The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Friday, set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court over the alleged exemption of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) from tax and other levies payable to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). In a judgment delivered by Justice Garuba Lawal, the court directed […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will not condone lateness by candidates to its 2019 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), scheduled for Monday. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. NAN reports that a […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has made the process of replacing lost, stolen or damaged Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards more stringent in order to protect telecommunications consumers. NCC Director, Zonal Operations, Amina Shehu, said this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. She said before replacing a SIM card, consumers are required to identify […]
The national leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has rejected the alleged anti-poor and anti-masses recruitment requirements of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp[oration (NNPC). Adeyemi Azeez, NANS National Public Relations Officer, made the position of the students’ body known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. NANS alleged that it was a […]
By Foster Obi To avoid missing their flight and putting themselves through unnecessary pressures, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has advised passengers to leave their homes early, owing to the ongoing reconstruction of the road leading the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. A statement signed by Yakubu Henrietta, FAAN General Manager, Corporate Affairs, […]
We’d like to see more scrutiny as the impetus to rally around Boeing right now leaves little room for skepticism and improvements. Boeing Co. and the Federal Aviation Administration this week attempted to wrest back control of the narrative about the grounded 737 Max jet. As far as the stock is concerned, it was a […]
People in Nigeria are using British Airways to ‘deliver’ to them pizzas from London, the nation’s Minister of Agriculture has complained. Audu Ogbeh, 71, said that Nigerians are ‘using their cellphones to import pizza from London’ as he addressed the Senate Committee on Agriculture in Abuja. Describing it as ‘annoying’, he expressed concern over the […]
The federal government has allotted N29.35 billion worth of bonds to 12 successful bidders in its March auction, the Debt Management Office (DMO) says. According to the auction results obtained from its website on Thursday in Abuja, DMO said that three bonds in tenures of five, seven and 10 years were offered at the auction. […]
Oil prices rose about 1 percent on Friday, posting their biggest quarterly rise in a decade, as U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela as well as OPEC-led supply cuts overshadowed concerns over a slowing global economy. The May Brent crude oil futures contract, which expired Friday, gained 57 cents, or 0.8 percent, to settle at […]
The ongoing construction work on the Lagos-Ibadan railway project will not be abandoned, both the Federal Government and the National Assembly declared on Friday. According to them, the project will be given all the attention required until it is completed. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the Senate Committee Chairman on Land Transport, Senator […]