CNS vows to secure Nigeria’s maritime domain
CHIEF of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ita Ibok Ibas, yesterday, flagged off operations of the Eastern Naval Command sea surveillance and monitoring equipment to link the main command centre in Abuja to provide coverage of activities in Nigerians territorial waters stretching up to 200 nautical miles.
Ete emerges Chevron PENGASSAN Branch Chairman
MEMBERS of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Chevron Branch, have elected Onyegbaren Ete to run the affairs of the Branch for the next three years.
FIRS seals Kabo Airlines, others over N200m tax liabilities
The Federal Inland Revenue Services, FIRS, yesterday, sealed the offices of Kabo Airlines, Monaco Ventures Limited and Paki International Motors, all in Kano, over tax liabilities. A statement by the service said Kabo Airlines owes N149,707,949.03 from the assessment year of 2004 to 2013. According to the head of the enforcement team in Kano, Mr. […]
Global LNG demand to rise 4 – 5% yearly to 2030 —Shell Outlook
By Sebastine Obasi GLOBAL demand for natural gas is expected to increase 2 percent yearly between 2015 and 2030, with liquefied natural gas, LNG, demand expected to rise at 4 – 5 percent, according to Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s first LNG Outlook. The report, which draws on a broad range of independent industry data and internal […]
Naira rises as CBN pumps $180m into forex market
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) injected another $180 million into the foreign exchange market, prompting the Naira to further appreciate by N10 against the dollar in the parallel market.
Developing agric sector vital—Osinbajo
Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has insisted that developing the agricultural sector of the country is a good starting point in the quest for not only diversification of the hitherto mono-cultural economy of the country, but also guaranteeing rapid industrialisation.
Xenophobic attacks: Recall high commissioner now, TUC asks FG
Police in Johannesburg, yesterday, said many shops were ransacked in Johannesburg, overnight, in the latest wave of looting in South African cities.
What the Igbos want in Nigeria (1)
AFTER waiting in vain for sixty fruitless years after Biafra, what the Igbos see in Nigeria is a country that probably have another chance to be a united and peaceful. What they need and want for the country now, is the ultra-modernisation and reopening for full commercial use by the Igbo nation and others, of the Igbo ports of Port Harcourt, Bonny, and Opobo; their road, rail and air links to inland Igbo commercial centres of Agbor, Asaba, Onitsha, Nnewi, Owerri, Enugu, Azumini and Aba and, by so doing, the economic and financial re-empowerment of the Igbos, starting with the underservedly impoverished southern Igbo communities of Ikwerre, Etche, Bonny, Opobo, Obigbo, Ali-Ogba, Ndoni, Ahoada, Egbema, etc., collectively known as the Mbamiri. Though ultimately inseparable from it, this need is different from the issues of restructuring enveloping the rest of society today.
Osinbajo lauded on assent to bills
A group operating under the aegis of Yemi Osinbajo Vanguard, YOV, has hailed acting President Yemi Osinbajo for promptly assenting to seven bills recently passed by National Assembly, saying it is in conformity with present reality in the country
Anti-graft war making great progress – AGF
The Federal Government has boasted that its anti-corruption war was progressing, with more Nigerians keying into the fight with useful information through whistle blowing.
Leadership, still bane of Nigeria’s development – Obasanjo
—Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday said Nigeria was yet to get the right leadership that will move it to true development.
