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Corps Marshal of FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi (Right), Comptroller General of Customs, Col Hameed Ali (rtd) and Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler, after a meeting in Abuja
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Kachikwu, Adeosun, others list way out for Nigeria’s economy
(NAN) The Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, has identified seven key implementation strategies to boost the petroleum industry and enable export of refined products by 2019. He announced this at the Presidential Quarterly Business Forum between th...
Buhari lauds Paralympic team
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Nigeria’s team for an outstanding performance at the just concluded Paralympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Buhari’s Senior Special Assiatant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu in a statement said the Presi...
Fowler canvasses autonomy for revenue agencies
To strengthen tax administration and generate more revenue, the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Tunde Fowler has advised African leaders to grant autonomy to their Revenue Authorities. Addressing Chief Executives of African Tax...
Catholic Bishops task FG on poverty, unemployment
THE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) at the weekend advised the Federal Government to tackle ongoing economic challenges ravaging the country. In a communiqué issued at the end of the second plenary meeting held in Akure, Ondo State,...
Buhari speaks on plight of Lake Chad Basin at UN
President Muhammadu Buhari is to address world leaders at the United Nations 71st session on Monday in New York, United States of America (USA). Among other issues, the President is expected to address the plight of the over nine million...
FG targets $8b from post-harvest food storage
AS part of measures to lift the economy and sustain ongoing diversification to agriculture, the Federal Government has unveiled fresh agenda to save not less than $8 Billion from post-harvest food storage. Specifically, the Federal Government intends to a...
FG to reflate economy with N350B
The Federal Government has announced plan to boost the economy with additional N350 Billlion. According to the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, plans are also underway to raise $1 Billion from Euro-Bonds by December, this year. Briefing Journalists....
Court strikes out suit challenging Ali’s appointment as Customs boss
The Lagos Division of the Federal High Court has declined to entertain a suit challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Hameed Ali as Nigeria Customs Comptroller-General. The Judge, Muslim Hassan said on Friday that the applicant, Ebun-Olu Adeg...
FRSC appoints Ewhudjakpor first female DCM incharge of operations
The Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi has approved the redeployment of 32 senior officers comprising 2 Deputy Corps Marshals, 7 Assistant Corps Marshals, 13 Corps Commanders and 10 Deputy Corps Commanders. Following the retireme...
Anxiety at Customs as Court rules on Ali’s qualification today
Barring any last minute adjustment, judgment will be delivered today in a suit challenging the appointment of Col Hameed Ali (rtd) as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The suit was instituted in November 2015 at a...
‘Let’s think out-of-the-box’
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to partner all stakeholders as part of measures to find permanent solution to the economic challenges confronting Nigeria. Speaking at a retreat in Abuja attended by Ministers, representative of the private sectors, am...
‘PDP is shameless for asking Buhari to resign’
The Federal Government has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for once again asking President Muhammadu Buhari to quit, calling the former ruling party a shameless irritant which is bent on distracting the government from its rescue mission and returni...