The Lagos State Government has re-opened the popular Mile 12 Market shut Wednesday for violating the environmental laws of the state and causing traffic gridlock on the expressway. Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello visited the market located in Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area, LCDA of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria this afternoon and re-opened [...]
British Airways is set to welcome Airberlin to Oneworld in March, as part of its plans to strengthen its network in Germany, and throughout south and central Europe. British Airways is sponsoring Airberlin’s membership of Oneworld, and has just completed a thorough review of Airberlin’s processes and procedures. Airberlin joins oneworld alongside Austrian airline NIKI, [...]
The crisis in Bharti Airtel is far from being over as a Federal High Court has ordered the company to reinstate Econet Wireless’s 5 per cent stake in Bharti’s Nigerian operations. Justice Shuaib of the Kano High Court, Kano State, handed down judgment in the matter between Econet Wireless Ltd (‘EWL’) vs. Bharti Airtel Nigeria [...]
Following the completion of the acquisition of Intercontinental Bank Plc by Access Bank Plc, over 1, 500 employees of Intercontinental Bank has been sacked Access Bank has also shut down some branches of Intercontinental Bank nationwide with only security personnel on standby to talk to customers. The Head, Corporate Affairs Department, Access Bank, Mr. Austin [...]
An ominous cloud is hanging on the Nigeria’s maritime domain, threatening to shatter the fragile peace as Nigerian ship owners have resolved not to subject their vessels to inspection by a private company recently contracted by the Federal Government to oversee security at sea. The ship owners under the aegis of the Indigenous Ship owners [...]
The Mile 12 Traders Association has pleaded with the Lagos State Government to re-open the market, which it locked up on Wednesday, to allow business activities to resume. The association’s Chairman, Alhaji Haruna Mohammed, made the plea in Lagos on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). “Our farm produce, especially [...]
Cotecna Destination Inspection Nigeria Limited (CDIL) has added more graduates to its list of trained officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in the various aspects of its operations—import document processing, scanning of goods and scanner machine handling. The latest set of trainees who graduated towards the end of last year, consists of [...]