By Onozure Dania A Navy Commodore, Linus Ugwu who was allegedly retired unlawfully, has slammed a N1billion suit against the Attorney General of the Federation, Minister of Defence, Nigeria Navy and four others. Other defendants in the suit before the National Industrial Court, sitting in Lagos, are the Nigerian Navy Board, Chief of Naval Staff, […]

Today, one of the fastest growing financial service providers in Nigeria, Heritage Bank Plc, is celebrating 7 years of its existence.

Laments deaths, plights of members Faults state’s contributory pension scheme By Hassan Ibrahim Last month, Governor Nasiru el-Rufa’ I of Kaduna State, shocked pensioners in the state among others, when he announced an N30, 000 monthly pension for state pensioners during a live Radio chat with the pensioners. Though the payment has not commenced, before […]

STAKEHOLDERS in the maritime industry have raised an alarm over high-level of smuggling through operations at the various private jetties scattered across the nation’s waterfront, even as they warmed about the security implication of an unregulated operations at these facilities.
Private jetties are licensed by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA; the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA; and the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, making effective regulation complicated.

COMMUNITY-based criminal gangs have taken over the nation’s waterways, from Lagos to the South-South part of the country, collecting tolls from all vessels sailing through that route.

MEMBERS of the Association of Maritime Transport Owners, AMATO, has called for the immediate suspension of the activities at the Nigerian Ports Trucks Terminal Park at Ijora Lagos, owing to alleged cases of “not-so transparent way of admitting and releasing of trucks from the parks.”

THE Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has claimed that powerful and well connected Nigerians use religious houses and government agencies to evade payment of duty on imported items.

THE National Assembly and the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, have initiated moves to create an Standard Operating Procedure, SOP, for non governmental organisations’, NGOs, for importation of charity goods.

By JUSTICE USMAN BUKAR BWALA ONCE more we are confronted with the issue of pre-election matters and election petitions matters and directly or indirectly the issue of regular court versus election petition tribunals. A basic understanding of the laws setting up regular courts and election petitions tribunals and the jurisdictions of each is paramount at […]

NIGERIAN lawmakers must check their penchant to annoy the public with bills which shrink the democratic space and block elected and appointed officials from public scrutiny and accountability. They must align themselves to the realities of the political economy in which they operate. Enough of obnoxious bills such as those attempting to regulate the social […]