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July 17, 2017 No Responses

UBA Board to consider accounts, interim dividend on Thursday

The Board of Directors of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc would on Thursday, this week, meet to deliberate on the company’s accounts and financial statements for the half year ended June 30, 2017. A statement issued by the Secretary...

July 16, 2017 No Responses

U.S to emerge top LNG exporter by 2022

By 2022, the United States will be on course to challenge Australia and Qatar for global leadership among LNG exporters, the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates. Despite the fact that the demand for gas in the United States – the...

July 16, 2017 No Responses

Eight dead in wall collapse at Senegal’s stadium

(BBC)–Eight people have died and at least 49 are injured after a wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal. It happened at Demba Diop stadium in the capital, Dakar, at the end of the League Cup final between Stade...

July 15, 2017 No Responses

2015: Importation of consumables, household items into Nigeria gulps N7tri

The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Aisha Abubakar has said the sum of about N7 trillion was spent on the importation of consumables and household items into Nigeria in 2015. In her address in Kano on...

July 15, 2017 No Responses

NPA Photo News

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (3rd right), Executive Secretary/CEO Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr. Abdurrazaq Balogun 2nd right), Exec. Dir., Marine & Operations, Dr. Sokonte Davies (3rd left), Exec...

July 15, 2017 No Responses

Honda recalls 2.1m Accords worldwide

American Honda will voluntarily recall 2.1 million Accord models worldwide made between 2013 and 2016, after five reports that the vehicle’s battery sensors caused engine fires. Honda said 1.1 million of the recalls would take place in the U.S. and...

July 14, 2017 No Responses

‘Financing conference will take creative industry to golden era’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Creative Industry Financing Conference, scheduled to hold 17-18 July 2017, will take the industry into a golden era of smooth access to short and long term financing, world class man...

July 14, 2017 No Responses

NPA pledges support for Lagos Security Trust Fund

The Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has pledged support for the operations of the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF). Playing host to a delegation from the Fund Management led by the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer,...

July 14, 2017 No Responses

Transcorp Hilton Abuja celebrates 30 year Anniversary

The award winning Transcorp Hilton Abuja hotel in Nigeria is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, having officially opened its door to its first guest on the 21st of April, 1987. The iconic hotel, which has through the years, hosted Royalty,...

July 14, 2017 No Responses

Critical role of quality service delivery in public sector, by Danbatta

The quality of service delivery in the Public sector plays an increasingly important role in the economy of many countries. In today’s global competitive environment, delivering quality service in all sectors is considered as an essential strategy for succ...

July 14, 2017 No Responses

Dakuku seeks support for marine ecosystem

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stressed the need for concerted and collaborative efforts of all stakeholders towards the conservation and sustainable use of ocean resources for t...

July 14, 2017 No Responses

FG to scrutinise panama papers, wikileaks, BVN, CAC documents, others

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com – Determined to trackdown highprofile tax defaulters in Nigeria, the Federal Government is to study revelations contained in the panama papers and wikileaks especially as it relates to Nigerian firms and indiv...

July 13, 2017 No Responses

FG explores new areas of collaboration with IITA

Research being conducted by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in seed yam multiplication holds promise and could help Nigeria to quadruple yam production, says Nigeria’s Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe...

July 13, 2017 No Responses

Customs FOU intercepts N200m Contraband, recovers N28.9m duty payment

The Federal Operation Unit (FOU) of the Nigeria Custom Service, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, has intercepted not less than 40 seizures valued at N200.9million, between June 13 and July 10, 2017. Among items seized were Tramadol (225/120mg), vegetable oil, frozen...