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LCCI hails end of Customs check-points on highways, but…

The Director-General of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Mr. Muda Yusuf has commended the leadership of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) for keying in to the presidential drive for ease of doing business by dismantling Customs check-points on…

IAEA directs FG to establish nuclear safety legal framework before venture

For the avoidance of leakage of applications and digital materials to wrong hands, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) team has presented a report, which directs Nigeria to establish a nuclear safety legal framework. The…

FG’s insincerity forcing militants to resume bombardment Sept 1—NDRC

“Our grievance with government is that after the consolatory statement of the government by Prof. Osinbajo, nothing is on ground to show sincerity by government”, this was the key argument of the Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders (NDRC), for planned resumption…

FG’s silence on wastages, demurrage rise on Apapa gridlock worrisome—Port users

Observed silence of the federal government on the plights of both Apapa and Tincan ports users since the commencement of reconstruction of the Wharf road has attracted the anger of stakeholders in the shipping industry. The summary of their grievances…

How Lagos, Abuja airports certification was botched upon acclaimed readiness

Business Hilights can authoritatively report that chances of any Nigerian airport being certified by the International Civil Aviation organization (ICAO) this year are slim considering the return of manuals sent to the certification agency due to untidiness. Otherwise, the airports…

Lagos taken over by heaps of refuse, debts, rickety LAWMA compactor fingered

Investigations by Business Hilights across key local governments and environs in parts of Lagos State have shown total collapse of solid waste management due to irregularity of visits by LAWMA compactor vehicles. Again, additional discoveries showed that over 90 per…

FG seeks inputs from experts on proposed MTFF/FSP 2018-2020

Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma has called on financial experts, civil societies and general public to make inputs to the newly developed Medium Term Fiscal Framework/Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTFF/FSP) 2018-2020. The minister and other officials…

Industry

Why FCMB bagged ITF Merit Award

More facts have emerged on why First City Monument Bank (FCMB) bagged the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Merit Award as the Best Contributing Employer in Human Resource Development for the year 2016. In a statement, ITF said the award came…

Epe 6 on foreign clubs jerseys: Who’s branding who?

Whereas Nigerians and more intimately, Lagosians are still celebrating and heaving sigh of relief over the rescue or release of the Igbnola Model College, Epe, kidnapped students, experts in advertising and branding business have picked holes on the way and…

Losses looms as Customs e-auction generates only N49m, 254 winners in 1 month

Barley one month after the flag off of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) e-Auction of seizures, the Service has said it generated N49 million on e-auction platform and recorded 254 winners in four weeks across the country. The scheme started…