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By Shulammite ‘Foyeku The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday said the Federal Government lacked sufficient funds to repair the severely dilapidated roads leading into and out of the Apapa area.  The poor state of the roads coupled with luck of truck parks and the proliferation of tank farms have been […]

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday said the agency recovered $43 million from former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Maduke. Speaking at the ongoing 7th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption holding in Vienna, Austria, Magu said the commission […]

The Lagos State Waterways Authority says it has given boat operators in the state two weeks to fix their faulty boats or stop plying the waterways. The Managing Director of LASWA, Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, stated this in Lagos on Tuesday during the LASWA/Lagos State Emergency Management Agency sensitisation campaign and simulation exercise to ensure passengers’ safety. He said […]Read More

By Patience Danjuma The House of Representatives has mandated its committee on customs to investigate the handling of import duty revenues, waivers and bonds on import duties collected by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) from 2010 till date.The resolution was sequel to the passage of the prayers of a motion sponsored by a member, James […]

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday adjourned until November 13 to hear an application by a former Acting Director General of NIMASA, Haruna Jauro, seeking to restrain the EFCC from attaching his properties.Jauro, who assumed leadership of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency after its erstwhile DG, Patrick Akpobolokemi, was arraigned by the Economic and Financial […]Read More

United Sea Wolf Avenger, a militant group in Ondo State, have accused politicians in the state of hijacking the Federal Government’s Amnesty programme in the state by allocating the slots to their children, friends and political allies. The group made the allegation in Lagos, in a statement on Thursday, signed by its leader, Gen. Deji Ehinmowo, Secretary, Gen. Akinfemi […]Read More

Nigeria plans to raise 710 billion naira ($2.26 bln) via restructuring its equity in joint venture oil assets and increasing private sector participation, the Debt Management Office (DMO) said on Thursday. Oil companies including Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron and ExxonMobil, operate in Nigeria through joint ventures with NNPC. The government has considered selling stakes in […]

The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme command, on Wednesday said it generated N9.9bn from exportation of goods across the Seme border between January and October. The command said it also collected N5.3bn in revenue in the same period even as the government had stopped the importation of rice and used cars through Seme border. The Customs Area Controller […]Read More

The Sokoto/Kebbi/Zamfara Area Command of Nigerian Customs Service on Thursday said it intercepted two trucks with 365 bags of foreign rice. The Controller of the command, Nasiru Ahmad, represented by the command’s Spokesman,  Magaji Mailafiya, said that the seizures were made last Thursday and Friday along Illela-Sokoto road. Ahmad said the seized trucks belonged to Dangote Group, […]Read More

Sunday Abayomi I have spent about four days on this road which is caused by the heavy traffic. I buy food from hawkers.My bathing and stooling is done under the bridge. Now, I am happy for what the government has done for us by providing this facility for us to shield us from the scorching […]

Nigeria is a great country. My country is a place where the unusual becomes the usual and we learn to adapt to it. I have been witnessing ASUU strike since my days in secondary school, and that was in the early into mid-nineties. I can recollect there was one that lasted for months and coincided […]