The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), says the era of lobbying for postings and promotion in the service is over. Ali said this while addressing students of Junior Course Six and Seven, during a graduation ceremony at Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada, Abuja on Friday. The Customs boss, who was represented by Deputy Comptroller-General of Finance, Administration and Technical services, Aminu Dangaldima, said that under his watch, he would not condone mediocrity and indiscipline. He said that he would continue to ensure postings and promotion of officers were done by merit. Ali said…
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Academic and Non-academic unions of tertiary institutions in Lagos State have said that they will only begin academic activities if the state government pays them the new national minimum wage. Mr Olugbenga Salami,one of the union leaders and the Vice-Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, LASPOTECH chapter , said that his union would not relent in its efforts to ensure the implementation of the new national minimum wage. According to him, other civil servants in Lagos state have since been enjoying the new national minimum wage. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Lagos State tertiary institutions include: the…
The Senate of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, said that only final year students at the undergraduate level such as 400, 500 and 600 levels were permitted to resume academic activities on Sept. 14. Mr Ademola Adekoya, the institution’s Head of Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Adekoya said that their lecture hours would be from 9 a.m to 3 p.m daily (Monday to Friday). “Postgraduate students such as Masters and PhD are also to resume on Sept. 14 but their lectures will strictly hold on weekends only. “The decision of…
President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will commemorate the 19th anniversary on Friday of the Sept. 11 attacks, with both candidates separately visiting the rural Pennsylvania field where one of the hijacked planes crashed. Biden and his wife, Jill, will first attend a morning ceremony in lower Manhattan in New York, where al Qaeda hijackers flew two airplanes into the World Trade Center’s twin towers. Republican Vice President Mike Pence will also be on hand for the ceremony. Trump will speak at a morning ceremony at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, a White House official…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed off four filling stations in Anambra for conducting their businesses without up-to-date operating licenses. Mr Okiemute Akpomudjere, Operations Controller, Awka office of the DPR, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Friday.Akpomudjere said that apart from being a requirement of the law to have a valid operating license, the marketers would also have the advantage of enjoying all privileges of business entities, including claims in the event of accident. He said the Department had met with Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Lubricant…
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has directed Regimental Sergeant Majors (RSM) to observe traditions, customs and ethics of the Nigerian Army strictly and step up regimental activities in their various formations. Buratai gave the directive in Owerri at the closing ceremony of a five-day Regimental Sergeant Majors Convention 2020 with the theme “Regimentation as an Instrument of Professionalism: The Role of the RSM.” The COAS, who was represented by Major Gen. Usman Yakubu, the Chief of Administration (Army), expressed his belief that the participants had been refreshed on their roles and responsibilities as regimental sergeant majors…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has disbursed 200 million dollars to Zenith Bank Plc Nigeria under its Pandemic Trade Impact Mitigation Facility (PATIMFA). According to a statement from Afreximbank on Friday, the funds will assist Zenith Bank in its maintenance of foreign currency trade flows impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund will also allow the bank to on-lend to eligible sub-borrowers involved in the manufacture and supply of medical resources needed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. President of Afreximbank, Prof. Benedict Oramah said: “PATIMFA is designed to support and stabilise the foreign exchange resources of African countries, enabling them to…
China, Russia and Iran have rejected accusations by software giant, Microsoft, that hackers from their countries are targeting U.S. presidential campaigns ahead of the November elections. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman suggested on Friday that Microsoft and the U.S. were inventing the allegations. “With regard to the U.S. elections, I have repeatedly said the U.S. elections are an internal matter and we have no interest or intention of interfering.” A spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry made a similar statement on Friday, saying that it didn’t matter to Tehran who won the election. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Microsoft’s conclusions didn’t…
The Accord Party in Lagos State, on Friday said that its chances of winning the forthcoming bye-elections in the state were bright. The Publicity Secretary of Accord Party, Mr Dele Oladeji, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), described the party as “a grassroots party loved by the people.’’ Oladeji said that the party had begun preparations in earnest and wooing voters in the affected senatorial and state constituencies. NAN reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed Oct. 31 for the Lagos East Senatorial District and Kosofe Constituency II bye-elections. The bye-elections became necessary following…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has assured travelers of fair treatment under the new visa regime. The Service Spokesman, NIS, Mr Sunday James, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, also promised to respect the fundamental rights of every traveler to the country. James said that the service would continue to practice citizens’ diplomacy with the new visa regime. “As a committed service, we will continue to practice citizens’ diplomacy both towards Nigerians and foreigners regardless of passport but on merit and integrity. “The quality of a national passport is not only in good finishing and look,…