The absence of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with top shipping nations has been attributed to the inability of Nigerian seafarers to secure employment opportunities onboard foreign ships ahead of their peers from other countries. Speaking on Live Conversations with Maritime ...
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Feed SubscriptionShippers’ Council Begins Automation Of Operations
As part of its strategies to drive service efficiency and contribute revenue to the federal government. To enhance efficiency, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has set August 2024 as deadlines for full paperless operations. This was disclosed by the executive ...
Read More »Air Peace, FG’s Circular Crashed Foreign Airlines’ Tickets
…Economy fares reduced to N1.5m from N4m Flight tickets of foreign airlines have crashed significantly in the last few weeks from N4 million for returned economy class to N1.5 million, LEADERSHIP can authoritatively report. LEADERSHIP gathered that Air Peace airline entrance into ...
Read More »Senate To Engage Ministers, Others On N30trn Ways And Means Expenditure
Senators Isa Jibrin (Kogi West), Sahabi Ya’u Alhaji (Zamfara), Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central) are among lawmakers that will unravel the mystery behind the spending of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Ways And Means spending in the anchor borrowers programme. ...
Read More »ICAO Begins Lagos, Abuja Airports Security Audit
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), on Monday, began the security audit of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NNIA), Abuja. The team, it was gathered, will begin the 2024 ICAO Universal Security ...
Read More »UBA Gets $100m African Guarantee Fund Backing For Women-led SMEs, Green Finance
The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) and United Bank for Africa (UBA) has signed a partnership that ensures that UBA provides $100 million in new loans to Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and business owners across the 20 African countries where ...
Read More »Firm Set To Unveil Locally-made Electric Vehicle April 28
Clean energy company, Egoras Technology, has announced plans to launch its highly anticipated electric vehicle (EV) on April 28, 2024, marking a significant step towards sustainable transportation solutions. The firm expressed in a statement its commitment to transitioning Africans from ...
Read More »31.5m Nigerians Projected to Face Acute Hunger By June 2024
Nigerians numbering 31.5 million are projected to face acute hunger by the June-August 2024 lean season in 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Of this figures, 83, 846 are Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The situation according to the ...
Read More »IWD: NEITI Decries 18% Female Workforce In Extractive Sector
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has decried that only 18 per cent of the workforce in country’s extractive industry are women. The which made case for higher level of female participation in the oil and gas sector, also ...
Read More »FG Begins Work On 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road
Federal government has commenced the construction of the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and maintenance of critical bridges in Lagos. The minister of works Nweze David Umahi during the handover of the first phase of the project said the government would ...
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