Forex, border control soar prices of fairly used cars
The prices of fairly used cars known as ‘Tokumbo’ have skyrocketed due to tight border control and soaring exchange rates. A cross-section of car dealers, who spoke with NAN in Abuja on Thursday, lamented that the development was stiffening them out of business. Alhaji Ali Adamu, a car dealer told the Agency that in the […]
Shippers’ Council tasks BOAN on standard barges
By Godfrey Bivbere & Providence Adeyinka maritime Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC has implored barge operators under the aegis of Barge Operators Association of Nigeria, BOAN, to avoid substandard barges in other to curb loss of their investments and consignments of their clients. Speaking at a meeting with BOAN at the Council’s Head Office in Lagos, […]
Teni jumps on ice Kings “Choke” remix
Buzzing from the recent release of his debut single; Choke, Benue-born rising rapper and songwriter, ICE KING Ochacho is on course to unleash the remix of the viral single and it features Nigeria’s musical superstar, Teni. Just seven years old but super talented and bold; the son of Real estate mogul, king Mohammed Adah popularly […]
North Korea launches suspected ballistic missiles
North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea Thursday, in its first substantive provocation to the new US administration of Joe Biden. The nuclear-armed North has a long history of using weapons tests to ramp up tensions, in a carefully calibrated process to try to forward its objectives. Donald Trump’s first year in […]
NPA hands over shipyard to NIMASA for floating dock
The Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, is set to relinquish its shipyard to the Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency, NIMASA, for hosting of the Agency’s modular floating dock.
Taskforce drags 10 to court over assault on Kaduna Electric staff
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Special Investigation and Prosecution Task Force on Electricity Offences (SIPTEO) North-West zone, Kaduna, has dragged 10 persons including 2 women before a Chief Magistrates Court for alleged assault on Kaduna Electric staff. The suspects were charged with criminal conspiracy, energy theft, threat, intimidation and assault contrary to various Sections of the […]
Flour Mills of Nigeria releases 2019/2020 Sustainability Report
The Group MD/CEO, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc , Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc , said they have over the years invested heavily in the development of a unique self-sustaining ecosystem that ensures their business is properly positioned to navigate existing and emerging macroeconomic conditions.
Nigeria’s worsening crisis: Is President Buhari clueless or just unlucky?
By Olu Fasan A WEEK hardly goes by without some negative news about Nigeria in the British press. And hardly a week passes without some readers of this column emailing me and lamenting the appalling state of affairs in Nigeria. The recurrent message is that President Muhammadu Buhari is not in control of the deteriorating situation […]
Rivers approves N27.6bn for Trans-Kalabari, Saakpenwa-Bori-Kono roads
By Davies Iheamnachor, Port-Harcourt Rivers State Government has approved N27.6billion for the construction of Trans-Kalabari and Saakpenwa-Bori-Kono road projects. The State Executive Council in its meeting in Government House, Port Harcourt, said the two major road projects were expected to be completed within the next 14 months. Speaking to newsmen after the SEC meeting presided […]
Gov Abiodun pays N500m gratuity to Ogun retirees
Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, on Wednesday, paid a total sum of N500 million to some state and local government retirees
Stakeholders recommend solutions to assist FG curb Ebonyi/Cross River boundary dispute
By Victoria Ojeme and Fortune Eromosele Stakeholders in Ebonyi and Cross River states on Wednesday, recommended ways that would assist the federal government in curbing land disputes spanning a century and embrace peace in working towards finding sustainable solutions. They made the recommendation in a communique issued after the end of a Two-day Roundtable Discussion […]
