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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed all the Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) as well as Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) to identify persons and or entities transacting in or operating crypto currency exchanges within their systems and ensure that such accounts are closed immediately. In a letter to all the Deposit Money Banks, Non-Bank Financial Institutions and Other Financial Institutions on Friday by the duo of Bello Hassan and Musa .I. Jimoh, Director of Banking Supervision and Director, Payment System Management Department respectively, the Bank recalled its circular of January 12, 2017 with reference number:…

The Honourable Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has restated the Federal Government’s commitment to improving public facilities and emplacement of good working environment for officers and men across the country to enable them carry out their work in a safe and conducive atmosphere. Aregbesola made this statement while speaking during the commissioning of the newly completed ultra-modern Office Complex of the Kaduna State Command Headquarters in Kaduna. He commended the management of the Nigeria Immigration Service, on its firm resolve aimed at ensuring that command office complexes are built in all the 36 State commands of the Service and…

The Anambra State government has set in motion the machinery to work with West Africa’s leading airline, Air Peace, to get Embraer of Brazil, the world’s fourth largest civilian aircraft manufacturer to locate a service centre for Africa in the state. Though the details of the state government’s move are not yet made public, it is understood that Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has since last year been in talks with the Air Peace founder, Chief Allen Onyema, to get the Brazilians to cite the service centre at Anambra International Cargo Airport at Umueri which is still undergoing construction.…

It was a moment of well wishes, encomium and congratulations galore from freight forwarding practitioners and business associates across the nation as the Managing Director of Talod Ocean Airfreight Limited, Aare Hakeem Olanrewaju received a rare Certificate of Merit conferred on his company, Talod Ocean Airfreight Limited by Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO). The World Customs Organization (WCO) Certificate of Merit awards is an international recognition for private organizations endorsed by the national customs having obtain a clean bill of professional practices by the International Federation of Freight Forwarding Associations (FIATA) for outstanding…

Anambra State has been celebrating the outstanding performance of its students in national competitions, the latest being the 2020 examination into the highly competitive Federal Government in Abuja popularly known as the School for Gifted Children where it led the country. In a letter to members of the State Executive Council sent through Basic Education Commissioner, Professor Kate Omenugha, Governor Willie Obiano praised “all members of our administration for ensuring that our beloved state won the first position in this key annual examination for 14 straight years.” Anambra State secured 30 out of the 70 slots won by the Southeast…

…Manual to improve Nigeria’s ranking on Corruption Perception Index The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) yesterday in Abuja hosted a sensitization meeting for government agencies and stakeholders in the maritime sector on the implementation of the Nigerian Ports Process Manual (NPPM). The meeting was held at the instance of the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Honorable Chibuike Amaechi who attended in person along with the top echelon of the transportation ministry to underscore the importance of the NPPM and the need to sanitize Nigeria’s port system. A major highlight of the meeting was the presentation of the Port Service Support Portal (PSSP)…

A professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Very Rev. Fr. Prof. Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu, OSA is set to deliver the maiden inaugural lecture of the Tansian University, Umunya, in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. The lecture with the theme “Igwebuike: An Operative Condition of African Philosophy, Religion and Culture – Towards a Thermodynamic Transformative Ontology”, will hold at the Convocation Arena of the Tansian University, Umunya on Thursday 18th February, 2021 at 10:00am prompt. The event which is billed to have the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Eugene Okoye Nwadialor as the Chief Host will equally have…

The Federal Government has commenced strict enforcement of calibration of installed load weighbridges across the country. In a letter issued by the Ministry of Transportation, the move was to facilitate the enforcement of the axle load limits necessary to prevent damage of Nigerian roads caused by overloading. Our reporter recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari signed the instrument of accession of the supplementary Act relating to the harmonization of Standards and procedures for the control of dimensions, weights and axle load of heavy-duty goods transport vehicles. As a result, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has been directed by FG to…

The Journalists International Forum for Migration (JIFORM), on Tuesday condoled with the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa over the death of her mother, Alhaja Sadiat Abeke Erogbogbo, aged 90. President of JIFORM, Ajibola Abayomi, in a condolence message he personally signed and addressed to the NiDCOM boss described the death of the late teacher and business woman as celebration of life. “Having succeeded your mother as one of the first class brains contributing to the transformation of Nigeria is enough consolation that indeed Alhaja Erogbogbo’s passing was a celebration of an icon that…

…Says document will enhance country’s position in AfCFTA                          Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Gbemisola Saraki, says the National Maritime Transport Policy being developed by Nigeria would lead to improved Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow and enhance the ability of the Nigerian maritime sector to compete internationally. Saraki said this in Lagos at the opening of a stakeholders’ validation forum on the draft policy. The minister said the transport policy would give Nigeria pride of place in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. The free trade area, the world’s largest, was founded in 2018, and scheduled to come…