Standards Organisation of Nigeria has suspended all Product and SONCAP certificates issued under its off-shore conformity assessment program (SONCAP) and requested all importers issued with the imports clearance certificates to bring them forward for revalidation within 14 days.
Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, said in Abuja yesterday that the overhead cost of banking operations in Nigeria would reduce by 30 per cent in the next three years.
The organisers of the annual Akwaaba African Travel Market have promised that this year’s edition will be the largest gathering of World Class Hotels in West Africa as all major international hotel chains and brand hotels will be present.
SEVERAL PDP dignitaries attended Jonathan’s declaration ceremony. Some grinned supportively from the sidelines. Others eagerly grabbed the microphone and assured the world that they were fully behind Jonathan’s aspirations.
The National President of NANTA, Mr. Dayo Adeola in an exclusive interview with NANTA news bares his mind on the latest development in the Association, the Nigerian travel/tourism market and many other burning issues. Excerpt.
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has said the recent weakening of growth globally will most likely not lead to a double-dip recession is not very likely.
Akwa Ibom State Government says it has concluded plans for the provision of infrastructure to accelerate the development of the tourism sector.
Mr Alhamid Sheriff, Director, Travel and Tourism Studies, National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), has urged the Federal Government to preserve the country’s natural and cultural landscapes to enhance its socio_economic activities.
Former Vice President and presidential aspirant on the Peoples Democratic Party’s platform, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to address allegations that he was campaigning for the presidency with tax payers’ money
Crack detectives from Plateau State Police Command have rescued the three children of Chairman of the State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Awwalu Dankurna, who were kidnapped on their way to school on Tuesday
THE political tension in Edo State, heightened, yesterday, when hundreds of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, youths stormed the palace of the Oba of Benin and the secretariat of the party, to protest what they described as a “scheme to hoodwink” Governor Adams Oshiomhole to endorse some National Assembly members, who recently dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the ACN.
Duncan Maritime Services, operators of Duncan Bonded Terminal has dragged the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to the federal high court in Lagos over illegal occupation of the facility for 14 days, an action the firm said resulted in the loss of N1.8 billion.
Actis, a private equity investor solely focused on emerging markets, has acquired Vlisco Group, producers of Vlisco, Uniwax, GTP and Woodin fashion brands by paying US151million, as it controls 100 percent equity.
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has ordered officials of the newly restructured Delta State Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, who left with government vehicles to return them within 10 days.
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