The sustenance of squash in Nigeria got a remarkable boost when the Cargolux squash tournament was held at the Lagos Country Club which makes it the biggest squash tournament held in Nigeria this year.

We thought for a long time that a notable characteristic of British officials was a certain diplomatic approach but on hearing MacGregor and his associates, we start thinking that this assessment perhaps requires a drastic revision, if not, a total reverse.

The Nigerian artist has established his stand very firmly in the nation and happy to know that the industry is acknowledged by the government of the day but why is the government not showing enough interest in the affairs of the industry?

***As Fashola flags off Bus Franchise Scheme for Iyana-Ipaja-Maryland By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowopejo For long they bore their suffering in silence,  as they daily contended with most of the bad  roads across the Lagos metropolis which had become increasingly dangerous and unsafe over the years. But now they no longer think that silence […]

South-South Women Professionals for Development has commended the Conference of South-South Youths Organisation for their courage in exposing a plot to blackmail the wife of the Vice President, Dame Patience Jonathan.

The Cross River State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Ntufam Edet Okon Asim, has called on Cross Riverians to key into his ministry’s campaign on behavioural change and attitudinal re-orientation.

Some stakeholders in the Oil and Gas industry have said that the action of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will affect the ability of the sector to source its development funds. Some of the stakeholders told newsmen in Lagos on Tuesday that oil and gas firms might no longer be able to source funds for their upstream and downstream projects.

TO ensure effective waste management in Benin City and other major towns in Edo, the state government is to spend the sum of N346, 879,003.38 for the procurement of waste management equipment.

The federal government has released N22.4 million to undertake air quality studies in six cities in Nigeria.Mr Ahmed Alfa, Deputy Director, Pollution Control, Federal Ministry of Environment, made the disclosure in Abuja on Tuesday .

The Lagos State Inland Revenue Service (LIRS) on Tuesday sealed off four companies in the state for allegedly owing the state government about N173.8 million in tax liabilities.

UNIDO, and French Global Environment Facility are to help Nigeria , Egypt, Cameroon, Egypt, Namibia, Senegal and Sudan to replace chillers. Chillers are refrigeration systems that produce chilled water for cooling air in commercial, residential and industrial processes. UNIDO is the main implementing agency of the project worth EUR 5.3 million.

The President, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), Mr Kunle Quadri, says the three tiers of government should be involved in tax enlightenment campaign. Quadri, who made the call during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday, said that such periodical tax education would enable tax payers to pay their taxes voluntarily.He said that such enlightenment would also help to improve the system of tax collection in the country.

CONTRACTORS to the National Independent Power Project (NIPP) have accused some foreign shipping firms and the Nigeria Customs Service of deliberately frustrating the timely clearance of containers carrying equipment for the power project.

In a bid to update the nation’s ship register the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has de_registered about 355 vessels owned by local operators, even as the indigenous operators have kicked against the action of the apex maritime regulatory agency.Vanguard gathered that the vessels were de-registered from the country’s Ship Register due to expired and invalid documents.

THE Western zone of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has given Henry Njoku led Board of Trustee one week ultimatum to meet with them on the issue of the election in the zone or face the consequences of whatever action leadership of zone takes.