was conducted on Wednesday at Adna Hotel, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. Oladipo is the current General Secretary of the...
Customs impounds 12 new Toyota LandCruiser, 17 Hilux, others worth N1.3billion
By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com – Thirty-seven new vehicles allegedly smuggled into the country through land borders has been impounded by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Briefing Journalists in Lagos on Tuesday, Comptroller General o...
Researchers deploy SAH technology to speed up multiplication of cassava planting materials
Scientists working on cassava breeding are now using the Semi-Autotrophic Hydroponics (SAH) technology to rev up the propagation of clean cassava planting materials. The SAH involves the use of modified soil which holds plant roots in planting pots with litt...
NECA unveils e-leaning scheme to boost entrepreneurship
In its continued endeavour to join hands with Government to address the time bomb of high unemployment among Nigerian youths which was recently put at 80% by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) in partnership...
Edo to set up export processing centres
The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has announced plans by his administration to set up Export Processing Zones in the state. He made the announcement when members of the Edo State Exporters Cluster, paid him a courtesy visit...
Customs in Tincan Island sets fresh agenda for revenue generation
As part of measures put in place by the Tincan Island Command to remain a force to reckon with in Revenue collection, the Customs Area Controller (CAC) COMPT. BASHAR YUSUF has met in different sessions with the Officers in-charge of...
Pope Francis ‘deeply saddened’ by attack on Catholic Church in Nigeria
The Pope is “deeply saddened” for the victims of the “violent attack” that took place in the Catholic Church of St. Philip in Ozubulu, Anambra State, in southern Nigeria yesterday, Sunday, August 6, 2017. During morning Mass, at least 12...
Bishops’ conference condemns Catholic Church attack
The President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, Most Rev Ignatius Ayau Kaigama has condemned in strong terms the recent attacks on St Philip’s Catholic Church in Ozubulu in Nnewi diocese of Anambra State. In a recent interview at the...
NSE Photo News
L – R shows Haruna Jalo-Waziri, Executive Director, Capital Markets, NSE; Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, NSE; Mr. Samuel Ocheho, President, FMDA; Tinuade Awe, General Counsel and Head, Regulation, NSE and Ade Bajomo, Executive Director,...
At Taiwo Afolabi’s maritime conference, experts task FG on PPP model for port infrastructure development
SIFAX Group, a multinational corporation with diverse interests in Maritime, Aviation, Haulage & Logistics, Oil & Gas and Hospitality, and other maritime experts have urged the Federal Government to adopt the public-private partnership (PPP) model to a...
Sovereign Wealth Fund Resuscitates 11 Fertilizer Blending Firms
The Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), also known as the Sovereign Wealth Fund, has resuscitated 11 fertilizer blending plants across the country, which substantially brought down the price of fertilizer, ended fertilizer subsidy and ensured th...
Kia Motors Nigeria restates commitment to meet local demands
With capacity to produce 27,000 cars per annum, Kia Motors Nigeria has restated its commitment to produce made in Nigeria cars from its plant in Lagos. According to the company, the present economic challenges can be daunting, “but the...