Banks are frustrating effort of shipowners
AN operator in the local shipping sector Oladipo Ogunwemimo spoke to Vanguard’s Godwin Oritse and registered their plight in trying to keep their heads above water in local shipping industry and inhibitions in trying to access the Cabotage Vessel Financing Funds from the four Primary Lending Institutions.
Lagos collaborates with Singapore firm on water transportation
The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Mr. Abdulsalam Mohammed has praised the collaborative efforts between the Lagos State Government and a Singapore_based firm, Penguin Ferry Services Pte Ltd, in exploring the Nigerian market to supply ferries to ship operators.
Now Nigerians can draw the curtains on mosquitoes
With the introduction of a new PermaNet® Net Curtains in the Nigeria market, Nigerians can now draw their curtains on mosquitoes courtesy of Vestergaard Frandsen, a leading innovator of disease-control textiles.
FG urged to recruit experts as custom attaches
The Federal Government has been advised to recruit experts who will serve as custom attachés to inspect goods coming into the country with a view to preventing contrabands brought into the country.
NAFDAC reactivates Federal Task Force on counterfeit drugs
Hard times await drug counterfeiters with the reactivation of the Federal Task Force on counterfeit and fake drugs by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Also, 17 states of the Federation have reactivated their state Task Force.
I’ve something to offer Plateau – Tapgun
JIB went public when it was running short of funds and sold shares to the public, I remember buying about 200,000 shares then. That was in 1991. So as I said, it is a limited liability company quoted on the stock exchange and Plateau State Government has just 20 per cent holding in it while all the local government areas of the state jointly own six per cent. So in all, Plateau State Government and the local governments jointly own 26 per cent.
