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September 13, 2022 No Responses

EFCC Partners Customs, Others To Tackle Corruption

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called on stakeholders particularly law enforcement agencies, to support the anti-graft crusade of the commission. The EFCC Zonal Commander, Mr Michael Nzekwe, made the appeal during a...

September 9, 2022 No Responses

Q2: Nigeria’s Total Trade Stands At N12.841b

Nigeria’s total merchandise trade stands at N12,841.54 billion, in the second quarter of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS), has said. This is according to the NBS Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics Report for Q2 2022 released in Abuja on...

September 9, 2022 No Responses

NIS Seeks Partnership With NIMASA On Issuance Of Travel Documents To Seafarers

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has appealed to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to partner with it on the issuance of travel documents to seafarers. The Comptroller General of Immigration, Mr Isah Jere, made the app...

September 8, 2022 No Responses

NPA Receives 24 Ships Laden With Wheat, Sugar, Frozen Fish, Others At Lagos Ports

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday said 24 ships conveying bulk sugar, container, bulk wheat, bulk gypsum, frozen fish and others were expected at Lagos ports from September 5 to September 21, 2022. According to NPA, other items expected...

September 7, 2022 No Responses

Tribunal Orders MultiChoice MD To Produce Audited Financial Report

A Competition and Consumer Protection (CCPC) Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered John Ugbe, the Managing Director of MultiChoice Nigeria Ltd, to produce its 2021 audited financial report on Sept 8 for breaching its restraining order on tar...

September 6, 2022 No Responses

DMO Offers Two New FGN Savings Bonds

The Debt Management Office (DMO), on Monday, announced two new Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) savings bonds offer at N1,000 per unit for September. According to the DMO, on its website, the first one is a two-Year FGN Savings Bond...

September 5, 2022 No Responses

FG To Fix Port Infrastructure As Bello-Koko Assures of Bonny Deep Seaport Approval

The Minister of Transportation, Muazu Sambo has promised that the federal government will address issues of infrastructural decay affecting trade facilitation at Onne Seaport. Sambo who stated this during a tour of the Eastern ports with Onne as the first...

September 4, 2022 No Responses

FRSC Tasks Tanker Owners On Safety Valves

The Ogun State sector command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised tanker owners to install safety valves and adhere to simple traffic regulations to avoid preventable mishaps on the highways. The Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Umar, ga...

September 2, 2022 No Responses

FG Issues Certificates Of Registration, Sales Permit To Fertiliser Dealers

The Federal Government, on Thursday, presented certificates of registration and sales permits to authorised fertiliser dealers in Nigeria. A statement issued by Mrs Modupe Olatunji, Information officer I, of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development qu...

August 31, 2022 No Responses

NPA Receives 19 Ships Laden With Frozen Fish, Wheat, Others At Lagos Ports

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Tuesday, said 19 ships were expected to arrive at Lagos ports from August 30 to September 9, 2022. According to NPA, four of the ships were carrying frozen fish, while the remaining 15 ships were...

August 31, 2022 No Responses

FG Inaugurates Gas Infrastructure Fund Council

The Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated the Governing Council of the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund (MDGIF). Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, inaugurated the nine-member council, in Abuja, to fix the cr...

August 31, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Congratulates Bishop Kukah At 70

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, as he turns 70, on August 31. In a congratulatory message by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on Tuesday in Buhari...

August 30, 2022 No Responses

FG Plans To Spend N19.76tri In 2023

The Federal Government is proposing to spend N19.76 trillion in 2023. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, made the declaration in Abuja on Monday when she said the 2023 budget had a proposed deficit of N11.3...

August 30, 2022 No Responses

FG Releases N6.25b For Establishment Of Cattle Ranches In Katsina

Katsina State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mannir Yakubu has disclosed that the Federal Government has released N6.25 billion for the establishment of cattle ranches in local government areas affected by banditry in the state. Yakubu, also Commissioner for Ag...