Customs officially reacts to killing of Citizen Onoja, silent on retraining officers
Following the viral circulation of a horrific video of the killing of an unarmed civilian, late Mr. Godwin Agada Onoja by an Operatives of the Federal Operations Unit Zone A, on Sunday 17th February 2019 at Shagamu Interchange, the leadership…
Just in: INEC counters PMB, says voting violators’ll face electoral Act provisions
24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari unilaterally announced that ballot box snatchers and disrupters of electoral process shall do so at the expense of their lives, the chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu responded and announced…
M&As this year’ll largely depend on outcome of presidential election—Chidoka
Beyond the apparent shocks and apprehensions trailing the strange postponement of the 2019 presidential election on the nation’s capital and financial markets, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Kairos Capital Limited, Mr. Sam Chidoka, has expressed reservations on chances of…
CIBN tribunal may sanitise industry if it’ll get legal backing—Udoh
A Port Harcourt based lawyer, Chief Clement Udoh has called for an authentic legal backing via an act of the parliament for the new role of trying erring bankers by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) disciplinary tribunal….
Influx of refurbished smartphones, grey market pushing OEMs to shelve growth plans
…Nokia, others mull right-sizing to shed operating costs In ability of several governments’ in developing economies mainly in Africa to come up with strong policies that will restrict the influx of refurbished smartphones and grey market are pushing leading smartphone…
Maritime agencies interested more in hiking cost of doing business at ports—Shittu
More maritime stakeholders have continued to kick against the recent imposition of fees by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) for port business operators’ registration exercise. In an interview, the immediate past President, Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Prince…
MAN’s 15% GDP target for sector depends on next govt’s policy focus—Expert
The new year target of driving Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) above the current 8.84 per cent to 15 per cent by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has been seen by industry experts as a very tall order depending…
Prohibitive prices of kerosene, diesel dealt with industries, households in Jan.—NBS
One of the key revelations of the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that the price of kerosene increased month-on-month (MoM) by 5.35 percent to N306.28 per litre last month from N290.74 in December 2018 while…
Only free market economy in downstream can raise appetite for refining—Iheanacho
Leading indigenous oil and gas investor and Chairman, Integrated Oil and Gas Limited, Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho, has made it clear that time has come for the Federal Government to consider a free market economy for the downstream petroleum industry, saying…
Meet the new NGFCP Steering Committee chairman, Engr. Rabiu Suleiman
The recent appointment of the new Chairman of the Ministerial Steering Committee (SteerCo) of the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme (NGFCP), Engr. Rabiu Suleiman has shown the seriousness of the Federal Government in driving the gas flare commercialisation programme with…
