Author: Saint Augustine

A Japan-based company, Kawasho Foods Trade Corporation and JFE Shoji Corporation, on Wednesday donated educational materials to 10 public basic schools in Oyo State. The materials, which included 11,000 exercise books, 360 desks, and benches, as well as 150 cartons of canned food products, were distributed among some selected primary schools across the three senatorial districts of the state. Speaking at the official presentation of the educational materials in Ibadan, the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, OYOSUBEB, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran commended the company for its support towards the state government’s efforts at providing qualitative education in…

There is nothing in the four tax bills currently before the National Assembly which threatens the existence of any government agency or the jobs of individuals, the Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Zacch Adedeji, has said. Adedeji gave the assurance in Abuja at the Revenue House on Wednesday, while receiving the Chief Executive Officers of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND. He spoke against the background of fears being expressed that the proposed change of the name of FIRS to Nigeria Revenue…

The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has commended the level of progress and achievements being made by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, promising not to withhold any support needed by the agency. The Committee members, who were on oversight visit, held a meeting with FIRS management at the Revenue House in Abuja, on Tuesday, and also toured the agency’s permanent headquarters in the Central Business District currently under construction. A statement by the Special Adviser on Media to the FIRS Chairman, Dare Adekanmbi, said the Chairman of the Committee, Honourable James Faleke, who addressed newsmen after the tour,…

… As Nigerian women seek creation of Gender Equality Task Force Worried by some unfair displacement of Nigerian women in leadership positions across the nation, the MMS Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame (WoFHoF) Initiative has encouraged Nigerian women groups to curb the unjust removal of female leaders. The Founder of MMS WoFHoF Initiative, Mr. Kingsley Anaroke, made this call while speaking at the 2024 MMS Hall of Fame Induction and International Women’s Leadership Summit on Wednesday at Nicon Luxury hotel, Abuja. “We have so many women groups in the maritime sector and across several industries. However, these groups aren’t…

…Rakes in N1.8 Trillion in 10 months The Apapa command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has handed over six containers of expired and falsely declared pharmaceuticals and controlled products to the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Speaking at a press briefing in Lagos on Monday to mark the hand over, the Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu disclosed that some of the contents of pharmaceuticals were unapproved dosage of tramadol, cough syrup with codeine, injections among others. Olomu said, “As a Service, we owe…

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has facilitated Nigeria’s first shipment to Kenya, with Lucky Fibres, a subsidiary of the Tolaram Group, becoming one of the first companies to ship goods to Kenya under the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, AfCFTA. During a visit to the Apapa Area Command on Wednesday, 30 October 2024, to ensure proper documentation and verification of the shipment, Olusegun Olutayo, Senior Trade Expert and Lead of Trade Enablement at the Nigeria AfCFTA Coordination Office, noted that the shipment from Nigeria to Kenya, specifically to the port of Mombasa, demonstrates the collaborative spirit of AfCFTA. “It…

The Oyo State Government has concluded plans to establish a business district in Ibadan, the state capital, to make way for a commercial corridor that would be a beehive of economic activities. The Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Williams A. Funmilayo disclosed this in Akinyele during a sensitization meeting with relevant stakeholders. According to him, the project will be situated in the Akinyele Local Government area of the State. He mentioned that 3,149 hectares of land have been delineated for the project while 598.613 hectares of the land have been earmarked as resettlement scheme for some of…

Jomo Gbomo, founding member and spokesman, Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND says his group has pledged its readiness to support security operatives in safeguarding crude oil installations from attacks. Gbomo in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital condemned threat on crude oil facilities in Niger Delta by some ex militants and agitators in the region. This decision by MEND comes days after a new militant group, the Niger Delta Development Force, has threatened to bomb Oil installations over an alleged plot to use a federal high court in…

By Agbo Major In February 2022, we had a meeting in the country home of Dr. Boniface Okechukwu Anieboonam at Umuawulu, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra. At the all night meeting on one side (the original NNPP) was Dr. Aniebonam, Dr. Agbo Major, Dipo Olayoku while on the other side (those seeking help to use the party platform for 2023) was the vulgar and noisy Buba Galadima, Prof. Bem Angwe, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi and a few others. The mission was to ask for consideration to be allowed into NNPP (a party rightly formed and owned by NAGAFF) for…

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions is set to hear the petition brought before it by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ashford Industries Nigeria Limited, Mr. Okey Justine Ezeh against the Bank of Industry, BOI over alleged seizure of 327 industrial machines belonging to the company by the Bank since 2009 and fraudulent sale of parts of the equipment. It will be recalled that Mr. Ezeh had earlier in July this year petitioned the House against the Bank over the alleged seizure of 327 industrial machines and the fraudulent sale of some parts thereof. In…