By Foster Obi The Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Apapa gridlock, Professor Yemi Osinbajo recently called on the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to assist in the implementation of the Presidential Order issued to truck drivers to vacate ports’ access roads within 72 hours. Osinbajo who made the call in […]
The Committee of Banks’ Chief Executive Officers in Nigeria has underlined urgent the need for all banks to cooperate and collaborate to identify and go tougher on chronic debt defaulters. The committee said this would go beyond publishing names of such defaulters in national media (which is inevitable), but involved all banks speaking with one […]
An African free-trade zone came into force Thursday; a step toward creating what the African Union hopes will be a continent-wide market of 1.2 billion people worth $2.5 trillion. “This is a historic milestone!” tweeted Albert Muchanga, AU commissioner for trade and industry. “We celebrate the triumph of bold, pragmatic and continent-wide commitment to economic […]
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Wednesday, described the recent reports of plots to attack and destroy oil facilities, especially in the Niger-Delta Region, and overthrow the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as inimical to the good of the country. In a statement signed by its General Secretary, Lumumba […]
The Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company did not refine any crude oil from February 2018 to January this year, the latest data obtained from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation showed. The Port Harcourt Refining Company was idle from July 2018 to January this year. It was gathered on Wednesday in Abuja that the last time […]
With over $18 billion yearly losses to Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) in Nigeria, stakeholders in the oil and gas, and financial services sectors, have tasked the Federal Government to introduce measures that will urgently address the development; otherwise funding infrastructural and economic development may remain a challenge. A report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has cautioned against undue interference in the activities of judges engage in the adjudication of post-election litigation in the various election tribunals across the country. The NBA urged those, who took the oath of office on Wednesday, not to compromise the independence of the Judiciary and respect for the principle […]
By Foster Obi The increasing need to blend work and family life for a better and more focused society received a boost last week as the Institute for Work and Family Integration (IWFI) assembled experts from the academia, businesses, and human resources to shed more light on the emerging trend of employees’ journey and how […]
The Federal Executive Council has approved another N1.8bn for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of buildings at the Agbo Railway Village in Delta State. The approval was made at the second FEC meeting held in the week, which ended on Thursday night. The session was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. […]