The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the payment of N500 million legal fees to lawyers for the recovery of N330 billion fines from the Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN). MTN was fined by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in 2017 for breaching directives on SIM registration. The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the […]
Annual inflation in Nigeria slowed to 11.61 percent in May, its lowest level in more than two years and its 16th straight monthly drop, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. It fell from 12.48 percent in April. A separate food price index showed inflation at 13.45 percent in May, compared with 14.80 percent […]
… As STOAN, MWUN Others Commend Agency By Foster Obi The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has restated its commitment to the welfare of dock workers in the maritime industry as the Agency organised a meeting of the employers and labour unions in the maritime sector under the aegis of the National Joint […]
A vessel carrying more than 900 migrants has docked on the Italian island of Sicily. The Italian coastguard vessel, the Diciotti, had picked up the migrants off the coast of Libya. Italy on Sunday had refused to allow the Franco-German ship Aquarius, packed with migrants, to dock, sparking an international row. The Diciotti was allowed […]
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) DELTA on Wednesday said it had destroyed over 1000 illegal refineries with swamp buggies in the Delta creeks. Speaking with journalists in Warri, the Commander, NNS DELTA, Ibrahim Dewu, said the illegal refineries were destroyed in the last 29 days in its ongoing raids. He said the illegal refineries and […]
Nigerian asylum seekers in Germany seem to find it easier than other African refugees to integrate into the labor market, a survey found. The latest monthly report on the integration of migrants in the German labor market, issued by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), which is affiliated to the German Employment Agency (BA), shows […]
Nigerian authorities say they have rescued nine young girls and one boy who were being trafficked to Russia. Five suspects, including a policeman and a quarantine officer, were arrested for allegedly facilitating their travel, the government agency fighting trafficking says. The victims were found while trying to board a plane from Lagos to Moscow. They […]
The Federal Government says it has taken advantage of the new Meter Asset Provider (MAP) regulations to give a grant of N37billion to a private sector operator to supply meters to interested Distribution Companies (DisCos). Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this at the 28th monthly meeting of power stakeholders in […]
Prof. Moji Adeyeye, Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says no fewer than 35 containers of Tramadol have been seized at various ports in the country. Adeyeye disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. She said nine out of the seized […]
The big new release news occurred outside of North America, as Universal/Comcast Corp.’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom earned $151.1 million in its foreign debut, including $8m from IMAX alone. While the film doesn’t open in North America until June 22, it launched in 48 markets over the last five days. This was partially about avoiding […]