Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, Managing Director NPA By Godwin Obi The Abubakar Dantsoho-led Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) hasappointed Mr. Ikechukwu Onyemekara as the Authority’s spokesperson in his rank as General Manager, heading the Corporate & Strategic Communications Division. Dantsoho has also rejigged the various Managers under the authority,Continue Reading
PRESIDENT ASIWAJU AHMED TINUBU BY GODWIN OBI, EFE MODESTUS, JAMES AKINOLA President Bola Tinubu may bar revenue-generating agencies from collecting revenues on behalf of the Federal Government as he plans to introduce a single agency – Nigeria Revenue Service – to handle the task. This came as the Federal GovernmentContinue Reading
PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU BY GODWIN OBI Nigeria’s former Ambassador to The Philippines, Dr Yemi Farounbi, says the President Bola Tinubu of today is not the same he knew in the days of their activism as members of the pro-democracy group, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO). Farounbi expressed concerns overContinue Reading
The Federal Government says 63 items have been exempted from Value-Added Tax (VAT). Taiwo Oyedele, the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, disclosed this in a post on X on Friday. He said the exempted items are contained in an official gazette for the ‘ValueContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu on Thursday ordered an investigation into the recent cases of boat accidents in Niger State. The North Central state has been hit with a series of boat mishaps in the past one year with the latest happening on Tuesday night whereby no fewer thanContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) says starting in November, the Federal Government will kick-start a new rural electricity project bankrolled by the World Bank to provide electricity for 17.5 million Nigerians. The Agency’s Managing Director, Abba Aliyu, who revealed this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI, EFE MODESTUS Justice Evelyn Maha of the Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order barring the Directorate of Road Traffic Services, also called the Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO), from further stopping vehicles on the road, impounding or confiscating vehicles, and imposing fines on motorists. InContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The United States knows Israel will retaliate after Iran’s major missile attack, and even says it supports such a move, but is trying to influence the nature of the response, warning against targeting Tehran’s nuclear facilities. US President Joe Biden, who consulted with his G7 counterparts onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Professor Pat Utomi says putting people of character in positions of authority will turn around Nigeria’s fortunes for the better. The professor of political economy, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, said the country has the human capital required to achieve greatness.Continue Reading
Comptroller Nnadi, officers of the Command and other NDLEA officials at the handover ceremony.. BY GODWIN OBIThe Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on yesterday showcased three containers with 684 packets of Cannabis Indica seized at the port.The drugs weighed 341.025kg with a street value ofContinue Reading