FG signs $6.68bn Ibadan –Kaduna rail contract with CCECC …sets three-year completion target
Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi BY FRANCIS EZEM The Federal Government in Abuja Tuesday signed a $ () contract agreement with the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation CCECC, for the…
FG to adopt diplomatic approach with India over Tramadol imports
BY FRANCIS EZEM There are fresh indications that the Federal Government may engage the Indian government in diplomatic discussions over the recent illegal importation of large consignments of 225mg of…
Oil prices may hit $100 per barrel next year, says Bank of America
Bank of America’s analysts wrote Thursday that collapsing oil production in Venezuela and potential export disruptions in Iran could push the price of Brent crude as high as $100 per…
Tin Can Customs seizes tramadol consignments imported from India …Nets N105bn revenue in four months
Customs Area Controller, Tin Can Island Port, Comptroller Abdullahi Musa flanked on the right by Deputy Comptroller in charge of Enforcement, DC Dera Nnadi and on the left by by…
Arbitration policy, culture, still at infancy in Nigeria, says Agbakoba … Canvasses National Policy on Arbitration
Agbakoba BY FRANCIS EZEM Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association NBA, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba SAN, has made a strong case for the development of a National Policy on Arbitration…
2019: No elections in Nigeria if herdsmen’s killings continue-Adeboye
General Overseer Worldwide of the RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye BY FRANCIS EZEM The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, Worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, Saturday broke his…
Port efficiency: Tin Can Customs steps up dispute resolution mechanisms …Targets N30bn monthly revenue
Customs Area Controller, Tin Can Island Port Command, Comptroller Abdullahi Musa BY FRANCIS EZEM The Tin Can Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has reinvigorated its internal mechanisms…
World Bank: Nigeria’s poverty rate rising despite recession exit
The World Bank says unemployment and poverty rates increased in Nigeria despite an exit from recession in 2017. The Bretton Wood institution made these remarks in a report released on…
N181bn aviation debt: AMCON canvasses stiffer regulations to enhance corporate governance
MD/CEO, AMCON, Ahmed Kuru BY FRANCIS EZEM Worried by the increasing spate of non-performing loans of about N181 billion from various banks, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria AMCON, has…
U.S Coast Guard seizes 1,080 pounds of Cocaine, rescues 4 smugglers off Eastern Pacific
Crews from the United States Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection and Navy intercepted more than 1,080 pounds of cocaine from a high-speed drug trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific…
