The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal, (CCPT) has fixed Jan. 26, 2023 for hearing in a suit instituted by Mr Festus Onifade against Multichoice Nigeria Limited and Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, (FCCPC). When the matter was called on Tuesday, Onifade told the tribunal that he had an...
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command has generated N7.02 billion revenue in three months from September to November. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Mohammed Gidado, said this in a statement signed by Superintendent Juliana Tomo, the command’s Public Relations Officer on Tuesday in Lagos....
Power supply holds the key to industrial and economic growth. It is the engine room for both the large, medium and small scale manufacturing. It can unlock the entrepreneurial ingenuity of the artisan. It is against this background that over the years, the Federal Government has taken steps to...
Nigerian author and Coach Mfon Ekpo sits with Chude Jideonwo, host of #WithChude, for a 40th birthday special. In this episode, she speaks for the first time about the defining loss of her parents, an incident that affected her life and turning 40. On turning 40, she shares, ‘I look forward to turning...
Ubium people across the world will on Saturday December 17, 2022 converge in Ikot Okpudo Ubium, in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, for what is slated to be the greatest homecoming of the people in recent history; for an international convention tagged “Greater Ubium.” The...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The President of The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) , Yakubu Maikyau, SAN said the association under his watch would provide the necessary accessibility facilities and aids for physically challenged lawyers at the Supreme Court and The NBA Secretariat. He stated this on Tuesday during...
I have heard from some sources that President Buhari is not supporting his party candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. My attention was drawn to his repeated pronouncements and body language that every Nigerian eligible to vote, will be left to vote for any party of their choice. Saying that...
The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, says the ongoing US$ 2 billion electricity grid maintenance, expansion and rehabilitation programme across the country are estimated to have created 45,000 direct and indirect jobs. The minister disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at the 11th edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari...
Shell Companies in Nigeria have been named the best local content operators at the 2022 annual industry dinner and awards ceremonies of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN). The dinner and awards was held in Port Harcourt, Rivers. This is contained in a statement by Mrs Abimbola Essien-Nelson,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Power Engr. Abubakar Aliyu has revealed that the 1,650mw Makurdi Hydro Power Plant (MHPP) when completed would not only address the energy shortfall in the country, but also mitigate flooding. Speaking at the inauguration of the Project Steering Committee (PSC) for the concession of the...
There was a massive turnout of people on Tuesday at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) office in Abuja with the commencement of the auctioning of 35 cars. The exercise followed the order of the final forfeitures secured by the anti-graft agency from courts. According to Channels TV,...
A court in Spain on Tuesday acquitted Brazilian superstar Neymar of corruption charges related to his transfer to Barcelona from Santos in 2013. The judges decided to acquit the nine defendants who were being prosecuted in this trial, including FC Barcelona, former club presidents Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro...
Account of the ordeal of a Port Harcourt-based businessman and philanthropist, Sir Ifeanyi Amaoyne, in the hands of a kinsman and former Anambra guber aspirant, Hon Walter Ubaka Okeke, in the words of the victim’s close friend and confidant…. My name is Sir Louis Okonkwo. I am a Knight...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fewer than 42 graduates in various programmes of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) are to be given one hundred thousand naira (100,000) loan to enable them start up their acquired skills. Addressing benefiting graduates in Sokoto, the State Acting Coordinator of NDE,...
The Senate has postponed its debate on the cash withdrawal policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) till Wednesday, December 14, 2022. This is because of the absence of the Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Finance, Senator Uba Sani, who is away attending the All Progressives...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday seized unregistered/expired aphrodisiacs, and other drugs worth N20m in Kaduna State. The agency made the seizures during a raid in 26 shops at the Sabon Gari market in Zaria LGA of the state. The seizures were...
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has faulted the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) new cash withdrawal limit, describing it as “illegal, null and void”. The CBN had ordered Deposit Money Banks (DMOs) and other financial institutions to ensure that weekly over-the-counter (OTC) cash withdrawals by individuals and corporate entities...
If there is any sign in recent times that proved beyond reasonable doubt that it is not yet a new dawn for widows in the country, it is the recent news report that some widows with placards of different inscriptions protested in front of the National Assembly over what...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has named the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Professor Umar Danbatta as its Special Ambassador in its renewed war against narcotics and use of other dangerous substances leading to addiction in the country....
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – From Toto to Awe, from Keana to Wamba, Lafia, Obi, Doma, Nasarawa Eggon, Akwanga, Kokona, Keffi, Karu and Nasarawa, indeed all the 13 local government areas that made up Nasarawa State, APC’s campaign rally for the second term bid of Governor Abdullahi Sule, was...