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December 31, 2020 No Responses

Court Admits More Documents In Alleged Forgery Suit Against Obaseki

The Federal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday, admitted more documents in evidence against Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, in an ongoing alleged certificate forgery suit against him. The All Progressives Congress (APC), tendered the documents to prove its allegation of...

December 30, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Nigeria Suspends 100 Passports Of Airline Passengers

The Nigerian Government has suspended the passports of 100 in-bound airline passengers who failed to take the second test of COVID-19 after arriving in the country. Mr Boss Mustapha, Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, disclosed this at t...

December 30, 2020 No Responses

SON Tasks ANLCA On Fraudulent Clearing Agents

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has urged the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) to expose unscrupulous members hiding under the association to perpetuate heinous activities. The Director General of SON, Mallam Farouk Sal...

December 25, 2020 No Responses

Group Implores CBN On Easy Forex Access For SMEs

The Association of Food and Agro Processors (AFAP) has appealed to Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to assist Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to easily access foreign exchange for procurement of machinery. AFAP National President, Duro Kuteyi, made the ...

December 25, 2020 No Responses

NLNG Mourns Professor Jerry Agada

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), the sponsor of The Nigeria Prize for Literature, expresses shock and sadness over the loss of one of the Prize’s Advisory Board members, Professor Jerry Agada, who died on Tuesday 22nd December 2020, after a brief...

December 24, 2020 No Responses

Lafarge Africa Receives SON MANCAP Certificates

December 23, 2020 No Responses

BUA Cement Opens Three Additional Production Lines

BUA Cement Plc on Tuesday notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), shareholders and the investing public of its plans to build three additional production lines in Adamawa, Edo and Sokoto states. The company disclosed this in a notice titled, ‘Notificatio...

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 21, 2020 No Responses

Sustaining Growth At NPA In 2020

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Despite challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) attained significant growth. From operational efficiency to increase in revenue, available informat...

December 19, 2020 No Responses

FIRS Tasks States Revenue Boards On Technology

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has urged states board of internal revenue service to leverage the use of technology to boost tax collection across the country. The Executive Chairman of FIRS, Mr Muhammad Nami, gave the advice at the...

December 18, 2020 No Responses

Sokoto Seeks N30b Loan From Access Bank

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal has requested the approval of the State House of Assembly to secure N30 billion loan facility from Access Bank to part fund the 2021 Budget. Tambuwal, in a letter dated Dec. 16, addressed to the Speaker,.....

December 16, 2020 No Responses

FG Inaugurates Two LNG Plants In Kano

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources,Timipre Sylva, on Tuesday inaugurated two Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) plants in Kano State to enhance power supply for industrial development. Designed to enhance gas and power supply to industries in the state,the...

December 16, 2020 No Responses

Residents, Traders Express Shock Over Demolition Of FESTAC Market

Some Festac Town residents and traders in Lagos State on Tuesday expressed shock and anger over the demolition of the Oyinlola Market popularly called ”23 Road Market” by government. They said the demolition showed the state government’s “insensitivity...

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....