Business Hilights

Tracking Nigeria's Headline Business News Online

Month: September 2016

Buhari M
ICT

Job Seekers decry hanging challenges at logging for vacancies in MDAs

Barely two week to the end of the Federal Civil Service Commission online recruitment exercise, for unemployed Nigerians, many of the prospective job seekers in some parts of the country have reported inconveniences in accessing and sending filled forms online….

Dangote excited over Lagos sweet crude oil wells

Leading investor in Africa and Nigeria in particular, Dangote Group has once again lauded speed currently applied by the Lagos State Government in driving the recent discovery and resumption of oil exploration in the state. Speaking in his office during…

smile
ICT

SMILE bags 4G LTE African Quality Awards

Plaudits have continued to come the way of pace setting broadband service provider, Smile Communications Nigeria Limited following the reception of an award as the Best Premium Quality Super Fast 4GLTE Mobile Broadband Service Provider of The Year 2016. The…

FG’s insincerity bane of Lagos port access roads—Stakeholders

  Rising from a recent stakeholders’ summit on challenges facing the nations maritime industry, participants have said that the stretch of road from Coconut through Tincan to Apapa Wharf Lagos is the worst road in Nigeria. In an interview, Mr….

Transport

Cabotage Implementation will Grow The Nigerian Economy…Peterside.

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has given the assurance that the Agency will provide platforms for the enforcement of its mandate especially the Cabotage Act. Dr. Peterside said this while…

NIMASA Reforms: DG assures stakeholders of better services

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has assured stakeholders in its Eastern Zonal Operations that the era of being tossed between the Zonal Office and the Head Office is over as the Agency has concluded plans to restructure…

Developing Africa Our Collective Responsibility—Elumelu

Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has urged governments across Africa to unite on the implementation of policies designed for developments. In his remarks at the World Pension Summit…

Aero Contractors Workers Protest AMCON’s Closure Of Airline

Hundreds of employees of Aero Contractors Airline Wednesday staged a peaceful protest over the closure of the airline by the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON). The protest was organised by the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria…

ICT

Pantami, New NITDA DG assumes duties, pledges reforms

The new substantive Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA), Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami on Thursday resumed duties following the announcement by the federal government on Monday appointing 13 new head of parastatals. In a brief…

ICT

Glo Prof Johnbull Emphasizes on Noise Pollution

Noise pollution globally is becoming a nightmare.  But here in Nigeria, experts say, it is now deadly especially cities. Besides, the effect of the environmental hazard from noise pollution is far-reaching and has become an issue of discuss in certain…