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August 1, 2017 No Responses

FG implores Dangote on 2019 completion date for refinery

The Federal Government has said it relies heavily on the Dangote refinery to fulfil its promise to Nigerians to end fuel importation by December 2019. To this end, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, who visited...

July 31, 2017 No Responses

Customs Checkpoints: LCCI, others to monitor compliance

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry [LCCI] has commended recent directive from the Customs headquarters removing all customs check-points outside 40 kilometers of the nation’s land borders. Similarly, all customs checkpoints outside the ports a...

July 30, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria reiterates right business environment for investors

Industrialisation and diversification of the economy remain the focus of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelama has said. Speaking during his visit to Abia State, the Minister ...

July 29, 2017 No Responses

Minister: Criticism will not stop broadcasting code amendment

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government will not be stampeded into abandoning its ongoing efforts to amend the Nigeria Broadcasting Code to ensure the production in Nigeria of ‘Nigerian content or l...

July 28, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo: FG is unequivocally committed to success of private sector

First, let me say how pleased I am to be here today. There are two events taking place here today: the first is the formal release ceremony to discharge Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Limited, (IEPL), from the mandatory Monitoring Programme of...

July 27, 2017 No Responses

FG prepares information officers to tackle fake news

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the Ministry has strengthened the capacity of its Information Officers to tackle the menace of fake news with fact-based counter-narrative. The Minister stated this in Abuja on Wednesday in hi...

July 27, 2017 No Responses

EFCC recovers N328.9b from NNPC retails, Oando, Total, Mobil, others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered a total sum of N328, 988,296,990.62 from NNPC retails, Oando Plc, Mobil Plc, Conoil Plc, Total Plc, OVH Energy Plc, Forte Oil and Gas Plc, MRS Oil Plc and NIPCO Oil...

July 26, 2017 No Responses

SEC to sanction firms, capital market operators over tax default

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has advised Capital Market Operators (CMOs) and Public Limited Company (PLCs) to comply with the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) or face penalty. According to a statement, SEC is enc...

July 25, 2017 No Responses

Southwest Governors approve fresh agenda to revamp agriculture

The Six Southwest Governors –Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Rauf Aregbesola (Osun), Ayo Fayose (Ekiti) and Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo) on Monday approved 25-year development plan designed by the Development Agenda for Wes...

July 25, 2017 No Responses

How to harness huge economic potentials in African seas, oceans, by NIMASA DG, others

To commemorate this year’s “Africa Day of Seas and Oceans”, the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has explained that Africa seas and oceans possess huge economic opportunities that...

July 24, 2017 No Responses

Customs FOU recovers N1.2b duty payments, arrest 95 suspects

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com Between January and June, 2017, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja recovered One Billion, Two Hundred and Eighty Six Million, Seven Hundred and Thirty Thousan...

July 21, 2017 No Responses

Panel blames shipping firms, terminal operators, others for alleged N30tri fraud at seaports

The Nigerian Senate Joint Committee on Customs and Marine Transport investigative panel on Thursday accused some commercial banks, shipping firms, terminal operators of allegedly conniving with some officials of Customs and Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) to de...

July 20, 2017 No Responses

How to make African seaports competitive, by NIMASA DG

July 19, 2017 No Responses

FG releases N243.8B second tranche of Paris Club refund to States, FCT

The second tranche of Paris Club refunds has been released by the Federal Government to the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A statement issued by the Director of Information, Ministry of Finance, Mr. Salisu Danbatta, explained...