The Managing Director of Total Nig. Plc, Mr Domnique Thorlorn, says that the deregulation of the downstream sub-sector of the oil industry will boost the nation’’s economy and attract foreign investment. Thorlorn spoke in Lagos on Tuesday at a dinner held ahead of his company’’s annual general meeting slated for Wednesday. He said that the […]

A HIGH powered delegation of Nigeria Customs Service,NCS, led by the Comptroller-General Dikko Abdullahi is now in Brussels for the 19th Council Session of the World Customs Organisation (WCO), which kicks off this week in the Belgian capital.

COMPTROLLER Abdull Amade is Area Comptroller Federal Operations Unit,FOU, Zone C Owerri, in this interview with CustomsWatch, he disclosed that his efforts of the leadership of Nigeria Customs Service,NCS, at positioning the service, is being replicated in his zone. He noted that his men made seizures to show that they are battle ready for smugglers.

THE Area Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit,FOU, Zone C,Owerri, of the Nigerian Customs Service,NCS, Mr. Amade Abdull, has declared that officers and men in his unit are beaming searchlight in the creeks, in order to forstall activities of smugglers who may be smuggling goods through the water ways.

IN its drive to complement the efforts of Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs,NCS, Alhaji Abdullahi Inde Dikko at meeting revenue targets, Enugu/Anambra/Ebonyi Area Command has generated a total amount of N549,035,660.89 for the month of May 2010.

AS part of the company’s effort to boost insurance awareness and patronage in the country, UBA Metropolitan Life has sponsored seven clients to watch the 2010 World Cup holding in South Africa.

The International Underwriting Association has called on the coalition government to ensure that there is a strong insurance prudential regulator as part of its shake_up of the financial services industry.

Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc has spread financial support to Lagos State Sports Council and the football supporters’ club.

Insurance chieftains are strongly lobbying to be voted into the Governing Council of the Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) come next week Wednesday at the 39th Annual General Meeting of the association as Mr Remi Olowude, Executive Vice-Chairman IGI

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged women now in power to use every opportunity and available authority to better the lives of Nigerians especially women and children who have remained the most vulnerable to the casualties that arise from the failure of government in providing facilities that could improve the social indicators in Nigeria.

The Nigerian Association of Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has frowned at the recently introduced Cargo Tracking Note (CTN) levy, payable in foreign currency by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).

The Consul General of the people’s Republic of China in Lagos, Mr Guo Kun said that the volume of bilateral trade between Nigeria and China in 2009 grew steadily to $6.373 billion.

The Minister of Science and Technology, Prof.Mohammed Ka’oje Abubakar said the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST) is clearly a critical force in charting the path that Nigerians should follow as a nat
ion in achieving our developmental agenda – vision 20-2020 and 7-point agenda, which are specifically designed for Nigeria to catch-up with the advanced economies in the world.

The recovery plan put in place by the management of Oceanic Bank International Plc has started yielding positive fruits, as the bank bounced bank to profitability, announcing a profit after tax of N1.12 billion in its first quarter financial performance.

Transaction on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) continued, Tuesday on a bearish note as the value of listed equities dipped by N6.60 billion.