By Anthony Nwachukwu The Seme Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said its men intercepted fake $6 million bills (about N2.7 billion at the official rate of N460) at Gbaji in Lagos. The Area Controller, Compt. Dera Nnadi, who addressed newsmen at Seme on Thursday, said the fake […]
NLNG, LCCI partner to promote sustainable food security in Nigeria
By Anthony Nwachukwu To ensure that agricultural innovations positively impact food security in the country, the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), in partnership with the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), has presented the joint-winning works of The Nigeria Prize for Science (2022) to industry players. The winning works, Gains […]
Hazie Masters lifts orphans, cancer patients with monetary, material items
By Anthony Nwachukwu As part of their corporate social responsibility drive, members of the Lagos-based Hazie Masters Club of Nigeria have put smiles on the faces of motherless and abandoned children at the Nigeria Red Cross Orphanage in Lagos. Led on the visit by their President, Chief Richard Agbapuru, the […]
FG woos local, foreign importers, exporters to nation’s inland dry ports, as Dala IDP becomes customs port
By Anthony Nwachukwu Nigeria has called on local and international maritime practitioners, shippers and shipping companies, landlocked countries and port users to take full advantage of the inland dry ports (IDPs) across the country and their “immense” import and export benefits. Making this call at the commissioning of the Dala […]
Ecobank wins N5.5b debt legal dispute with Honeywell, others
By Anthony Nwachukwu A Justice Tijjani Abubakar-led five-man panel of the Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Appeal judgement of May 21, 2019 in favour of Ecobank against Honeywell Flour Mills Plc and two others in their disputed N5.5 billion debt settlement. Honeywell and sister-firms – Anchorage Leisures Ltd […]
Smile opens Kano office
Mobile broadband 4G LTE services provider, Smile Communications, has expanded its footprint in Nigeria by launching its services in Kano City, making Kano the ninth city in the country with Smile services. In what telecoms practitioners describe as a well-planned launch for a brand that has consistently delivered quality service […]
Lekki Port, an outstanding legacy of Buhari’s administration – Sambo
By Anthony Nwachukwu Completed and commissioned within 45 months of the signing of the Letter of Intent by partners, the wide-impact Lekki Deep Seaport stands out as one of the major legacies of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, has said. Speaking at the Lagos […]
Lekki Port, CMA CGM Group to grow trade volume, increase GDP
President Muhammadu Buhari (left), Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, and others during the commissioning of the Lekki Deep Sea Port in Lagos…Monday By Anthony Nwachukwu As part of its macro-economic benefits to the economy, […]
Game Changer: Lekki Port draws dawn Nigeria’s maritime hub status
President Muhammadu Buhari, flanked by the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo (left), Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right), and others during his commissioning of the $1.5 billion Lekki Deep Sea Port for commercial operations in Lagos…Monday By Anthony Nwachukwu With a lot of positive expectations, it is the dawn […]
‘Fear’ as treat at French Institute’s Nights of Reading
By Anthony Nwachukwu As part of its drive to share the pleasure of reading and promote literature worldwide, the Institut Français du Nigeria (IFN) last week hosted The Nights of Reading, an initiative of the French Ministry of Culture. A major annual event, this year’s edition, themed Fear, saw over […]