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January 18, 2024 No Responses

NSC Decries Rail Tracks Vandalism

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has expressed concern over the vandalism and theft of railway tracks connecting inland ports across the country. The council’s Executive Secretary, Pius Akutah, raised the concern on Tuesday while inspecting the Funtua Inland Dry Port,...

January 18, 2024 No Responses

Poisonous Plantain Chips: Lagos Alerts Residents

The Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) has raised an alert to consumers of the popular fried plantains, commonly known as “Plantain Chips.” The State Government through the agency urges the public to be vigilant and wary of any...

January 17, 2024 No Responses

Joint Tax Board Seeks Partnership With Nigeria Customs

As part of measures to enhance effective tax management in Nigeria, Secretary of the Joint Tax Board (JTB), Mr. Olusegun Adesokan, on Tuesday paid a visit to the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi. The visit aimed at soliciting...

January 17, 2024 No Responses

Tin Can Customs Targets N1.130Trilion In 2024

For the year 2024 fiscal year, the Tin Can Island Command, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has set a revenue target of N1.130tillion. Meanwhile, the Command has announced a revenue generation of N716bn for last year as against 801bn target it...

January 16, 2024 No Responses

Ministers Harp On Use Of Scanners At Seaports

As part of efforts to ensure ports efficiency and competitiveness, the ministers of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, Transportation, Senator Said Ahmed Alkali and CG Customs, Bashir Adeniyi met on Monday and agreed that physical inspection of cargo...

January 14, 2024 No Responses

10 Corps Members Depart For India On Youth Exchange Programme

Ten National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members will travel to India on Sunday to participate in a Youth Exchange Programme organised by the Indian National Cadet Corps. The annual programme is held to commemorate the Independence Anniversary of the Republic.....

January 13, 2024 No Responses

Dangote Refinery Begins Production

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Dangote Refinery, the largest single-train refinery in the world commenced production on Friday, January 12, 2024. Earlier scheduled to begin operations in June 2023, the oil refinery received its first crude ...

January 13, 2024 No Responses

AVIATION: THE CRITIC AND THE WITCH

By Michael Achimugu — There are a million flowery word combinations I could say to sound like an intelligent person. But today is not a day for semantic gymnastics. The aviation industry can be sobering but we must, here and...

January 12, 2024 No Responses

Ministers Brief Tinubu On $10b Investment Prospects In Nigeria’s Steel Sector

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, at the State House in Abuja, held a meeting with the Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, and the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, during which he received briefing on investment prospects...

January 12, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Targets 472,000 Metric Tonnes Of Wheat From Dry Season Farming

The Nigerian Government has set a target of achieving around 472,000 metric tonnes of wheat production by the end of the dry season wheat farming programme. Mr. Ishaku Buba, the National Project Coordinator for the National Agricultural Growth Sche...

January 12, 2024 No Responses

FG To Raise N35b For Ajaokuta Light Steel

The Federal Government will raise about N35 billion for the Ajaokuta Light Steel mill through the local financial market. Mr Shuaibu Audu, Minister of Steel Development, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on...

January 11, 2024 No Responses

Zenith Bank Denies MD’s Arrest

Zenith Bank Plc has refuted claims that its Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ebenezer Onyeagwu, was arrested and held by the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in relation to alleged fraud at the Ministry of Hum...

January 11, 2024 No Responses

Blue Economy: The Role Of Academia, By Jamoh

The academia has a major role to play in the development of the Blue Economy in Nigeria, Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh has said Dr Jamoh, who stated this during a courtesy...

January 10, 2024 No Responses

Zenith Bank Explains Annual Report, Emerges Nigeria’s Best Bank at Global Finance Awards

Zenith Bank Plc has announced its audited results for the year ended December 31, 2023, achieving a remarkable triple-digit growth of 125% in gross earnings from NGN945.6 billion reported in 2022 to NGN2.132 trillion in 2023.According to the audited financial....