…To address all agitations with the Federal Ministry of Finance BASHIR ADEWALE ADENIYI (MFR) The Nigeria Customs Service NCS Wednesday acknowledged stakeholders’ concerns over the sustained collection of one per cent (1%) Comprehensive Import Supervision Scheme (CISS) fee (a regulatory charge imposed for funding Nigeria’s Destination Inspection Scheme), and theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The presence of an economic port regulator in the Nigerian seaport system will enhance efficiency, check operators excesses and boost non-oil exportation, Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Dr Pius Akutah has said. Akutah said this on Wednesday while receiving a delegation of the Technical Unit on GovernanceContinue Reading
..‘Returnees spent 10 years in neighbouring country over Boko Haram attacks’ • Governor Zulum (middle) with the refugess at Baga Sola, Chad…on Wednesday. BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has begun the repatriation of 7,790 Nigerians from the Republic of Chad. The Nigerian citizens fled to the neighbouring country andContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU, CHIGOZIE EZEH, JOY OKON The House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee’s proposed creation of 31 additional states besides the country’s 36 existing states has sparked widespread reactions from prominent Nigerians and groups across the country. The proposal was contained in a letter to the House of RepresentativesContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI, JAMES AKINOLA Senator Sunday Katung has strongly condemned the recent attacks, killings, and kidnappings by terrorists in communities across his district. The lawmaker expressed his deep worry over the renewed attacks, which he said have brought immense pains, untold hardship, and shaken the well-being of the people.Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has threatened to go on strike if the Federal Government does not rescind its recent approval for the 50 per cent increase in telecommunications tariff The President of the TUC, Comrade Festus Osifo, made this known during an interview on Channels Television’sContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI In a daring move to rescue Nigeria’s ports from the clutches of outdated infrastructure and sluggish operations, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has secured approvals for a significant tariff overhaul., thereby hiking tariffs by 15% across the board, with a view to bringing the ports into aContinue Reading
The 2025 budget was increased from N49.7 trillion to N54.2 trillion to strengthen key economic sectors and infrastructure projects, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, explained yesterday. It was after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu urged the National Assembly to increase the budget by N4.53 trillion. His letterContinue Reading
A former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, says it will be premature to resume oil exploration in Ogoni land in Rivers State. Oil exploration in Ogoni has been suspended for many years due to controversies surrounding environment degradation among other issues. However, theContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu has sent heartfelt condolences to parents, guardians, and families who lost loved ones in a fire outbreak that stretched into an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, on Tuesday night. Tinubu, in a statement signed by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, on Wednesday, commiserated with theContinue Reading