BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, has adjusted the foreign exchange rate for its tariffs and duties. The new rates were reflected on the single window trade portal of the federal government. According to information on the portal, the NCS exchange rate has gone up by 1.59 perContinue Reading
Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA Dr Bashir Jamoh, OFR (right) exchanging pleasantries with Senate President, Godswill Akpabio during the Public Hearing on the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) in Abuja. BY GODWIN OBI The Director General of theContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU In this report, ADOLPHUS DURU examines the recent trend of scams that involve sending financial inducement promises, malware links, and part-time online job offers via SMS to mobile phone subscribers and messaging platforms with the intent to defraud those unlucky to fall prey The sudden beep onContinue Reading
BY JAMES EKE The Imo State Collation Centre in Owerri, the state capital, was thrown into disarray as two party agents exchanged blows on Sunday. The collation, led by the returning officer, Prof Abayomi Fasina, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University in Oye, Ekiti, began at 2:40am on Sunday. TheContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI In a dazzling spectacle at the Grand Finale held in Lagos, Ogunyemi Oluwajoba Adebisi, aka DEMIGOD, clinched the coveted title of Season 2 Winner of the Nigerian Maritime Ambassadors (NIMA) Reality TV Show. Hailing from Inisha in Osun state, the 26-year-old sensation triumphed over 32 formidable competitors,Continue Reading
•Pass bill to separate positions of board chairman from governor BY JAMES AKINOLA A bill to create the position of Chairman of the Board of the Central Bank of Nigeria, separate from the position of the governor, scaled second reading in the House of Representatives yesterday. Sponsor of the bill, FrancisContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU There was pandemonium at the popular Balogun market, Tradefair complex,Lagos, when officials of the Ministry of Physical and Urban Planning led a cabinet member of the government stormed the market with thugs and mobile policemen. The Police were said to have shot into the air as theyContinue Reading
Justice Inyang Ekwo, rejected an ex-parte motion that was brought against the candidacy of Achonu by the LamidiApapa-led faction of the party. BY GODWIN OBI BARELY 48 hours to the governorship election in Imo State, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, thwarted legal moves to stop the candidateContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Imo Elders Council says there should be consequences for the action of the Organised Labour in Imo State. The group on Thursday described as “unprecedented in the history of the world”, the action by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of NigeriaContinue Reading
Nigerian Senate BY EFE MODESTUS Senate Committee on Gas Wednesday summoned the Managing Director of Nigerian Gas Marketing Company Limited Justin Ezeala, requesting for the details of Gas sales agreements with gas companies. The Committee Chaired by Senator Agom Jarigbe resolved to summon the Managing Director of Gas Marketing CompanyContinue Reading