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February 1, 2017 No Responses

FirstBank gets global brands awards

First Bank of Nigeria limited has won the “Best Banking Brand, Nigeria 2016”& “Best Banking Performer, Nigeria 2016” in the Global Brands Awards. The awards are instituted to identify and recognise the significance of exceptional service delivery and reward performance...

February 1, 2017 No Responses

Labour threatens to shut down NHIS

Organised Labour under the platform of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has vowed to shut down the offices of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) throughout the country including the Federal Capital Territory Abuja “unless the ...

February 1, 2017 one Response

Atiku denies alleged role in Oba Akiolu’s forced retirement from police

Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar has denied alleged role in the forced retirement of the Oba of Lagos, Rilwanu Akiolu, from the police force in 2002. Reacting to the allegation, the former Vice...

February 1, 2017 No Responses

FRSC begins enforcement of speed limiter

After several weeks of intensive campaign, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) will commence full enforcement of installation of speed limiting device in commercial vehicles nationwide today, February 1, 2017. The Head, Media Relations and Strategy, FRSC, Bis...

February 1, 2017 2 Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R (A) shows – Tinu Awe, General Counsel & Head Regulation, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Haruna Jalo-Waziri, Executive Director, Capital Markets Division, NSE; Sheik Abdul Moshen Rahman Al-Thunayan, Chairman, Medview Airline Plc; Oscar...

February 1, 2017 2 Responses

LCCI Photo News

L-R: President, Nigeria – Ghana Business Council, Prince Bambo Ademiluyi; President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, (LCCI), Chief Dr Mrs Nike Akande, CON and the Ghanaian High Commisioner to Nigeria,Mr William Azumah Awinador-Kanyirige durin...

January 31, 2017 No Responses

Weststar Associates reinterates commitment to quality after-sales support

Weststars Associates Limited, representative of Mercedes-Benz in Nigeria on Mondayreiterated its commitment to sustain quality after-sales support. Conducting Mr Moses Ebosele, Publisher of CityBusinessNews online (www.citybusinessnews.com) round the compa...

January 31, 2017 No Responses

Customs intercepts 661 rifles in Lagos

The Federal Operation Unit (FOU), Zone “A” Ikeja of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 661 pump action rifles in Lagos. According to Customs, the guns concealed in a 40-foot container with number PONU 825914(3)45G1, were seized on Mile 2...

January 31, 2017 No Responses

UBA unveils 15 campus Ambassadors

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has launched the maiden edition of its Campus Ambassador Programme with the induction of the first 15 brand ambassadors. The UBA Campus Ambassador Programme is an initiative to identify young emerging leaders among...

January 30, 2017 No Responses

Bank approves N408b for Lagos-Ibadan rail project

Barely one week after the Federal Government announced the release of N72billion as its counterpart fund for the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line, the Export-Import Bank of China has approved $1.275bn (about N408bn) loan for the pr...

January 30, 2017 No Responses

Investor gets N1.5m for ‘Illegal sale’ of GTBank shares

An investor, Rev. Fr. Samuel Ukeje Ikechukwu has commended the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for facilitating payment of N1.5million for his Guranty Trust Bank shares sold without his consent. According to Ukeje who is resident in Italy, he bought.....

January 30, 2017 No Responses

STOAN condoles MWUN over Secretary-General’s death

The Chairman, Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), Princess Vicky Haastrup has expressed shock at the demise of the Secretary-General of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Aham Ubani, who died in Lagos recently. Exp...

January 30, 2017 No Responses

Maritime sector, NUJ, critical to economic diversification, says NIMASA boss

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has urged the media, especially the maritime press to support the government’s drive to diversify the economy for growth and create alternativ...

January 30, 2017 No Responses

Kenya to host ITTF Africa regional meeting

To champion the growth and promotion of table tennis in the Eastern African region, the maiden meeting of 13 countries that made up the region holds on February 18 in Nairobi, Kenya. According to the President, ITTF-Africa Eastern Region, Andrew Mudibo,...