Nigeria News Archives — Page 15 of 22

January 14, 2021 No Responses

Clark Tasks New NDDC Management On Operating Laws

South-South Leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has urged the Sole Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Mr Effiong Akwa to operate within the laws establishing the commission. Clark gave the charge on Wednesday...

January 14, 2021 No Responses

SIFAX Group Rewards 46 Staff

SIFAX Group, a group of companies with investment in Maritime, Aviation, Oil & Gas, Haulage & Logistics, Financial Services and Hospitality, has rewarded and honoured 46 staff at its annual Long Service Award ceremony. The SIFAX Group L...

January 12, 2021 No Responses

FIRS Creates 35 Tax Audit Units

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has created 35 additional Tax Audit Units across the country to address illicit financial flow. Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, Director, Communications and Liaison Department of the service, made this known in a statement i...

January 12, 2021 No Responses

Court Nullifies Sack Of Tribune Staff

The National Industrial Court in Ibadan, on Monday nullified the sack of Mr Kareem Popoola, a staff of African Newspaper of Nigeria PLC, Publisher of Nigerian Tribune titles, by the company . Popoola, a former President of staff cooperative society...

January 7, 2021 No Responses

Customs Generates N1.5trn Revenue In 2020

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it generated the sum of N1.5 trillion for the year 2020. The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Attah said the amount realised...

January 6, 2021 No Responses

Speaker Tasks Lagos NUJ On Fake News

The Speaker, Lagos House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has advised the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos State Council, to sanction perpetrators of fake news. Obasa gave the advice when the executive members of the state...

December 26, 2020 No Responses

LADOL Remains Best in Class, Overcoming 2020 Challenges

Lagos Deep Offshore Logistic Base, LADOL has once proven to be one of the top performing and compliant companies in Nigeria, as the company overcame the 2020 challenges and renewed its International Organization Standardization, ISO 45001:2018, 14001:201...

December 22, 2020 No Responses

Minister, NPA Boss Inaugurate New Command Centre

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has inaugurated a new operation command centre built by APM Terminals Apapa to boost efficiency and service delivery. Accompanied by the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadza Bala Us...

December 15, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Suspends Issuance Of FTZs Licences

The Nigerian Government has suspended issuance of licences for the operations of Free Trade Zones (FTZs) in the country.The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Chief Adeniyi Adebayo, announced this at the inauguration of the panel on the evaluation of....

December 15, 2020 No Responses

Ogun To Establish Newspaper, Online News Platform

The Ogun Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Waheed Odusile, on Monday said that the state planned to establish a newspaper and online news platform to inform and mobilise the citizens for government policies and programmes. Odusile made the di...

December 4, 2020 No Responses

Olufemi Peters Emerges new Open University VC

Prof. Olufemi Peters has emerged as the new Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). A statement issued on Friday by the Director, Media and Publicity, NOUN, Mr Ibrahim Sheme stated that Peters, a Professor of Chemistry, and...

November 30, 2020 No Responses

Innoson Returns To Court, Faults GTBank On Holding Company Structure

The Federal High Court, Enugu, will on Monday, November 30, 2020 begin hearing in Innoson Nigeria Limited application to stop GTBank’s proposed Holding Company Structure. Innoson in a statement issued by its Head of Corporate Communications, Corne...

November 27, 2020 No Responses

Bayelsa Presents N290.2b Budget For 2021

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has presented the 2021 budget estimate to the House of Assembly. It is christened the “Budget of Growth.” Presenting the N290,295,465,423 Appropriation Bill on the floor of the assembly on Thursday, Gover...

November 25, 2020 No Responses

Shippers Council Mourns Adamu Biu

The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) is saddened by the death of its former Executive Secretary, Capt. Adamu Biu at the age of 70. In a statement on Tuesday, NSC Head, Public Relations, Mrs Rakiya Zubairu, said:“Gloom was cast over the headqu...