SIFAX terminal records 33,500 TEUs in first year
By Godfrey Bivbere & Providence Adeyinka SIFAX Inland Container Terminal, an off dock terminal owned by SIFAX Group, has recorded over 33,500 Twenty Equivalent Units, TEUs, in its first year of operations. The terminal, located in Ijora, Lagos, was commissioned in October, 2020 to alleviate the difficulties experienced by various port users, including truckers, shipping […]
Lawyers, experts fault 50% compulsory deposit for tax appeals
By Henry Ojelu As part of efforts to conform with the modern global tax administration system and ensure a just and seamless tax dispute resolution mechanism, the Minister for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed in June this year, issued a new Tax Appeal Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 2021. The Rules which effectively replace the […]
Lisa Hocker shares her mentoring skills
The hack to succeeding in your goals every day lies within one’s own ability to stay consistent and focused.
Again, gunmen invade UNIABUJA, attack lecturer
By Joseph Erunke – Abuja Unknown gunmen attacked a lecturer of the University of Abuja on Wednesday morning, one day after some staff of the university were abducted. The lecturer, identified as Dr David Okoroafor, was said to have been attacked in his office, at the university’s permanent site around 11 am. The victim, who […]
Lagos seals 67 buildings for flouting state planning laws
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government has sealed at least 67 commercial and residential buildings, as well as structures in Alimosho Local Government Area of the state over contraventions of planning laws. Officials of the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority, LASPPPA, sealed off the structures during a recent enforcement exercise carried out by the […]
Euro 2020: Football fan jailed over racist rant
A football fan who live-streamed himself on Facebook racially abusing three England players after the Euro 2020 final has been jailed. Jonathon Best, 52, posted a rant about Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, who missed penalties in the shootout against Italy that England lost, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. Best was sentenced […]
Man, 24, allegedly stabs his wife to death with scissors in Ogun
By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta A 24 years old man, Mojiyagbe Olamilekan, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his wife to death with scissors. Olamilekan, a resident of Oke Ola area of Ode Remo, in Remo North local government area of the state was arrested on Wednesday. The […]
My husband detained at Awkuzu SARS since 2017, woman tells panel
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja The Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, and other Units of the Nigeria Police Force, sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, lambasted Police authorities for failing to produce two officers involved in the arbitrary arrest and detention of one Mr John Emeka Alozie. […]
JUST IN: No credible information that anybody released ― UNIABUJA
By Joseph Erunke The University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) has said so far, it has no credible information that any of its staff abducted on Tuesday by bandits had been rescued. The university’s position came against the backdrop of social media report that the victims including two professors, a deputy registrar and three children, had been […]
UBTH fetes Edo Health Commissioner, World Medical Association President-elect
The management of University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Benin city weekend honoured two of its staff who have distinguished themselves in local and international health care.Prof. Obehi Akoria, a consultant physician and head of the Geriatric team in the hospital who was appointed as Edo State Commissioner for Health and Dr. Osahon Enabulele a Consultant […]
EFCC nabs immigration superintendent for employment scam in Sokoto
By Musa Na Allah The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Sokoto Command has arrested a Superintendent II of Immigration Sokoto State Command and two other civilians for alleged federal government agencies employment scam. The suspects were reported to be specialized in defrauding unsuspecting applicants with existing jobs opportunities in lucrative federal government agencies such as […]
Fighter jets bomb Kaduna bandits camps, kill many
By Ibrahim Hassan – Kaduna Military jets have killed dozens of bandits and destroyed their camps in Kaduna state. Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, confirmed the development to journalists on Wednesday in Kaduna. He said, “another successful outing has been reported by security forces, as an unspecified number of […]
NUC approves 17 programmes for new Ebonyi university
Professor Jesse Uneke, Vice-Chancellor, King David University of Medical Science, Uburu, on Wednesday said the National University Commission (NUC) had approved 17 programmes to kick start academic activities in the institution. Uneke, who disclosed this in press conference in Uburu added that the school was targeting about 1, 500 students for a start and listed […]
Bandits rape two minors in Kwara, attack family head, others with machete
By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin Unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday attacked Nuku village in Kaima local government of Kwara state, abducted two minors of the same family and left the head of the family and one other person with serious machete wounds. The abducted two girls were later released after the […]
Uniosun appoints acting Vice-Chancellor
A Professor of Geo-Technical Engineering, Adefemi Bello has been appointed as the acting Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University, Osogbo.
Ikoyi building collapse: Wailing, cries as relatives, sympathisers search for loved ones
By Olasunkanmi Akoni and Bose Adelaja A missing victim, identified as Mr. Wale Bob-Oseni, a real estate dealer and executive director of African Bureau for Legislative Empowerment, was said to be on his way to the US on Monday, November 1. Then he got a call from Femi Osibona, owner of Fourscore Homes, to check […]
