Customs Intercept 31,500 Litres Of Petrol

Customs Intercept 31,500 Litres Of Petrol

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, says it has intercepted 1,050  jerry cans (30 litres each) of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) known as petrol along Seme and Badagry creeks.  The items have a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N5,393,920.00. ...
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INEC Chairman Dedicates ThisNigeria Award To INEC Staff, Youth Corps Members

INEC Chairman Dedicates ThisNigeria Award To INEC Staff, Youth Corps Members

The ThisNigeria newspaper has conferred its inaugural Gold Award in Public Service on the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, in recognition of his efforts to reposition the country’s electoral system for free...
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Edo Budgets N214.2b For 2022

Edo Budgets N214.2b For 2022

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, presented a N214.2 billion budget to the Edo State House of Assembly, for the 2022 fiscal year, representing a 32.96 percent increase from the N161.1 budgeted for the year 2021. Obaseki, ...
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AMACOS 94/99 Set Plans Reunion, To Elect New Executives

AMACOS 94/99 Set Plans Reunion, To Elect New Executives

Plans have been concluded by the 1994/1999 set of the Association of Mass Communication Students (AMACOS)  of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State to hold its annual reunion party.  Slated for December 11, 2021,at the prestigious...
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ANLCA Tasks FG On East-West Road Dualization

ANLCA Tasks FG On East-West Road Dualization

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has decried the effects of bad roads on ease of doing business in the southern part of Nigeria.  They, therefore, urged the Federal Government to speed up action on the East-west Road...
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Sterling Bank Reiterates Support For Tourism

Sterling Bank Reiterates Support For Tourism

Head, Tourism Department, Sterling Bank, Mrs Abiola Adelana,  says the bank has mapped out an initiative that would help bridge the gap in the tourism space and create more value for tour operators.  Adelana made this known during the 17th ...
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Customs Intercepts N71m Cash

Customs Intercepts N71m Cash

The Katsina State Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a vehicle loaded with more than N71 million.    Briefing Journalists on Monday, Acting Controller at the command, Alhaji Dalhat Wada-Chedi, said: “We intercepted the mo...
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Biontech Announces Development Of Adapted Vaccine For Omicron Variant

Biontech Announces Development Of Adapted Vaccine For Omicron Variant

The German vaccine manufacturer, Biontech, has announced that it is developing an adapted vaccine. The vaccine is to serve as a precautionary measure while simultaneously carrying out research on the nature of the new Omicron variant of the Coronavirus.  ...
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Ayade Suspends Calabar Carnival Over Insecurity, Omicron COVID-19 Variant

Ayade Suspends Calabar Carnival Over Insecurity, Omicron COVID-19 Variant

Governor  Ben Ayade of Cross River has suspended the 2021 annual Calabar carnival due to insecurity and the outbreak of Omicron COVID-19 variant.  Mr Linus Obogo, Deputy Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Ayade, disclosed this in an interview with th...
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UBA Foundation Lights Up Garden, Sets For Annual Food Bank Initiative

UBA Foundation Lights Up Garden, Sets For Annual Food Bank Initiative

United Bank for Africa (UNA), through its UBA Foundation has reiterated its commitment to give back to the underprivileged especially in the communities UBA operate.  Already, at the UBA Foundation gardens in Lagos where the bank is headquartered, a lights-up...
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Danbatta: Continuous Dialogue Critical To Tackling Telecoms Industry Challenges

Danbatta: Continuous Dialogue Critical To Tackling Telecoms Industry Challenges

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has said that continuous dialogues between the regulator and its various licensees is central to finding lasting solutions to is...
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Lagos APPEALS Supports 2,691 Farmers With Inputs, Equipment

Lagos APPEALS Supports 2,691 Farmers With Inputs, Equipment

In line with its agenda, the Agro-processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) project in Lagos State has supported a total of 2,691 farmers and Small Scale Entrepreneurs with inputs and equipment across poultry, rice, and ...
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Oil Palm: Igbinedion Varsity Secures N500m CBN Facility

Oil Palm: Igbinedion Varsity Secures N500m CBN Facility

The Igbinedion University, Okada, has secured a N500 million Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) facility to resuscitate and expand its existing oil palm plantation. The university’s Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, made this known on Friday in Okada...
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Okomu Oil Explores Agenda For 2022

Okomu Oil Explores Agenda For 2022

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com  — The Board of Okomu Oil Palm Plc is to meet on Monday, December 13, 2021 to consider amongs others, the company’s business and forecast for 2022.   Company Secretary, Chukwuebuka Omerole, in a no...
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