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Hardship: LASG cuts off 25% fares, directs workers to come trice weekly

Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has proposed a 25% discount on rates for government-owned transportation programmes. The governor also announced that civil servants from levels 1-14 will begin working three days a week as part of steps to alleviate…

WINBAFRICA To Empower Women, Scholarship for Girl-Child in Africa

In its 10th year of dedicating and promoting girl-child education and empowering women and young girls in critical thinking and leadership skills in secondary schools across Africa, African Women Foundation for Nation Building, WINBAFRICA, is set for this year’s edition…

WEF to Advance Improved Trade via Technology at MC13

The World Economic Forum will convene 300 ministers, business leaders, trade leaders and experts, as well as civil society, to examine the use of cutting-edge technologies in trade. The TradeTech Forum 2024 is the first-of-its-kind dedicated gathering on technologies for…

FG voids self on not setting up Price Control Board as it pegs cement price

Less than one week after the President Bola Tinubu announced that his government will not support setting up of Price Control Board for commodities, the same administration and major cement manufacturers have pegged the price of 50kg bag of cement…

NAGAFF Founder Warns Forwarders Against False Declarations

Leading voice in Nigeria’s Maritime industry and founder of NAGAFF, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has once again, warned Nigerian Freight forwarders and mainly his followers that “It is unfortunately disheartening that most freight forwarders have continued to inflict upon their principals…

Dangote Cement Trucks Wrongfully Intercepted In Adamawa

The management of Dangote Cement Plc has stated that two of its trucks that were wrongly intercepted in Adamawa State have been released. The company stated the two trucks loaded with 900 bags of cement each from the Obajana Cement…

Excitements as TECNO’s AFCON Viewing Party Fetes Fan Engagement

More facts, sights and sounds of the just concluded AFCON have continued to roll in from the TECNO world after all. This time, in a bold move to immerse Nigerian football enthusiasts in the AFCON semi-final clash between the Super…

Nigerian Shipping and Port Economic Regulatory Agency Bill 2023 passes Second Reading

As part of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, His Excellency Adegboyega Oyetola’s Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for the year 2024, as signed in the performance bond by agencies, the Bill which seeks to repeal the Nigerian Shippers’ Council…

APT President, Ilechukwu rolls out 2024 targets of his administration

The President of the Association of Progressive Traders (APT), Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, Chief Eric Ifeanyichukwu Ilechukwu on Thursday, February 15, 2024, gave a rundown of the plans of his government for the year 2024. Addressing members of his…

APT in Lagos Trade Fair Marks 17th Anniversary in Praises, Thanksgiving

The Association of Progressive Traders (APT), one of the leading business groups in the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex on Thursday, February 15, 2024, mark her 17th year of migrating from Idumota in Lagos Island to the complex. The association…