BY GODWIN OBI A member of the House of Representatives, Abdusamad Dasuki, has said the current presidential democracy being practised in Nigeria is not working, and should be abandoned for a return to the parliamentary system of government operational in the country during the First Republic. The federal lawmaker representingContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI TECHNICAL fault with his aircraft has forced the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, to make a detour from proceeding to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit in Dallas, Texas. A statement issued on Monday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite, says Nigeria is ready to commence local automobile manufacturing before the end of the year. At the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers and the Nigerian Automative Manufacturers Association’s meeting in Abuja, Uzoka-Anite said funds to grow the nation’sContinue Reading
Former President of the Association of the Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) Prince Olayiwola Shittu (JP) has slammed the federal government for the failure of implementation of the 48 –Hours cargo Clearance in the ports, even as he lamented about failure of the previous government to implement a report aContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Oil marketers have said they do not have details of the logistic challenges that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) claimed are responsible for the current low supply of products nationwide. Fresh petrol scarcity resurfaced on Wednesday last week and has worsened, leaving Nigerians to grappleContinue Reading
L-R: President, NSC Staff Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited, Mr. Adeyemi Olaolu; NSC Executive Secretary, Barr. Pius Akutah; Apapa Area Officer, Mrs. Olubunmi Lawson; at the 28th Annual General Meeting/ Elections of NSC Staff Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited, on Monday. …Olaolu Adeyemi Returned Unopposed As President of Council’s Multipurpose Cooperative SocietyContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI At least four commercial tricycles, six lock-up shops, a bungalow were part of properties razed down on Tuesday, following explosion of gas cylinders at Alaba Lane, Alayabiagba Community of Ajegunle-Apapa, Lagos. Fortunately, men of the Federal Fire Service and Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service who racedContinue Reading
IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu BY GODWIN OBI The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has advised the Abuja High Court judge, Justice Binta Nyako, to redeem her image and hands off its leader’s court trial. Spokesperson of IPOB, Emma Powerful, in a statement yesterday said recusing herself from the case wouldContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Customs Service, Oyo/Osun Area Command, under the leadership of the Customs Area Controller, Dr Ben Oramalugo successfully handed over seized counterfeit pharmaceuticals to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The handover ceremony took place at the Operational Headquarters of theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, says the country is not using its foreign reserves to defend the naira. He stated this on Wednesday in Washington DC where he is attending the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Spring Meetings. Cardoso said $600m cameContinue Reading