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July 17, 2025 No Responses

Customs FOU A Intercepts $20,000, CFA10,000

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A, has recorded a significant breakthrough in its ongoing efforts to combat the movement of illicit financial flows within the country. This was disclosed by the Comptroller of the Unit, Comptroller...

July 13, 2025 No Responses

Kano Demands New State, 26 More LGAs

Kano State has demanded the creation of an additional state from its current boundaries and the establishment of 26 new local government areas, as part of far-reaching proposals submitted to the House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review. The St...

July 12, 2025 No Responses

FG Explains Non-Payment Of Workers’ June Salaries

The Federal Government (FG) through the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) has attributed the non-payment of some federal civil servants’ June 2025 salaries to technical glitches. In a statement on Friday, the OAGF spokesman, Bawa Mokw...

July 11, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria Loses $4b To Imported Steel Products Annually, Says Minister

The Federal Government of Nigeria loses a total of $4 billion annually in foreign exchange to imported steel products. The Minister of Steel, Shuaibu Audu, disclosed this during a press conference on Thursday to announce the maiden National Steel Summit...

July 11, 2025 No Responses

NPA Bags Transparency Award

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has been honoured by the Public Accounts Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives for its unwavering commitment to transparency, fiscal responsibility, and audit compliance. The special recognition was conferred ...

July 10, 2025 No Responses

Oyetola Determined To Reform Maritime Sector For Economic Gains, Says Bolaji Akinola

The Minister for Marine and Blue Economy is determined to vigorously pursue the reforms in the maritime sector to make it the highest contributor to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Special Adviser to the Minister on Media and...

July 8, 2025 No Responses

Shettima Canvasses Support For Capital Market

Vice President Kashim Shettima has solicited the support of the Judiciary to grow the capital market through the delivery of verdicts that are well-reasoned, timely, and technically sound. Vice President Kashim Shettima who stated this at the opening of a...

July 8, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu Mourns Olubadan

President Bola Tinubu has described as painful, the passing of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin. According to Tinubu, the departed traditional rule was not only a custodian of Ibadan’s rich history and culture but also a ma...

July 5, 2025 No Responses

NMA Seeks Dialogue With FG To Avert Health Sector Crisis

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to the Federal Government to engage the association in dialogue to ensure quality healthcare services and development of the health sector.Its Lagos State Chairman, Dr Babajide Saheed, made the call during a ...

July 4, 2025 No Responses

NMA Faults Nigeria-Saint Lucia Deal

July 3, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria To Deploy Teachers, Doctors, Others To Caribbean Countries

Nigeria is set to deploy skilled professionals, including teachers, doctors, and agriculturists, to Saint Lucia and other Caribbean nations under a newly signed Technical Manpower Assistance (TMA) Agreement. In a statement released on Wednesday by the Special ...

July 3, 2025 No Responses

Oyetola Inaugurates Governing Boards Of NIMASA, NIWA

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Wednesday, 2nd July, 2025, formally inaugurated the Governing Boards of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), in...

July 1, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu Approves Scholarship Scheme For Caribbean Students

President Bola Tinubu has approved a new scholarship scheme for students from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to study in Nigerian universities, beginning from the next academic year. Speaking at a joint press conference in Gros Islet on...

June 30, 2025 No Responses

Marine Debris: The Danger Ahead

Welcome address by the President, Shipping Correspondents’ Association Of Nigeria (SCAN), Moses Ebosele, at the 2025 SCAN summit, held on Thursday, June 26, 2025, at Rockview Hotel, Apapa, Lagos. Distinguished guests, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, pe...