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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated revenue of about N1.002 trillion from January to September 2019. The data received by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the Department of Research and Statistics and confirmed by the NCS’s public relations office indicated that the revenue was generated from 32 commands. The statistics showed that the service recorded the highest revenue of N123.6 billion in the month of July followed by N118.6 billion realized in May. The data also revealed that the lowest revenue was recorded in the month of February with N86.3 billion. The low in February’s revenue might…
LAGOS – Major stakeholders from the public and private sectors will on Wednesday this week set agenda on how Nigeria will not be left behind in the emerging Fourth Industrial Revolution at the WorldStage Economic Summit (WES) 2019. WES 2019 with the theme ‘Getting Nigeria Ready for Challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution’ will hold on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, by 10.00 AM at the prestigious Event Centre, The Nigerian Stock Exchange, Lagos, Nigeria. . According to a statement by the organizers, World Stage Limited, the Federal Government will be making strong presence at the summit through the Director Generals…
If you do anything at all—even just one tiny thing—for your own health and the health of others, please just wash your hands after you poop. That plea comes from a new study, in which researchers found that not washing your hands after you go number two is more likely to spread drug-resistant E. coli than consuming raw or under-cooked meat. (Though it should be said that this study only focused on one specific strain of E. coli—there are still other types of E. coli, and other bacteria in general, that can come from eating under-cooked meat.) The study, published…
By Wole Ariṣekọla “A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people.” ― Suzy Kassem I was at the Heathrow Airport on my way to Maryland last night when I received the partially good news of Sen. Godswill Akpabio’s victory at the Appeal Court, concerning the petition verdict of the Election Petition Tribunal. I saw the judgment of the highly revered Justices of the Appeal Court as a token compared to the wanton destruction of Nigeria’s electoral process by Akwa Ibom Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Mike Igini in collaboration with the…
The Itsekiri National Youth Council (INYC), the umbrella body for all Itsekiri youths worldwide has called for the sack of Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs over the appointment of Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). A statement signed by the President of the Council, Mr Agbateyiniro Isaac, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the minister in order to serve as deterrent to all those jeopardizing the efforts by the present administration to develop the area. Isaac frowned at the action of the minister which he stated “ill-equipped” some individual to superintend over…
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have complained that technology was responsible for the gradual loss of family bonds. The respondents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, noted that while technology has made life easier in certain aspects, it has contributed to the loss of family values. Technology includes forms of digital and media hardware and software such as television, phones, networking platforms especially social media. Some parents admitted that it was a struggle to keep up with group family activities without every member of the family distracted by their phones. Meanwhile, others…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit in the Federal High Court, Abuja “seeking leave to apply for judicial review and an order of mandamus to direct and compel President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate president Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila to disclose details of allocations, disbursement and spending of security votes by the Federal Government, 36 state governors and 774 local governments between 1999 and 2019.” The suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1369/2019 and filed last Friday followed SERAP’s Freedom of Information requests and “the respondents’ failure to account for some N241.2 billion of public…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The European-American University, Commonwealth of Dominica, African Regional Operations has conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree in Research Development and National Growth, honoris causa on Sir Kevin Ogbonna Ike for his meritorious service in education and career. The representative of the President of the university, Prof John Kennedy, Prof Ichado Maiyanga conferred the doctorate degree on Sir Kevin Ogbonna Ike during the graduation ceremony organized by the institution in Abuja at the weekend. Maiyanga said the award was in consideration of Kevin Ike’s impressive achievements, dynamic successes as well as his contributions to national growth…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has said that its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, was not denied U.S. entry visa. The forum made the clarification in a statement issued by its Head of Media and Public Affairs, Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, on Saturday night in Abuja. Bello-Barkindo said that Fayemi rather retrieved his passport when the American Embassy indicated that the visa may not be ready by Friday because he had a crucial engagement on Monday in South Africa. The spokesman made the clarification while reacting to a report that Fayemi was denied U.S. Entry Visa making the…
IBADAN – Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state on Sunday, advised those seeking to divide the people of Oyo State through religion to find other jobs to do, saying the people of Oyo state cannot be divided along religious lines. Governor Makinde, who stated this while addressing the congregation at the St Paul Anglican Church, Yemetu, Ibadan, during the 80th thanksgiving service for his mother, Mrs. Abigael Omojolagbe Makinde, stated that the state is too interconnected to be divided along religious lines. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the Governor as saying…