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February 16, 2024 No Responses

Senate Passes N5.079trn 2024 Customs Budget

The Senate on Thursday, February 15, passed the sum of N5.079 trillion as the 2024 budget for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The approval followed the adoption of recommendations of the Senate Committee on Customs, Excise, and Tariffs at plenary....

February 14, 2024 No Responses

Reps Probe N6.57trillion Allocation To States, LGAs In 2023

The House of Representatives has urged its Committees on Special Duties, National Planning, and Economic Development to investigate the utilization of increased allocations disbursed to state governments by the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). This...

February 13, 2024 No Responses

PDP Govs Insist On State Police

State Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, restated their position on state policing, as the solution to the country’s worsening security situation. The governors who spoke in Abuja also decried the free fall...

February 10, 2024 No Responses

Cardoso To Nigerians: Moderate Demand For Forex

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso has implored Nigerians to cut down on their demand for forex. “We must moderate our demands for forex. Where there are opportunities to substitute locally, so we should.” the CBN governor...

February 10, 2024 No Responses

USCG To Partner NIMASA On Removal Of COE

The United States Coast Guard USCG, has offered Nigeria a three-year plan to work with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA for the removal of the Condition of Entry (CoE), placed on American-bound vessels from Nigeria. Cdr. Jul...

February 9, 2024 No Responses

Abducted Passengers Of GIG, ABC Transport Buses Regain Freedom

All the 14 passengers of God Is Good (GIG) Motors and ABC Transport on Thursday finally regained freedom from their abductors in Kogi. SP Williams Ovye-Aya, Kogi Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, who confirmed their release to the News Agency...

February 9, 2024 No Responses

NLC, TUC Issue 14-Day Ultimatum

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government over the non-implementation of the 16-point agreement both parties reached after the removal of the petrol subsidy. In a statement...

February 8, 2024 No Responses

Royal Father To FG: Regulate Foodstuffs Prices To Reduce Suffering

OBA Rafiu Balogun, the Elejirin of Ejirin Kingdom in Epe, Lagos State, has called on the Federal Government to regulate prices of foodstuffs and other household commodities. Balogun said that the measure would reduce the suffering of poor Nigerians. The...

February 7, 2024 No Responses

Ministers, CBN, FIRS Pledge To Address High Cost Of Living

The Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun, and the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, have assured Nigerians that the high cost of living being witnessed by Nigerians is currently being addressed. Mr Olayemi Cardoso, the Governor of...

February 7, 2024 No Responses

CBN Gov Pledges To Tackle Unauthorised Withdrawals

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has pledged to deal decisively with any bank found sabotaging monetary policies or guilty of unauthorised withdrawals from customer accounts. The Governor of the apex bank, Mr Olayemi Cardoso made the pledge on Tuesday...

February 7, 2024 No Responses

Senate Reiterates Commitment To Capital Market-Driven Reforms

February 6, 2024 No Responses

SIFAX Group Consortium To Collaborate With FG, LASG On Aviation Development

SIFAX Group and its aviation partner, Changi Airports International from Singapore have opened discussions on strategic collaboration with the Federal Government and Lagos State government to develop the country’s aviation sector. SIFAX Group, through one of...

February 2, 2024 No Responses

Atiku Faults FG’s Plan To Remit NNPC Crude Oil Revenue To CBN

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, Atiku Abubakar, has described the directive from the federal government to remit revenue from the sale of crude oil to the Central Bank Nigeria (CBN) of...

February 1, 2024 No Responses

Reps Committee Approves N706.67b As NCS 2024 Budget

The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has approved N706.67 billion as the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) budget for its 2024 operations. Rep. Leke Abejide (ADC-Kogi), the Chairman of the Committee, stated this after a budget defence sess...