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Posted: 30 Jul 2019 05:20 PM PDT
Senate committee appointment, indication of Senator Orji’s leadership qualities – Abia Group
The Coalition for the Advancement of State Transformation (CAST) has hailed the appointment of Senator Theodore Ahamefule Orji as Chairman Senate Committee on Privatisation, describing it as a befitting confirmation of the Senator’s sterling leadership qualities.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 05:20 PM PDT
P&G targets 23m girls with Citizenship program
Procter and Gamble (P&G), makers of Feminine Care brand, Always Sanitary Pads said it is committed to educating 23 million adolescent girls on puberty and hygiene across the Indian Subcontinent, Middle East and Africa (IMEA) region including Nigeria.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 05:16 PM PDT
COZA Rape Scandal: Ex-boxing champion advises parties to tread with caution
Former WBA International, British and Common Wealth Light Heavy Weight Boxing Champion, Peter Oboh has advised pop singer, Timi Dakolo and his wife, Busola to tread with caution while pursuing justice in respect of the rape allegation they levelled against the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, COZA, pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 05:14 PM PDT
Continue to defend Christians, Baptist Church tells CAN president
NIGERIAN Baptist Convention has called on the President Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev Samson Ayokunle to continue to speak up in defence of Christians in the country, adding that they were impressed with his performance so far.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 05:13 PM PDT
Nigerian Navy operations and projections for overcoming criminality at sea
THE global maritime commons have remained a veritable medium for driving growth, development and prosperity amongst both littoral and land-linked nations in the 21st Century. African seaborne trade has equally benefited from this growth, albeit with attendant maritime security challenges, particularly within the Gulf of Guinea, GoG. This is the case for Nigeria with a coastline of about 420 nautical miles.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 05:02 PM PDT
World Day against trafficking in Persons: Abia Speaker cautions youths
Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Orji MNSE, has advised youths of the State to remain back home and continue to exploit the numerous business and entrepreneurial opportunities in Abia and shun all the imaginary allures of life abroad painted by human traffickers whose only aim is to enslave their victims in gruelling conditions once they are able to lure them out of the country.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 04:43 PM PDT
Videotape of Akeredolu’s visit doctored to ridicule us — Ondo lawmakers
MEMBERS of the Ondo State House of Assembly, yesterday, alleged that the videotape of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s visit to the assembly on the snake invasion was doctored to ridicule them.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 04:38 PM PDT
DESOPADEC: Replace Diden with Urhobo indigene, UPU Youth Wing to Okowa
Arising from a critical stakeholders meeting of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Youth Wing, Worldwide, today, through an open letter to the Delta State Governor, Urhobo youths have called on the Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 04:36 PM PDT
Apapa Gridlock : Situation worsens as traffic management turns money-making venture
The Apapa-Oshodi  gridlock appears to  get more compounded each passing day this is as a result of the fact that miscreants have hijacked the control and management of the traffic from the task team officials assigned for the duty.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 04:10 PM PDT
Trade Facilitation: Customs concludes categorization of importers
THE Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, has said that the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has concluded segmentation of importers with a view to separating trade compliant importers from non-compliant importers.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 03:59 PM PDT
Customs, NAFDAC destroy 58 containers of drugs worth N14.7bn
THE Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone “A” of Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, in collaboration with National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has destroyed 58 containers of 225mg Tramadol and other dangerous and unregistered pharmaceuticals with Duty Paid Value, DPV, of N14.7 billion.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 03:51 PM PDT
NITDA shifts initial audit of Data Controllers, Processors to October
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has granted a three-month extension for the conduct of the initial audit report for every data Controller and Processor. The extension period would elapse on Friday 25th October 2019.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 03:50 PM PDT
Olokola Deep Seaport set to create new economic hub, jobs
AMID controversy over the alleged suspension of work on the Badagry Deep Seaport, the Olokola Deep Seaport in Ondo State has been positioned to offer the South-West zone strategic shipping market and huge job opportunity, with a high prospect of redefining the economic power of the zone.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 03:42 PM PDT
Concessioning, conversion of truck parks to offices, fueled Apapa gridlock – Okey Ibeke
THE concession exercise embarked upon by the Federal Government and the conversion of truck parks to offices by some private businesses has been blamed for contributing immensely to the traffic gridlock along the Apapa port axis.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 03:29 PM PDT
Maritime economy vital to economic development — Peterside
By Gideon Nnaemezie
THE Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr Dakuku Peterside, has pointed at the diverse opportunities that are open in Nigeria for economic transformation and development through effective and adequate exploitation of the marine economy.
Peterside who was speaking at the African Day of Oceans and Seas, weekend, in Lagos, also pointed that countries, such as China and U.S.A., have effectively exploited their ocean economy and were currently reaping the dividends.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 03:00 PM PDT
Rivers govt rolls out informal sector tax rates, modalities
- RIVERS State Government will starting August 1st, roll out rates and modalities for remittance of emergent informal sector taxes aimed at artisans, trade and professionals across the state.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 02:57 PM PDT
Cabotage/Oil rig judgment: How NASS was lobbied to remove rigs from original bill
AS the concerns over the recent Court of Appeal judgement on the status of oil drilling rigs as the vessel continues, indications have emerged that oil rigs were in the original copy of the Cabotage bill sent to the National Assembly for consideration but was removed during the review.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 02:32 PM PDT
Boko Haram, criminals, Islam in Maghreb, West African terrorists bonding together – Presidency
THE Presidency Tuesday night insisted that Boko Haram terrorism has been degraded and defeated.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 02:05 PM PDT
Atiku commends Olufunto Badenoch’s appointment as minister in UK
Former Vice President of Nigeria, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential aspirant Mr Atiku Abubakar has commended and congratulated Boris Johnson, Britain’s Prime Minister and Mrs Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch a UK-born Nigerian who was recently appointed as Children and Families Minister.
Atiku said said:  ‘I commend and celebrate British Prime Minister, Mr. Boris Johnson, for appointing a British citizen of Nigerian heritage as a minister in his government’
Mrs Badenoch is a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament, MP, for Saffron Walden.
Posted: 30 Jul 2019 01:46 PM PDT
MTN, GLO move to resolve N10bn interconnect dispute
There are strong indications that the over 46 million subscribers on the Globacom network who have been restricted from connecting calls to MTN numbers, over alleged N10 billion debt, may get a respite as the two companies Tuesday exclusively told Vanguard that talks were ongoing to resolve the issue.

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