No NIN, no access to govt services from 2019, NIMC declares
The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, has issued an ultimatum that beginning from January 1, 2019, (yesterday) no citizen of Nigeria or legal occupants will access government services if he or she does not provide a verifiable National Identification Number, NIN.
Smugglers record black yuletide
The Nigeria Customs Service, CG Strike Force, last week, apparently spoilt the Christmas and New Year celebration for smugglers, following a comprehensive raid of Oniko, a village in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, believed to be a major hideout for smuggled items, confiscating a total of 8,413 bags of 50kg smuggled rice.
APC mocks PDP, says it ate up Nigeria’s resources
ABUJA—The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has said the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ate up the country’s resources in the 16 years it spent in power.
Lack of financial plan hinders indigenous ship ownership – Prof Ajogwu
An expert in the maritime business, Professor Fabian Ajogwu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, has stated that despite the financial plan made by the government in funding assistance for ship acquisition in Nigerian maritime sector, indigenous participation in the owning of vessels and doing business in the sector has not improved because local shipping companies cannot access the requisite funding to acquire ship infrastructure and do the business.
Gas shortages continue to pressure power sector
DESPITE its 202 trillion standard cubic feet, scf, gas reserves, Nigeria has not been able to harness enough of its gas for power generation, as a result of many challenges, including low investment, inadequate funding of projects and huge indebtedness to gas suppliers.
