By GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared a nationwide strike beginning from Monday, June 3rd, 2024 over the tripartite committee’s inability to agree on a new minimum wage and hike in electricity tariff. The President of the TUC Festus Osifo announced theContinue Reading
Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR. BY GODWIN OBI The Comptroller-General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, on Thursday, 22 May 2024, in Abuja, inaugurates a workshop for a newly formed tactical team, Operation Whirlwind, aimed at combating the smuggling of petroleum products out of Nigeria to theContinue Reading
Compt Timi Bomodi BY GODWIN OBI The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 428 wild animals including 404 live tortoises, eight tanker loads of petroleum, 10 trailer Loads of rice, other contraband and generated over N2.634 billion revenue in the first quarter of 2024.The Command alsoContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola has said that the ministry recorded an income of N242 billion in the first quarter of 2024. Oyetola spoke in Abuja on Tuesday during a sectoral briefing to mark President Bola Tinubu’s first year in office. He saidContinue Reading
Peter Obi Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has given conditions that would make him accept any merger between his party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2027 elections. Reacting to a statement by the presidential candidate of the PDP and former viceContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has instituted a legal action against the governors of the 36 states of the federation at the Supreme Court over alleged misconduct in the administration of Local Government Areas. The suit filed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu has flagged off the construction of the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal road. The event took place in the Victoria Area of Lagos State on Sunday and was attended by top government dignitaries including the Minister of Works Dave Umahi, and Senate President Godswill Akpabio amongContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Lagos State to commission the Lagos-Calabar Superhighway, estimated to cost about N15 trillion. The 700 km Lagos-Calabar coastal road is designed to connect Lagos to Cross River, passing through Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom states, before culminating inContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has restated its commitment towards prioritising the non-oil sector in line with the directives of the Federal Government. The Executive Secretary/CEO of NSC, Pius Ukeyima Akutah restated this commitment when he led the agency’s management team on a two-day working visit toContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Senator representing Abia North at the National Assembly, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu has said that the manufacturing industrialists in Aba and Nnewi possess the capacity to end Nigeria’s dependence on imports through the production of all types of goods required by Nigerians. The former Abia governor alsoContinue Reading