By Foster Obi Ikeja Electric Plc (IE), Nigeria’s largest Electricity Distribution Company, is celebrating the first year anniversary of its Willing Buyer, Willing Seller initiative dubbed Bilateral Power by customers. The company’s Bilateral Power service promises customers a minimum of 20 hours power supply and improved service in exchange for cost reflective tariffs. This initiative, […]
The suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu is not giving up on his request for fair hearing. Magu through his lawyer, Wahab Shittu, has once again written to the Chairman of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry probing him and the affairs of the commission. In the letter dated August 20, […]
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has called on the Federal Government to intervene in reducing the pump price of fuel in order to enable transporters cope with the physical distancing order due to COVID-19. Mr Lawal Ibrahim, the Secretary of the Ibadan Unit of NURTW in Ilorin, made the call in an […]
The Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Dr George Moghalu has vowed that hard times await erring boat operators that flout safety measures put in place to guide their operations. He gave the warning in a press statement signed by Jibril Dardau, Acting General Manager (Corporate Affairs) and made available to newsmen, […]
Sacked Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Toyin Ogundipe, has dropped a lawsuit he filed at the National Industrial Court to challenge his sacking by the varsity’s Governing Council. The suit, marked NICN/LA/278/2020, had as defendants: UNILAG; the varsity’s Council; its Senate; Pro-Chancellor, Dr Wale Babalakin (SAN); Registrar, Oladejo Azeez; and Prof. Theophilus Soyombo, […]
A propeller aircraft in the fleet of a chartered carrier – Jedidiah Air on Friday hit a fence at General Aviation Terminal (GAT), local wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. The aircraft: King Air was reparking when it rammed into the fence at the tarmac close to a facility used by Bristow Helicopters. According […]
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has appointed former Super Eagles striker, Daniel Amokachi, as a Special Assistant on Sports. This was announced in a press statement by the Media Office of the Minister of Youth and Sports Development on Thursday. The statement was titled, ‘PMB appoints Amokachi Special Assistant, Sports’, and signed by […]
By Foster Obi The Governing Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has approved the promotion of 595 staff, including nine Directors. The promotions were approved at a meeting of the Board in Lagos chaired by Hon. Asita O. Asita. A statement signed by Philip Kyanet, Head, Corporate Communications, said that Nine […]
Nigeria is considering partnerships between state governments and private firms to ramp up testing and tracing of coronavirus cases after international flights resume this month, the head of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said. Nigeria will reopen its airports for international flights from Aug. 29. They have been closed since March 23 to […]
Nigeria’s gross revenues rose to 676.41 billion naira in July from 653.35 billion naira in June due to higher crude oil sales and tax receipts, accountant general Ahmed Idris said. The price of oil, Nigeria’s main export, fell sharply early this year as the coronavirus outbreak hit demand, cutting government revenues, weakening the naira and […]