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January 20, 2017 No Responses

‘Amendments to MLC 2006 ensures adequate protection for seafarers, families’

The first amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) which ensure better protection to seafarers and their families in case of abandonment, death and long-term disability entered into force on 18 January 2017. The amendments were approved by...

January 20, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki inaugurates Agric committee, targets 80,000 jobs

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Thursday inaugurated an ad hoc committee under the Agriculture Empowerment Initiative to revamp agriculture in the state. Obaseki, while inaugurating the committee at the Government House in Benin, said that the ad hoc committ...

January 19, 2017 No Responses

Dangote at WEF, canvasses genuine efforts at tackling power deficit in Africa

Foremost industrialist and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has told the audience at the World Economic Forum (WEF)in Davos, Switzerland that a joint effort between government and private sector to tackle the power deficit remained a key element in...

January 19, 2017 No Responses

Access Bank appoints Jobome as Executive Director, Risk Management Division

Access Bank has announced the appointment of Dr. Gregory Ovie Jobome, as Executive Director, Risk Management Division. A statement issued by Access Bank Head, Media Relations, Abdul Imoyo explained that Dr. Jobome is a “thorough bred banking professional w...

January 19, 2017 No Responses

IDP Camp: FG delegation arrives in Maiduguri

A high-level federal government delegation has arrived in Maiduguri in connection with Tuesday’s deadly accidental bombing of an IDP camp in Rann by a Nigerian Air Force fighter jet. The delegation includes Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari,.....

January 19, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki restates commitment to rule of law

To encourage investments and promote security in Edo state, Governor Godwin Obaseki has reiterated his administration’s commitment to the rule of law. The governor made this position known when he received the executive members of Judiciary Staff Union of Ni...

January 18, 2017 No Responses

Ship wreck removal comes under scrutiny

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is to revisit procedure of wreck removal from Nigerian waters Speaking at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, Director General of the agency, Dakuku Peterside explained that...

January 18, 2017 No Responses

United Capital , Societe Generale, others upport African SMEs with €77m

United Capital Plc has partnered with global financial and corporate institutions to set up a Franco-African Investment Fund (FFA), with investible funds of 77 million euro. The aim of the fund is to accelerate the growth of innovative and entrepreneurial...

January 18, 2017 No Responses

Airtel to Premiere Touching Lives Season 3 on February 4th

Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, will hold an exclusive VVIP event on Saturday, 4th of February, 2017, to premiere the third edition of its CSR initiative, Airtel Touching Lives. The premiere, which will hold at the Eko Hotel &...

January 18, 2017 No Responses

LADOL joins world business leaders to promote $12 tri economic development targets

The Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics base (LADOL), has joined notable world business promoters in quest of developing a sustainable business outlook that is expected to unlock over US$12 trillion in new market value as well as repair the global economic...

January 18, 2017 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: Former Vice-President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar; celebrant, Justice Alfa Belgore; Ibrahim Adbullahi (SAN) and former Head of State, Gen Abdulsalam Abubakar at the public presentation of a book titled: Legal Right...

January 18, 2017 No Responses

Dakuku seeks support for NISFCOE

The Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside has endorsed the Nigeria Ship Finance Conference and Exhibition (NISFCOE) as a credible initiative set to positively influence the shipping industry. Pet...

January 17, 2017 No Responses

NAHCO appoints Bello as Chairman

The Board of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (nahco aviance) has appointed Arc Usman Arabi Bello as Chairman. Bello effectively takes over from the Vice Chairman, Dennis Hasdenteufel who had been acting in that position since October last year.....

January 17, 2017 No Responses

Attack on UNIMAID worrisome, dangerous development, says Atiku

Former Vice President and Chieftain for the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar condemns the suicide bomb attack on a mosque at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), describing it at as a dangerous development. In a statement released by...