• Nigeria

    SERAP demands re-instatement of sacked whistle-blower

    Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sent an open letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, requesting him to facilitate the re-instatement of a worker sacked for reportedly exposing an alleged fraud in the ministry. It said  Ntia Thompson was sacked through a post ...

  • Nigeria

    Customs policy on vehicle import duty immoral – NLC

    Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The Nigeria Labour Congress has condemned in strong terms the recent policy of the Nigeria Customs Service to compel vehicle owners to pay outstanding customs duties on their vehicles between March 13, 2017 and April 12, 2017 It described the policy as unrealistic, callous and immoral. The ...

  • Nigeria

    NDLEA accuses man of swallowing 935g of cocaine

    Ramon Oladimeji The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Friday brought one David Achebe before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly trafficking in 935 grammes of cocaine. The agency claimed that Achebe swallowed the illicit substance and was arrested on December 21, 2016, at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, ...

  • USA Nigeria

    We prefer trade partnership with US, not aid –Kogi gov

    Gbenga Odogun, Lokoja The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has called on the United States of America to view Kogi State as a trade partner and an investment basket rather than an aid-seeking state. The governor said this in Lokoja on Sunday when he received in audience, the United ...

  • Nigeria

    Banks seek buyers as CBN floods market with forex

    Banks  are awash with dollars, as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) continues to support the naira. The banks have cleared the backlog of requests for foreign currencies for basic travel allowance, school fees and medicals. A banker told NAN that his bank had so much dollars that its marketers ...

  • Nigeria

    NECA seeks full implementation of economic growth plan

    Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has urged the Federal Government to ensure full implementation of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). NECA’s President,  Larry Ettah,  said ERGP will provide some assurance to domestic and foreign stakeholders on the policy direction of the Federal Government for the economy, adding that ...

  • Nigeria

    Fed Govt removes NTDC D-G

    •15 senior officials demoted after irregular promotion  The Federal Government has removed the Acting Director-General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Mrs. Mariel Rae-Omoh. It has appointed Dr. Paul Adalikwu as the new acting D-G pending the appointment of a new helmsmen. Also, 15 senior officials, who were arbitrarily promoted ...

  • Nigeria

    CBN Set To Inject More Dollars Into Forex Market

    There are strong indications that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is unrelenting in its move to ensure liquidity in the interbank FOREX market, as signal from the bank shouwed it will inject more foreign exchange into market early this week. The information about the action of the apex bank, ...

  • Brasile

    TCE-RJ vê superfaturamento de R$ 211 mi na reforma do Maracanã

    O Tribunal de Contas do Estado do Rio (TCE-RJ) chegou à conclusão de que a obra de reforma do estádio do Maracanã para a Copa do Mundo de 2014 teve superfaturamento de R$ 211 milhões, em valores atuais. A informação foi revelada pelo Fantástico, da TV Globo, neste domingo (12/3). ...

  • Russia Turchia

    Turkey’s dangerous liaisons

    I am actually glad that Turkey made up with Russia, since it helps to ease the Syrian tragedy, and because it is a better foreign strategy to seek diplomatic solutions rather than follow the politics of enmity.