Customs terminal operators frustrate presidential directive on container transfer — Amiwero
By Godfrey Bivbere & Prisca Achonu The Tin-can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, and terminal operators have been accused of conniving to frustrate a presidential directive for the transfer of overtime containers from the port to Ikorodu terminal. The accusation was made by the National President of the National Council of Managing […]
Mohammed speaks on enhanced, speedy container examination
Customs Area Controller (CAC) Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Port Harcourt Area ll Command Onne, Comptroller Auwal Mohammed has announced the receipt of a mobile cargo scanning machine. The Onne Customs boss said henceforth, the business of cargo clearing will assume an enhanced and speedy dimension than hitherto. Describing the arrival of the scanner as a […]
Abia Assembly summons IPMAN over hike in fuel price
By Ugochukwu Alaribe, Umuahia The Abia State House of Assembly has summoned the state chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, over the hike in the price of petrol in the state. Petrol marketers in the state have increased the price to N300 to N400 per litre. This led to motorists increasing […]
SCRABBLE: 22 clubs battle for N6m MSPL prize money
No fewer than 22 clubs in Divisions A and B of the Mindgames Scrabble Premier League (MSPL) would compete at the finale of the N6 million prize money competition in Lagos. The organisers, in a statement on Tuesday, said divisions A and B of the two-day tournament holding at Edmark D’Podium events centre, Lagos, would […]
Select members of my constituency may be Miyetti Allah agents in Benue – Rep member
By Peter Duru – Makurdi The lawmaker representing Makurdi/Guma Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Mr. Benjamin Mzondu Thursday expressed fear that selected members of his constituency may have become agents of Miyetti Allah in Benue state. He however insisted that no amount of blackmail and negative profiling of Governor Samuel Ortom by the said […]
Activists raise alarm over payment of debts in Paris Club
By Emma Nnadozie Human rights activists have raised alarm over what they tagged “monumental fraud and stealing” being carried out by some top federal government officials through collusion with and misrepresentations of the judgment creditors on the Paris Club Refund. Consequently, they have called on President Mohammadu Buhari to institute a thorough investigation of the […]
