By Joseph Edeh Nigeria’s Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) will begin a two-day clean-up and enforcement operation along the Lagos port corridor on May 14, targeting chronic congestion and traffic bottlenecks around the Apapa and Tin Can ports. PEBEC Director-General Princess Zahrah Mustapha Audu said in a statement onContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh Nigeria and the United States are deepening cooperation on security, counterterrorism, regional stability and strategic partnership. Malam Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser (NSA), disclosed this after undertaking a three-day working visit to the United States from May 4 to May 6. During the visit, Ribadu held high-levelContinue Reading
By Hussaina Yakubu The National Chairman of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Dr Hakeem Baba Ahmed, says the party has resolved to rebuild unity and strengthen internal reconciliation efforts following a strategic meeting with party elders in Kaduna on Thursday. Baba Ahmed, who spoke with journalists after the meeting, describedContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris Vice President Kashim Shettima on Thursday submitted President Bola Tinubu’s nomination and expression of interest forms to the national officers of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shettima, who submitted the forms at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja, urged APC governors, members of the NationalContinue Reading
By Martha Agas A trade expert, Mr Okey Ibeke, has linked the boost in commercial activities in the South-East region to reforms in the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) driven by Comptroller-General (C-G) Bashir Adeniyi. Ibeke told newsmen on Monday in Abuja, that with the activation of the Onitsha River PortContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh President Bola Tinubu has met with global investors in Paris, France, emphasising transparency, fiscal discipline and sustained economic reforms. The engagement is contained in a statement issued by Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, on Tuesday in Abuja. At the meeting, the Minister ofContinue Reading
By Martha Agas The Sea and Empowerment Research Centre (SEREC) has called for a sustained professional governance structure in the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to forestall institutional regression. SEREC made the call in its executive brief issued to newsmen by its Head of Research, Dr Eugene Nweke, on Monday inContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh The Federal Government says the Kaduna–Kano–Jigawa–Katsina–Maradi railway project has reached 60 per cent completion. Mr Ali Bukar, Resident Engineer of the Federal Ministry of Transportation overseeing Section Two of the project, disclosed this during an inspection visit by the Presidential Media Team in Jigawa. The team wasContinue Reading
By Safia Abdulrahman The National Association of Seadogs (NAS), has provided free medical services to more than 150 residents of Karon-Majigi, a suburb of Abuja, as part of its quarterly medical outreach programme. The outreach, held at the Karon-Majigi Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), offered services including paediatric care, eye checks,Continue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, on his 60th birthday, describing him as an excellent communicator. The congratulatory message is contained in a statement personally signed by the President on Friday in Abuja. “I heartily congratulate Mohammed Idris,Continue Reading
