Customs moves to decongest seaports The acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has expressed his determination to immediately move to decongest Nigerian seaports. Adeniyi, who disclosed this during a meeting with the Federal Ministry of Transportation in Abuja, said that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) would face the[Read More…]
NACCIMA urges FG to Refrain from Merging FIRS, NIMASA, NCS The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has urged the Federal Government to refrain from implementing its proposed merger of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and[Read More…]
ITF to empower youths The International Training Fund (ITF) has reaffirmed its commitment to escalate the provision of skills to youths to compete globally. Worried over the level of the youth who are migrating for greener pastures abroad, ITF said Nigeria must make the best use of them to[Read More…]
IATA clarifies int’l airfares in Nigeria The global trade association of airlines : International Air Transport Association (IATA), yesterday offered clarifications on the effect of fluctuating exchange rate on international flight tickets sold in Nigeria. The global body said air fares are not determined by it , but[Read More…]
June 19 meeting: We ‘ll push for salary award to lessen effects of subsidy removal,.NLC Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has said its priority is to get salary award to cushion the effects of petrol subsidy removal on workers among others. At the ongoing 111th Session of the International Labour[Read More…]
Lafarge Africa Launches Policy Blueprint for Concrete Ideas Series, To Host 6th Edition Leading innovative and sustainable building solutions company, Lafarge Africa Plc has launched the Concrete Ideas Policy Blueprint, an analysis of insights and ideas discussed by stakeholders in the construction, infrastructure and housing industries during the first five[Read More…]
World Bank lists Nigeria among countries with ‘high food security concern’ The World Bank has retained Nigeria alongside Afghanistan, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemeh as hotspots of global food security concerns, raising a red flag on the governments’ capacity to weather the storm. It is not the first time Nigeria[Read More…]
NUBIFIE pickets Polaris Bank over unjust sack of workers The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFE) on Tuesday protested at the head office of Polaris Bank in Lagos over unlawful sack of workers. With planks written:’ Respect Collective Bargaining rights of workers”, members and leaders of[Read More…]
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), the premier chamber of commerce in Nigeria has commended the Federal Government’s removal of fuel subsidy as it will grow the country’s economy. Unfortunately, previous regimes had shied away from this grave but nation-building decision. It is, however, noteworthy that industry regulators[Read More…]
A Civil Society group, Save Nigeria Movement has said the eligibility conditions and process for granting permanent residency status or Nigerian citizenship to a foreigner could only be reviewed through a constitution amendment. I will therefore urge the relevant institutions of state to reconsider this in the next effort at[Read More…]
