BY GODWIN OBI The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, has expressed readiness to partner with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat for enhanced trade facilitation in the African Continent. The CGC made this known on Monday, 8 January 2024, when heContinue Reading
•Says debt burden’ll soon wreck economy Peter Obi BY CHIGOZIE EZEH LABOUR Party, LP, presidential candidate during the February 25, 2023 General Elections, Peter Obi, has kicked against what he described as Federal Government’s disturbing pattern of huge borrowing and profligate spending on non-essential procurements, warning that such pattern wouldContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday quizzed ex-Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, over an alleged laundering of N37.1 billion Farouq was still at the office of the EFCC as of 6pm on Monday as she wasContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI After days of sizzling outrage against the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, over a messy disbursement scandal, President Bola Tinubu announced the first suspension of a member of his 48-man cabinet on Monday, removing the 37-year-old from office with immediate effect. In a statementContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has called on the Federal Government to strengthen efforts at tackling increasing cases of killings and insecurity across the country. He made the call at the 2024 Summit and Award ceremony of the Old Boys Association of Merchants of Light School,Continue Reading
•It’s a deliberate act of economic sabotage – Muda Yusuf BY GODWIN OBI, CHIGOZIE EZEH AND ADOLPHUS DURU Fresh developments in the financial sector have shown that despite the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s move to ameliorate the cash crunch situation by suspending charges for cash withdrawals above regulatory limits,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu has ordered a thorough probe of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation led by Betta Edu. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made this known in a statement on Sunday. Controversy had enveloped Edu’s alleged involvement in the approvalContinue Reading
•AGF says didn’t honour the Minister’s request•NSIPA, Arewa group defend Edu, say she is above board in dealings BY CHIGOZIE EZEH The controversy over the payment of Federal Government’s N585.198 million into a private account by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, took a newContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun State Area II Command, on Friday, released a bullion van arrested in the Olorunda area in April 2022 for its involvement in the smuggling of foreign rice across the border communities of the state. The Area Comptroller of the Ogun II Command,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Chairman of the Dangote Group Aliko Dangote has clarified the recent visit of officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to its office but assured of its commitment to helping the agency with its investigations. EFCC officials visited the Dangote Group headquarters in LagosContinue Reading