Author: Saint Augustine

The Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Bullion Go-Neat Global Limited, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has restated the imperatives of government empowering Nigerian youths. Speaking during an interactive session with the Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria, CICAN delegation in his office recently, Ambassador Ajadi stated that Nigerian youths, like their counterparts all over the world, have huge potentials waiting to be harnessed. He said the necessity of harnessing and unleashing such potential included increased productivity, value addition, inclusion of the younger generation in the act of governance as well as reduction in crime. Lamenting the economic pressures that Nigerians…

… As Comptroller Daniyan breaks monthly revenue record with N44bn in October 2024 The Port Terminal Multiservices Limited, PTML Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has generated a revenue of N288,392,717,427.00 from January to 6th November, 2024 which is 34.8% higher than the N213,914,304,888.11 that was realized from January to October, 2023. The Command under the leadership of Comptroller Tenny Mankini Daniyan broke the monthly revenue record in the month of October 2024 with a collection of N44,021,583,356 (forty four billion, twenty one million, five hundred and eighty three thousand, three hundred and fifty six naira). Comptroller Daniyan, while…

The Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Bullion Go-Neat Global Limited, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo has lamented the attitude of some selfish individuals who discredit genuine Nigerian-made products using the social media. He said the law enforcement agencies should arrest and prosecute such people to serve as a deterrent to others, and as a way of safeguarding genuine Nigerian companies. Ambassador Ajadi made the call yesterday during an interaction with a delegation of the Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria, CICAN, who visited his Ibafo factory. Relying on recent experience, he said that some people have developed the habit of…

APM Terminals Apapa has celebrated a historic achievement as the largest container ship ever to visit Nigeria’s Lagos Port Complex Apapa docked at its terminal on Wednesday. In a statement released by APM Terminals, Apapa on Thursday, this event marked the first time a Nigerian port welcomed the EA CENTAURUS, setting a new milestone for Nigeria’s premier port. The vessel, EA CENTAURUS, is owned by COSCO Shipping and currently flies the Singaporean flag. This impressive containership, measuring 272 metres in length, 43 metres in width, and with a 14.3-meter draft, boasts a capacity of 7,000 twenty-foot equivalent units, TEUs. The…

The Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria, MWUN has congratulated the newly appointed Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria, CRFFN, Mr. Kingsley Igwe on his well – deserved appointment by the Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola last week. MWUN in a statement signed by Comrade Oniha Erazua for the Secretary General of the Union in Lagos on Wednesday, described Igwe’s appointment as a testament to his exceptional leadership qualities, vast experience, and dedication to the growth and development of the freight forwarding in Nigeria. “Your wealth of…

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…