In a bid to foster a shared and better future of trade in Nigeria through collaboration with relevant organizations, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, received a delegation from the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) led by the President of the Association, Dele Kelvin Oye. The Comptroller-General […]
SUBSIDY RELIEF: GOV.ABIODUN SETS TO DISTRIBUTE ELECTRIC-POWERED BIKES In his efforts to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal, which has led to the rising cost of transportation in the entire nation, the Ogun state Governor, Dapo Abiodun has promised to provide electric-powered motorbikes for those who relied solely on this means of transport. While […]
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday read out the names of 19 additional ministerial nominees sent by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The president had, last Thursday, sent the list of the first batch of 28 ministerial nominees. The Senate has screened the first batch of 28. The new list includes: Ahmed Tijjani Gwarzo, Bosun […]
The organised labour has confirmed the suspension of the seven-day protest which started on Wednesday. Festus Osifo, the President of Trade Union Congress (TUC), confirmed the suspension during an interview with a private television station on Thursday morning. He said that labour was able to extract some commitments from President Tinubu during their meeting on […]
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 15 bulletproof jackets, 15 pieces of jack knives and 20 pieces of pistol pouches inside a Toyota Sienna car at Ijebu Ode, in Ogun State days after the Acting Comptroller General, Adewale Bashir Adeniyi visited the unit. The Comptroller General had […]
Niger announced overnight that it was reopening its borders with several of its neighbours, excluding Nigeria, a week after a coup that has been condemned by foreign powers. “The land and air borders with Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Libya and Chad are re-opened from August 1, 2023,” a junta spokesperson said on state television. Nigeria […]
Niger announced overnight that it was reopening its borders with several of its neighbours, excluding Nigeria, a week after a coup that has been condemned by foreign powers. “The land and air borders with Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Libya and Chad are re-opened from August 1, 2023,” a junta spokesperson said on state television. Nigeria […]
Protesters, led by organised labour, have pulled down the gate of the National Assembly in Abuja. The protesters, who had Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, leader, Joe Ajaero, and Festus Osifo of the Trade Union Congress, TUC, leading, asked security operatives stationed at the legislative building to open the gates so that workers can talk to […]
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Tuesday evening, visited the site of the wing aircraft crash in Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja. The small fixed wing aircraft called Jabu 4 crashed on Tuesday, August 1st 2023. Speaking with newsmen after assessing the site of the crash, Sanwo-Olu commended the efforts of all the first responders, […]
The mass protests called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the removal of petrol subsidy by the Federal Government have commenced nationwide. In Abuja, members of the NLC and other affiliate unions, had as early as 8am converged on the Unity Fountain in Maitama Abuja, to commence the nationwide mass protest at the federal […]
