Eastern Ports Rehabilitation: FG awards Escravos Channel dredging, breakwater reconstruction
As part of efforts to revitalize the Eastern ports, the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has awarded the contract for the reconstruction of the dilapidated Escravos Channel at Warri Port, Delta State. Confirming the development, Mr. Ikechukwu Oyenmakara, General Manager of Corporate and Strategic Communication at the Nigerian Ports Authority, stated that […]
Nigeria’s tax laws need modification
Mr. Abimbola Odunsanya is the chairman, Lagos chapter of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, a tax practitioner and financial analyst. In this interview, he speaks on how an effective tax system can become an alternative revenue earner for the government and help drive the country’s economy especially with the dwindling fortune of the oil price
NIMASA, Navy set to beef up security in Nigerian waters
DIRERCTOR general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Ade Dosunmu, has restated the agency’s commitment for inter-agency collaboration to ensure effective implementation of government policies in the Nigerian maritime sector.
FOU Customs seize N226m pirated films
By IFEYINWA OBI IN their effort to salvage the Nigerian economy, the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of the Nigerian Custom Service had made seizures of 15,000 pieces of Nigerian, American and phonographic films.
Global economic meltdown: Issues that would reposition the Nigerian capital market— Idika Kalu
Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu, Chairman, BGL Group and Former Honourable Minister of Finance, in this piece stated the causes and effects of the current global economic meltdown that started in the US in the middle of 2007 and through 2008 and has continued unabated and spread to Europe and other parts of the world which Nigeria is not in exception.
Controversy over who controls STEP foundation
United Nations World Tourism Organization affiliated offices (Osaka and Korea) were recently audited with regards to the various programs that are using the UNTWO logo.
