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Fidelia Okafor. Minister of State for Mines and Steel, Mr Abubakar Bwari, says said revival of Ajaokuta Steel Company would save about 5 billion dollars annually for the country. He said that the amount was usually spent annually on the importation of equipment for railway expansion and maintenance. Bwari stated this during the 2016 budget […]
Fidelia Okafor The Nigerian Customs Service is expanding its dragnet to uncover those behind the importation of two Bell civil models Helicopters. Consequently the Customs at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport have seized the choppers and handed over to the Nigerian Air Force for failure of yet to be identified importers to produce end-user certificate […]
Fidelia Okafor The Director-General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mr. Osita Aboloma has grateful to the National Assembly for empowering the agency to combat the influx, production, and distribution of substandard products in the country. According to him, the passage of the SON Act 14 of 2015 has pedway for the organisation to […]
Fidelia Okafor Med-View Airline is listing its shares on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) today ‘by way of introduction.’ The airline’s executive director, business development, Mr. Isiaq Na-Allah said the official listing which comes up on today would make Med-View Airline the first carrier “to list its shares on the local bourse in […]
Fidelia Okafor The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), yesterday while briefing the aviation journalists, said it will step up efforts to ensure safety in the aviation sector. The agency said that in 2016, that there was zero accident and it will continue to sustain zero accident in the sector and would review and strengthen economic […]
Fans of Super Eagles Captain, John Mikel Obi, will have the opportunity of watching the player as digital television service provider, StarTimes, has concluded plans to beam live the Chinese Super League. StarTimes Mikel teamed up with Chinese side, Tianjin TEDA from Chelsea during the January transfer window to join other top stars like Carlos […]
Most large enterprises can save a minimum of 25 per cent on their IT costs over five years by moving to a private cloud from a legacy IT environment, according to a financial analysis conducted by Nokia. Nokia The analysis, known as the ‘Nokia Enterprise Private Cloud TCO Model’ – the first of its kind […]
Definitely not the first of its kind, AirFrance and KLM are known for their distinctive, yet classy soirées. So, it came as little or no surprise when the two European airlines chose to appreciate their customers with a back in time party last week. From afro wigs to flared pants to ‘70s Music to disco […]
Promasidor Nigeria Limited has released the entry guidelines for the 2017 Cowbellpedia Senior Secondary Mathematics Television Quiz Show as the call for entry continues to generate excitement amongst students and their teachers nationwide. Speaking at a press briefing to flag off the competition in Lagos last week, Mr. Festus Tettey, Head of Marketing, Promasidor Nigeria […]
London High Court dismissed a suit by Bille and Ogale communities seeking to sue Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) in English courts for spill incidents in the Niger Delta. The communities had, on May 2015, through their UK solicitors, Leigh Day, brought oil spill litigation against The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), and […]