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Onne customs reports N643bn revenue for 2024
News

Customs intercept cannabis, other contraband worth over N220m in Kaduna

The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ of the Nigeria Customs Service, Kaduna, said it intercepted 185 blocks of Cannabis Sativa valued at N48.5 million. This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna by Chief Superintendent of Customs Saidu Nuruddeen, Public Relations Officer of the unit, on behalf of the Comptroller. Nuruddeen said […]

US Embassy in Nigeria moves to new visa service provider
Travel

US proposes four-year visa limit for foreign students

Foreign students and journalists may soon face shorter stays in the United States under a proposed law by the Donald Trump administration. According to a Wednesday statement from the Department of Homeland Security, the law seeks to curb “visa abuse” and increase the agency’s ability to “properly vet” visitors. If finalised, international students would have […]

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I’m not a politician, says NNPCL GCEO Ojulari

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Bayo Ojulari, on Thursday, declared that he is not a politician, saying that he will have to learn a bit more about politics. He stated this on Thursday while receiving a delegation of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, […]

Gov Nwifuru to purchase aircrafts for Ebonyi airport
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Ebonyi increases workers’ minimum wage to N90,000

The Ebonyi Government has announced an increase in the minimum wage of civil servants from N70,000 to N90,000. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Chief Ikeuwa Omebe, made the disclosure on Thursday, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the state Executive Council meeting. Omebe stated that the increment was aimed at enhancing workers’ welfare, […]

2023 budget: ASUU threatens strike over unreleased N170bn
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FG denies signing MoU with ASUU, calls documents proposals

The Federal Government has denied claims that it signed agreements with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, insisting that the documents being referenced were merely proposals. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this clarification on Thursday while addressing journalists in Abuja. According to him, both the 2009 and 2011 documents often cited by ASUU […]

NESG condemns FG's N3.5tn budget for education, health
Politics

Your reforms aren’t working, SDP’s Adebayo tells Tinubu

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Adewole Adebayo, on Wednesday, posited that President Bola Tinubu’s performance is not impressive, urging him to forget running for a second term if things do not improve. Adebayo, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today, accused the ruling All Progressives Congress of mismanaging the country. He […]

Energy

ExxonMobil flags consumer resistance as threat to 2050 net zero goals

ExxonMobil has cautioned that the global energy sector’s net zero ambitions are likely to be delayed past 2050, citing consumer resistance to high energy costs and a resurgence in coal demand, the world’s most carbon-intensive fuel. In its Global Energy Outlook released Thursday, the oil giant projected that global emissions will decline by just 25% […]

Nigeria to phase out diesel, embrace hybrid energy — Shettima
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Shettima presides over NEC meeting in Abuja

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Thursday presided over a meeting of the National Economic Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was attended by key state leaders, including the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, and the Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma. […]

Business

Aliko Dangote inks $2.5b deal to construct fertilizer plant in Ethiopia

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has struck a multibillion-dollar deal with the Ethiopian government to construct a fertilizer plant poised to transform the country’s agriculture-based economy. Signed in Addis Ababa on Thursday, the agreement gives Dangote a 60 per cent stake in the facility, while state-owned Ethiopian Investment Holdings will hold the remaining 40 per […]