…Handles N1.32tr non-oil exports BY GODWIN OBI The Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has recorded a superlative revenue performance of N575.5billion for the first half of the 2024 fiscal year (January-June 30). This represents a 221.2 per cent growth rate when compared to the N260.3billion recordedContinue Reading
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola (right), receiving a plaque from the President of the Chartered Institute of Transportation Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA), Mr. Segun Obayendo, during the NIMASA DG’s conferment as a Fellow of CIoTA at the NIMASA Towers inContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI New Board Chairman, NPA, Sen. Adedayo Adeyeye (l), new Managing Director, NPA, Dr Abubakar Dantsoho President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Abubakar Dantsoho as the new Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The President has also approved the appointment of SenatorContinue Reading
The Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has said that it is wrong for customs officers to raid markets in search of smuggled goods. Under the previous management of the Nigeria Customs Service, market and car mart raids were carried out regularly. In December 2023, the Federal High CourtContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Supreme Court has granted financial autonomy to the 774 local government councils in the country. In a landmark judgement on Thursday, the apex court ordered the Federal Government to immediately start the direct payment of local government funds to the latter’s exclusive accounts. In its leadContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The organised labour consisting of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has maintained that its N250,000 demand and the N62,000 figure submitted by the tripartite committee for new minimum wage remain until after discussions with President Bola Tinubu. While labour insists onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu will meet with the Organised Labour in Abuja on Thursday for further discussions on a new minimum wage for workers in Nigeria. A top labour source told Frontline Reporters that the President invited the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade UnionContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has announced several measures including a 150-day duty-free import window for food commodities in a new move to address the increasing cost of food prices. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, who made the announcement in a post on his XContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, has ruled that the Federal Republic of Nigeria violated the human rights of Obianuju Udeh and two others. The court found Nigeria in breach of Articles 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, and 11 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’Continue Reading
•Over 153m Nigerians living in poverty, govt interventions not working – Economists BY GODWIN OBI AND CHIGOZIE EZEH The federal government of Nigeria has made budgetary allocations of N2.38trillion to fight poverty in the country within the past five years, and has also spent trillions of Naira to tackle theContinue Reading