By Godwin Obi with Agency report Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is planning to set up an oil trading arm, likely based in London, to help run crude and products supply for his new refinery in Nigeria. According to Reuters, the move would reduce the role of the world’s biggest tradingContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Seme border command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has disclosed that it Intercepted 400 bags of beans worth N61.45 million on the verge of being illegally exported to neighboring Benin Republic. Speaking to a cream of journalists at the Seme-Krake Joint Border Post, the CustomsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has intercepted 21 food trucks heading to neighbouring countries. Announcing the seizure in a statement on its X handle on Tuesday, the anti-graft agency said the items were heading towards N’djamena, Chad Republic, Central African Republic, and Cameroon. The seizureContinue Reading
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos BY GODWIN OBI Many residents of Itamarun village in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State, suffered injuries when hoodlums stormed the community and ordered them to vacate. It was gathered that the hoodlums molested several women in the community while youths who dared ask questions wereContinue Reading
BY AKINOLA JAMES The US Supreme Court on Monday removed a potential hurdle to Donald Trump’s bid to recapture the White House, unanimously dismissing a state court ruling that could have barred him from the ballot for engaging in insurrection. The high-stakes ruling in favor of the former president cameContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government will begin the distribution of grains nationwide to cushion the impacts of the hardship in Nigeria. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Senator Abubakar Kyari disclosed this on Monday. “Dear Fellow Nigerians,” he wrote on his official X handle. “In these trying times, IContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Former Ebonyi Governor and Minister of Works, Dave Umahi yesterday, said the people of the southeast have no reason to join other regions of the country to protest against the rising cost of living in the country. The minister spoke in his Uburu hometown, Ohaozara local governmentContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has announced a 90-day window for regularising import duties on specific categories of vehicles. The Customs said it is acting under the directive of the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun. In a statement signed by itsContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu has re-echoed his government’s resolve to fight corruption and create a good business environment, urging Qatari investors to report any Nigerian government official who asks for bribe. Tinubu said this at the Nigeria-Qatar Business and Investment Forum in Doha, on Sunday, promising that his government will deal decisivelyContinue Reading
By Ada Obi The General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Doctor William Folohunso Kumuyi, has advised Christians against giving their offerings to the Church but rather give it to the poor and unemployed in their communities. Kumuyi, who made the statement in a video that has gone viral,Continue Reading