Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Customs seize 3,665 vehicles worth N13bn from smugglers
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja A total of 3,665 vehicles with duty paid value of N13.164bn were seized by the Nigeria Customs Service between 2015 and 2017, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), has said.. Ali stated this in a lecture on ‘Problems of smuggling and its consequences on the ...
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When money grows wings: Senior citizens losing savings to tech criminals
Kunle Falayi Before 2005 when mobile technology arrived Nigeria, the way personal and business activities in the country took place would make the country today seem like a totally different world. With mobile telephony came a lot of changes that would henceforth make life easier and less stressful physically. A ...
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Terrorism: UK trains more Nigerian soldiers
John Charles, Makurdi About 200 military personnel from the 707 Special Brigade, Makurdi, are involved in operational brigade partnership with United Kingdom. Brigade Commandant, 707 Special Brigade, Makurdi, Brig.-Gen. Clement Apere, stated this during the visit of the Minister of British Armed Forces, Mark Lancaster, who led Nigeria delegation to ...
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Amachree urges tour operators to bring tourists to Nigeria
The founder, Centre for Promotion of Peace, Tourism, Arts and Culture (CEPTAC) and Nigeria’s Father of Tourism, Chief Mike Amachree has made a passionate call on Nigerian tourism industry practitioners to pay greater attention to inbound tourism by making efforts to sell Nigerian destinations outside. He said: “What Nigeria needs ...
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When your partner stalks you
Over 50% of ex-partner stalking started before they left their partner (Mullen, Pathe and Purcell, 2009) They become demanding/controlling, they want to know who you are texting, e-mailing, what you are saying. They are suspicious, perhaps even paranoid. They are contacting you multiple times a day asking you to confirm ...
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False declaration: Customs seize containers loaded with foreign rice
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt The Nigerian Customs Service, Port Harcourt, Area II Command, has seized three containers containing hundreds of bags of foreign rice, which were falsely declared by an importer. The Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Abubakar Bashir, explained that the NCS was able to discover the goods ...
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Centre Publishes Udeokechukwu’s “Letter to the Future” In Anniversary Anthology
BY VICTOR OKEKE, Abuja – The Irawo University Centre has published the poem -“A Letter To The Future” which made a top list- written by Chidiebere Udeokechukwu, a University of Nigeria undergraduate law student from Enugu State in its 48th anniversary poetry anthology. The editors of the publication, Nwachukwu Egbunike and Emmanuel ...
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Kano Hisbah Board Arrests 55 Beggars
No fewer than 55 beggars were arrested in September by Kano State Hisbah Board for allegedly violating the law banning street begging. Malam Dahiru Muhammed of the board’s Anti-Begging Unit told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Friday that 17 of those arrested were children, while 38 ...
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Eight nabbed for prostitution in Kano
Kano State Hisbah Board on Friday said it had arrested eight young girls allegedly involved in prostitution in the city. Prostitution is banned under Sharia law in Kano State. The board’s Assistant Commander-General, Operations, Malam Nasiru Isa, said in Kano that the suspects were apprehended on Thursday evening at Rijiyar ...
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Apapa gridlock: Export business may collapse, operators cry out
Akinpelu Dada Indigenous exporters have cried out that their business is about grinding to a halt as a result of the difficulties in accessing the Lagos ports due to the near total collapse of roads leading to the port complex in Apapa. Highlighting the problems associated with the deplorable state ...
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NNPC recorded $471.9m export receipts in July
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has announced a total export receipt of $471.9m for the month of July 2017 as against $219.34m posted a month earlier. According to the July edition of the Monthly Financial and Operations Report of the corporation, which was made public on Thursday, ...
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N4.7bn fraud: Court adjourns Ladoja’s trial till Monday
Oladimeji Ramon The Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned further hearing till Monday, October 9, in the case of a former Governor of Oyo State, Chief Rashidi Ladoja, who was charged with N4.7bn fraud. Ladoja is being tried alongside a former Commissioner for Finance in Oyo State, Waheed Akanbi. ...
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Elumelu to host 1,300 African Entrepreneurs from 54 countries
The Tony Elumelu Foundation ( TEF ), Africa’s leading philanthropy, on Friday announced plan to host 1,300 African Entrepreneurs, Business leaders and Policymakers from 54 countries in Lagos. Mrs Parminder Obe, the TEF’s Chief Executive Officer, who made this known at a briefing in Lagos, said the 3rd Annual TEF ...
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9mobile to boost SMEs
Anna Okon A telecommunications company, 9mobile, is set to empower the Small and Medium-scale Enterprises in and around Lagos at its quarterly business networking and empowerment platform, Market Access. Market Access organised in partnership with the Enterprise Development Centre of the Pan Atlantic University is a platform for the SME ...
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Senate sets conditions for FG on 2018 budget
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate on Thursday considered and adopted the report of its Joint Committee on Appropriation and Finance over its meeting on Tuesday with the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun; and Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, on the implementation of the 2017 Appropriation ...
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CBN to blacklist exporters for non-repatriation of proceeds
Oyetunji Abioye The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday expressed concerns over the non-remittance of export proceeds by exporting firms. As a result, the apex bank said it was set to blacklist a number of exporters who had failed to repatriate the proceeds of their exports. The Director, Banking Supervision, ...
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Nigeria’s electricity law near perfect – Fashola
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Electric Power Sector Reform Act that was passed in 2005, which serves as Nigeria’s electricity reform law, is one of the best in the world and is almost perfect, the Minister of Power, Works, and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said. He stated this at the 2017 ...
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TEF to host 1,300 African entrepreneurs in Lagos
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) will be hosting over 1,300 African entrepreneurs in Lagos at this year’s edition of its entrepreneurship programme. The scheme is targeted at empowering the next generation of African business leaders. The event, which is third in a series, remains the most diverse annual gathering of ...
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Rice, o compatriots!
Rice, o compatriots — coming down to N6, 000 a 50kg bag — rice, o compatriots! Did you hear that dramatic whoop! But how feasible is it? Audu Ogbeh, Agriculture and Rural Development minister, certainly feels it is, in a few months, if the Federal Government provides farmers with the ...
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Govt to close NERFUND over N17.5b loans
The Federal Government plans to shut down the National Economic Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND) over non-performing loans of over N17.5 billion. Pursuant to this, a committee has been formed to ensure the smooth liquidation of the company by the end of this month. The agency said a source in the ministry ...
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Agro exporters lose $25m to Apapa traffic
• seek refund of excess charges from APMT Traffic congestion along Apapa Ports link roads is costing agro exporters approximately $25 million in losses in productivity, following delay in shipment. Last year, cashew export provided revenue of $253 million to the economy. The figure is expected to dip with exporters ...