A forum of Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) forum has called on Federal Government to amend the Act establishing the council as this will help address conflicting laws and status i the sector..

Standard Bank, the parent company of Stanbic IBTC Plc has affirmed its support to the China’s promise of $10 billion concessional loans to African countries.

STARCOMMS Plc has been in the forefront of launching new and innovative services in Nigeria and the latest service is Listen to the Bible on the phone, which is the first of its kind in Nigeria. The Starcomms Listen-to-the-Bible service enables subscribers to make use of the time they usually spend in traffic, at the bus stops or while commuting on a long trip or even for their nightly Bible study at their
convenience.

THE duo of Association of Anambra State Development Unions (AASDU), Lagos chapter cum Ambra Investicorp Trust limited have called on the people of Anambra in diaspora to look homewards and see how they can support building of companies that would make the state economic compliant.

The ranks of Nigerianflagged vessels swelled last Monday with the dedication and launching at the Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa, of the MT Breakthrough, just as FinBank Plc has restated its commitment to financing maritime transactions.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has suspended First Bank Plc from participating in Customs duty collection scheme.
“The bank’s suspension follows the involvement of its officials in fraudulent diversion of duty payments due to the Federal Government of Nigeria,” the NCS Public Relations Officer, Assistant Comptroller Wale Adeniyi, stated in a release made available to Ships & Ports.

THE Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has given the Lagos Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) technical approval to construct the Lekki deep seaport just as the Ministry of Environment has also approved the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report of the project.

Executive Secretary ofthe Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Captain Adamu Biu has said that the development of adequate manpower for all the sub-sectors of the transport sector is key the development of the nation’s economy and its growth.

ONDO State Government has commended First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Plc on its commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) given its nationwide awareness campaign on the environment tagged ‘Committed -To –Green’ (C2G). Committed-To-Green is the bank’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) green initiative which aims at raising awareness through a social engagement plan to sensitize and educate the staff and host communities on environmental friendly behaviour across the country.

PRECIOUS Mines & Mineral Processing Company (PMMPC) Limited, a subsidiary of DVCF Oil & Gas Plc, has announced its readiness to deliver over 51% of the country’s local demand for marble and other precious stones.