BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government is planning to suspend the payment of import duties on staple food items, drugs, and other essential items for an initial period of six months as a measure to curb inflation. This was contained in an Executive Order expected to be issued by theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Ports and Harbour to investigate the contracts for the dredging of the Calabar seaport in Cross River State awarded in 2006 and 2014. The committee is to determine why the contracts were abandoned by the contractors and reportContinue Reading
COMPTROLLER KOLA OLADEJI RECEIVING NIGERIAN FLAG The Federal Operations Unit Zone A (FOU A) of the Nigeria Customs Service has confirmed an incident that occurred on Sunday morning, June 2, 2024, at approximately 0300 hours.A joint patrol team comprising FOU A personnel and some soldiers intercepted a boat carrying smuggledContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu has directed Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, to present a template for a new minimum wage. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said this in Abuja on Tuesday after a Federal Government delegation on the new minimum wage met with the President.Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended their industrial action – over a lack of consensus on a new minimum wage and the hike in electricity tariff – for one week. The TUC president Festus Osifo confirmed this in Abuja onContinue Reading
Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara ‘mni’, Kanwan Katsina 111 BY GODWIN OBI The publishers of People’s Forum Online and Magazine has conferred on the Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara mni the award of a very outstanding monarch 2024. The prestigious National Evergreen Merit Awards was presentedContinue Reading
… information sharing is key to securing nation’s maritime space- NIMASA DG The Honorable Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle, MON (left) listens with rapt attention as the Executive Director Operations, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Engr. Fatai Taiye Adeyemi (middle) and Executive Director, Maritime Labour & Cabotage Services, NIMASA, Jibril Abba (right) engaged him on the operations of the Command, Control, Communication,Continue Reading
COMPTROLLER BOMODI BY GODWIN OBI The Seme Border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has raised alarm over the rate of reported cases of rape of female travellers plying the Lagos-Abidjan trade corridor through the Seme border post. The command alleged that female travellers and traders on the routeContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The outgoing Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs (ACG), Zone ‘A’, Hammi Swomen, has called for the training and re-training of customs personnel in weapons handling. Swomen, who made the call on Wednesday in Lagos during a ceremony to mark his retirement from service, said that with such trainings,Continue Reading
…Demands for thorough investigation BY GODWIN OBI The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the February 2023 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, has reacted to the killing of five soldiers in Abia State. Obi who condemned the killing noted via his X Platform that: “continued brutality and bloodshedContinue Reading