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May 31, 2023 No Responses

Honda Automobile West Africa Presents Nigerian Built 2023 HRV at NADDC

The Honda Management team led by the Managing Director, Mr Takashi Nakajima, on Tuesday 30th May, 2023, presented the new Nigerian-built Honda HRV to the DG NADDC, Jelani Aliyu, MFR, at the Council’s Headquarters in Abuja. While making a demonstration...

May 11, 2022 No Responses

Sylva: FG Working To Improve West African Gas Pipeline Project Performance

The Federal Government will continue to work with stakeholders for the improvement of the West African Gas Pipeline Project (WAGP) performance. Chief Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the opening...

March 14, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Celebrates WAEC At 70

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on the occasion of its 70th anniversary. WAEC holds its 70th annual council meeting in Abuja from March 14 to March 18. The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi A...

April 22, 2021 No Responses

Sierra Leone’s Road Safety Authority Seeks FRSC’s Support

The Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) has called on its Nigerian counterpart to assist it in strengthening and building its road management authority. The Executive Director of SLRSA, Mr Ibrahim Sannoh, who made the call when he led a...

April 12, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Leads West Africa In Organic Agriculture Promotion

Nigeria is leading in the promotion of Organic Agriculture in the West Africa region, the Head of Agriculture Division, ECOWAS Commission, Mr Ernest Aubee, has said. Aubee said this in his closing remarks at the cocktail event on `Reporting Back...

March 11, 2021 No Responses

ICT Development: Nigeria Seeks Increased Regional Collaboration among West African States

Nigerian government has called for increased regional collaboration for the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ecosystem in West Africa as a potential digital hub on the global ICT map. Minister of Communications and Digi...

December 6, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Seeks ECOWAS Commitment As ACFTA Begins January

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the commitments of member states of the Economic Community of West Africa State (ECOWAS) as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement begins on January 1, 2020. Buhari made the call at the 13th...

November 3, 2020 No Responses

WAEC Withholds Results Of 215,149 Candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld results of 215,149 candidates over alleged various forms of examination malpractices. The council’s Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Patrick Areghan, made this known at a news conference on Monday in...

June 18, 2020 No Responses

African Association Of Cross Border Trade Seeks Collaboration With NSC

The African Association of Cross Border Trade has called for collaboration with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council in the area of trade facilitation amongst ECOWAS countries, expansion of and compilation of trade statistics on Cross Border Trade. ...

June 8, 2020 No Responses

Piracy: Nigeria Hands Over Vessel, Crew To Ghana

The Nigerian Government has handed over the fishing vessel Marine 707 suspected to be carrying out illegal activities in the Gulf of Guinea to the Ghanian authorities for further investigation and possible prosecution. A statement issued by Ph...

June 7, 2020 No Responses

Kano Tasks FG On W/African Protocols Review

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has called on the Federal Government to seek review of the West African Protocols that allow free movement as part of measures to stop herdsmen migration to Northern Nigeria. Ganduje made the appeal on Saturday...

May 6, 2020 No Responses

Over 40m People Face ‘Desperate Food Shortages’ In West Africa

The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that no fewer than 40 million people across West Africa face “desperate food shortages in coming months”. Its spokesperson, Ms Elisabeth Byrs, gave the warning during a virtual news briefing on Tuesday. Byrs...

September 15, 2019 No Responses

West Africa Automotive Parts Exhibition Holds In Lagos

West Africa Automotive Show (WAAS), a new international trade exhibition, is set to bring the region’s automotive parts industry together under one roof in November. For three days, an estimated 100 exhibitors from Nigeria and other countries will be g...

July 23, 2019 No Responses

NPA Boss Seeks More Rail, Seaport Synergy

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — No country should contemplate establishing Seaport without the complement of adequate Rail Transportation, Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has said. Speaking at the West A...