President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the death of 23 people, as confirmed by the Federal Road Safety Commission, “represents another disturbing and saddening incident in the litany of tragedies that have befallen our country.” The president made his feelings known in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Wednesday. The presidential aide quoted Buhari as reacting to the petroleum tanker explosion earlier on Wednesday in Lokoja, the Kogi State Capital, which claimed the lives of travellers, school children, bystanders, including some students of Kogi State Polytechnic. Buhari said he…
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The Federal Ministry of Transportation is proposing tax incentives for the maritime industry to stimulate investment and boost activities, amid downturn caused by COVID-19 pandemic. The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. Jamoh who conveyed the ministry’s position to the Minister of Finance, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, reiterated the commitment of the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, toward ensuring the growth of the maritime sector. He noted that many governments around the globe had introduced massive tax reduction or elimination to spur activities in…
Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to make the recently established Database on Recovered asset and the Central Criminal Justice Information System public to curb corruption.Executive Director CISLAC, Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, at a news conference on how Nigeria should prevent looting of funds and losing abroad, commended the government for establishing the system. Rafsanjani said that the long overdue database, if made public, would curb secrecy that bred corruption and would contribute to the transparency in the recovery and management of stolen assets.He said that Nigeria had continued to suffer continuous disappearing of…
A member of All Progressives Congress (APC), National Committee on Ondo Governorship Election, Mr Osita Okechukwu, has dismissed fears that the APC may lose the Oct.10 election in the state. Okechukwu, who spoke to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, said that he was optimistic that Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu would win the polls. “I don’t harbour any fears of APC losing Ondo election; for Akeredolu and governor-elect of Edo, Godwin Obaseki, share a lot in common. One harbours no fears,” he said.He listed those qualities in the duo to include: “One, they devoted much more resources in the past four years…
The Federal Government has restated its readiness to work with the deaf and all persons with disabilities to ensure that their rights, inclusion and participation in the society were given utmost priority. Hajya Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, reaffirmed this on Wednesday in Abuja at an event to celebrate the International Day for Sign Languages. The International Day for Sign Languages is celebrated every year since 2017. The day is marked alongside the International Week of the Deaf (IWD), from 21 to 26 Sept. The purpose of the Day, among others, is to promote…
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has reaffirmed the readiness of the commission for a smooth conduct of the Oct.10, Ondo State governorship election.Yakubu said this in Akure on Wednesday while speaking with newsmen.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the chairman was in Akure on a 3-day visit to assess the preparedness of the Ondo State office of the commission and to meet with various stakeholders on the forthcoming election. Yakubu, who also said that he was in the state to meet with the commission’s staff members on ground said that in spite of the…
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) ) has certified 13 manufacturers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for maintaining consistency in the quality of their products. SON FCT Coordinator, Mr Gambo Dimka, said this at the organisation’s “Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) certificate presentation on Wednesday in Abuja. Dimka congratulated the manufacturers for embracing standards in their products and for maintaining quality infrastructure in the face of COVID-19 pandemic. According to him, they have displayed consistency in the quality of goods produced overtime to merit the certificates. Dimka said that SON was happy to celebrate their feats. He said that…
Some residents of Nsukka in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have urged the Federal Government to revert to the old prices of petrol and electricity in the country. They said that such reversal would help to avert Nigeria Labour Congress’ (NLC), Sept. 28, proposed nationwide strike and also reduce the hardships caused by the increment on the masses. The residents in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Nsukka on Wednesday described the Federal Government’s decision to increase the pump price of petrol and electricity tariff as ill-timed. Dr Dom Anyadike a Senior Lecturer in…
Two banks on Wednesday presented account documents in an Ikeja Special Offences Court in the ongoing N127.1million fraud case filed by the EFCC against Stephen Oshinowo, a former Executive Secretary, Lagos State Scholarship Board. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that compliance officers from the United Bank of Africa (UBA) and Zenith Bank Plc presented the documents which were tendered as evidence by the prosecution at the start of Oshinowo’s criminal trial. The witnesses while led in evidence by the EFCC counsel, O. A. Mohammed, both informed the court that their duties involved liaising with various law enforcement agencies…
Mr Segun Awolowo, the Chief Executive of Nigerian Export Promotion Council ((NEPC), says Nigeria has huge potential to increase its exports to other African countries with the implementation of African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCTA). Awolowo made the observation at the just concluded Ecobank Digital Series Virtual Africa Conference 2020. He said that in Africa with a market of 1.2 billion people and combined GDP of $3 trillion, there would be huge potential for Nigeria to increase its export to Africa with the implementation of AfCTA. According to him, most of Nigeria’s exports had been informal exports, but with platforms…