Minister Archives — Page 4 of 173

April 1, 2025 No Responses

Shippers’ Council: WACT Tariff Increment Within Industry Benchmark

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) on Monday, defended the proposed tariff increment by the West Africa Container Terminal (WACT), a subsidiary of APM Terminal. The Onne Port- based terminal operator had given its customers a notice to increase its Terminal Handling...

April 1, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu Extends Nandap’s Tenure As Immigration CG

President Bola Tinubu has approved an extension of Mrs. Kemi Nanna Nandap’s tenure as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) through December 31, 2026. A statement issued on Monday by the Special Adviser to the President on In...

March 30, 2025 No Responses

Anxiety Over Meningitis Outbreak In Nigeria

Since early March, meningitis has been spreading rapidly throughout several states across Northwest Nigeria, mainly in Kebbi and Sokoto States, an international non-governmental organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders, h...

March 29, 2025 No Responses

Investdata 2025 Q2 Master Class To Focus On Post-Earnings Season Strategies

The Investdata Master Class for the 2025 Q2 holds Saturday, March 29, 2025 with the theme “Post-Earnings Season Strategies For Winning Edge In Q2 Market Oscillation.” As usual, time-tested equity traders and analysts with decades of experience in technical...

March 28, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria, EU Discuss €1.3b Trade Investments In Nigeria

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun and the European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria, Gautier Mignot, commenced high-level discussions on strengthening EU-Nigeria economic cooperation in Abuja. A statement issued by the...

March 22, 2025 No Responses

ILO: Nigeria Seeks Formal Designation, Elevation Of Seafarers, Others

The Federal Government of Nigeria through its Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has continued its advocacy for the formal designation of seafarers as key workers. This, the government expl...

March 20, 2025 No Responses

Reps To Probe Conditional Cash Transfer

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the conditional cash transfer programme of the Federal Government. Honourable Abass Adigun who moved the motion reminded the House that in order to ensure effective and efficient delivery of the programm...

March 19, 2025 No Responses

Oyetola Tasks Africa’s Maritime Stakeholders On Green Shipping

Nigeria’s Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola has called on Maritime stakeholders across Africa to leverage the continent’s renewable energy potential to become a global leader in green shipping. The Minister made the remark a...

March 17, 2025 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Partners Customs On AEO

As part of measures to foster inter-agency collaboration, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has partnered the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) to facilitate a workshop programne on Authorized Economic Operation (AEO) for the Council’s operation officers.In...

March 17, 2025 No Responses

Edo Revenue Service To Partner Insurance Practitioners

The Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS) is to collaborate with the forum of Insurance Practitioners in Edo State for effective service delivery. This was revealed by the representative of the Executive Chairman, Sir Michael Ohio-Ezomo, Executive Di...

March 15, 2025 No Responses

Customs Impounds 34,470 Litres Of Petrol

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified its fight against fuel smuggling, leading to a major crackdown on smugglers of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, in Gembu and Kan-Iyaka border communities of Taraba State. Gembu, the headqua...

March 14, 2025 No Responses

Tantalizers Boosts Blue Economy Agenda, Secures $25m For Expansion

A player in Nigeria’s Quick-Service Restaurant (QSR) sector, Tantalizers Plc, has secured $25million capital to expand its operations especially in Nigeria’s blue economy. Already, the company has ventured into Nigeria’s blue economy with the acquisition...

March 12, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Gets Supreme Court’s Nod To Probe Odili’s Tenure

In a landmark ruling on Monday, March 10, 2025, the Supreme Court of Nigeria dismissed appeals filed by the Attorney General of Rivers State and the Speaker of the State’s House of Assembly against the leave granted the Economic and...

March 11, 2025 No Responses

NCDMB Acquires 20 Per Cent Equity In Refinery Project

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has sealed a deal to acquire 20 per cent equity in a 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery project being established by African Refinery Group Ltd, in partnership with the Nigerian National...