The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has assured that the Port Harcourt refinery will come back on stream by December this year. He restated Federal Government’s commitment to ending petroleum product importation soon, saying that efforts are being redoubled to restore the nation’s local refining capacity. Lokpobiri stated this during […]
The Nigeria Customs Service will be better under the supervision of the Ag. Comptroller-General Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, the President/Chairman, Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Mal Mukhtar Sirajo, has assured. Speaking when he and members of the Governing Council, Fellows, Chairs of State Chapters and other members of the Institute paid a […]
The former minister of petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been accused of bribery by British police. Reuters reports that UK police stated on Tuesday that they believed she had taken bribes in exchange for giving multimillion-pound contracts for oil and gas. From 2010 until 2015, the 63-year-old former minister worked under former President Goodluck Jonathan’s government. […]
President Bola Tinubu has directed Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, the Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), to proceed on a 90-day pre-retirement leave with effect from August 24, 2023. This will lead to his eventual retirement from service on November 24, 2023. Ajuri Ngelale. the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, […]
In a heartrending incident that has sent shockwaves through the community, the life of Chinecherem Promise Ibeh, a brilliant and accomplished student, has been tragically cut short. The young girl, who had achieved a remarkable feat of scoring 9As in her West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WAEC WASSCE), was poisoned to death just as […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Tin Can Island Port Special Area Command has disclosed it recorded seizures of 799.95kg of cannabis indica imported from mainly Canada and USA in the first 8 months of this year. The Area Commander, in the port, Mohammed Aminu Abubakar CN, daid in a statement on Tuesday in […]
The leadership of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) under the leadership of Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, has requested in the face of the recent economic reforms where the federal government had chosen a part of subsidy removal, palliative incentives for its members. The union noted that government’s decision has rippled the nation’s economic landscape, […]
The freight forwarders operating at the Lagos ports seemed to have been pushed to the wall as they petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, over what they claimed was the barefaced extortions, harassment and intimidation by the maritime police. The aggrieved customs brokers threatened to withdraw their services if the excesses of these […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has rejected Niger junta’s three-year power transition plan ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Abdel-Fatau Musa stated this during an interview with the BBC on Sunday. Reports have it that General Abdourahamane Tchiani, leader of the Niger junta, had said in a televised broadcast on […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has rejected Niger junta’s three-year power transition plan ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Abdel-Fatau Musa stated this during an interview with the BBC on Sunday. Reports have it that General Abdourahamane Tchiani, leader of the Niger junta, had said in a televised broadcast on […]
