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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (right) presenting Flag to APC Imo State Gubernatorial candidate, Hope Uzodimma and with them is APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje at the presidential Villa Abuja on Thursday President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (right) presenting Flag to APC Bayelsa State Gubernatorial candidate, Timipreye Silver and with them is APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje at the presidential Villa Abuja on Thursday President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (right) presenting Flag to APC Kogi State Gubernatorial candidate, Ahmed Ododo, with them is APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje and Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello at the presidential Villa Abuja on Thursday

The Nigeria Customs Service has defined its role in ensuring the smooth flow of goods across borders. Focusing on its critical role in facilitating export trade, the NCS stands at the forefront of Nigeria’s efforts to boost its export economy. Speaking recently, the Customs Area Controller of Lilypond Export Command, Comptroller Ajibola Odusanya, defined the NCS procedures in facilitating export trade.He described the Command as a one-stop shop for export business, stating that “the current government policy in Nigeria requires zero duty payment for export.” “Exporters don’t pay export duties, except on special occasions, wheregoods that were otherwise imported and…

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and AFREXIMBANK have invited Dr. Paul Adalikwu, Secretary General of Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) as a keynote speaker at the Africa Maritime and Logistics Conference in Egypt on November 9 , 2023. In a letter jointly signed by Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of AfCFTA and Professor Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of AFREXIMBANK Board of Directors, Adalikwu is being invited to lead the discourse on “Peculiarities of the African Maritime Industry – Scope, Challenges and Opportunities”. The conference which will be taking place on the sidelines of the Intra…

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division has upheld the victory of Senator Joel-Onowakpo Thomas as the winner of the 25th February, 2023 Delta South Senatorial District election. While delivering the lead judgment, Justice Olubunmi Oyewole said the five issues of appeal filled by Senator Joel-Onowakpo Thomas was meritorious, noting that the earlier judgement given by the Tribunal is hereby set aside with a cost of ₦250,000 awarded against Michael Diden aka Ejele and the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. This represents a huge victory for the distinguished Sen. Thomas and the entire Delta South Senatorial District, especially the Isoko nation

Dr. Ovie Edomi, a journalist was on Tuesday elected Chairman of the federated maritime media chapel, FMMC- a chapel under the NUJ, along with others at the NUJ, Lagos Council’s Press Center in Lagos. Dr Edomi who worked with TELL magazine for over a decade before becoming the Business/Maritime Editor of Money Post, established South South International magazine in 2006.He was equally a former publicity Secretary of Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria, former president of League of Maritime Editors and former media Consultant to Maritime Academy of Nigeria. Edomi, who hails from Eku, Delta State promised to…

Recently appointed helmsman of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Munirudeen Oyebamiji, has enjoined workers of the authority to embrace efficiency, doggedness for Nation’s progress In his address made available to TheNiche during the take over at the agency’s headquarters in Lokoja, Oyebamiji said, for the nation to acheive its full economic potentials, all sectors including the Inland Waterways must ensure effective and efficient service delivery. He pleaded for workers’ cooperation, dedication and doggedness to acheive the task of providing safe and secured inland Waterways for Nigerians. “We just must begin to do things differently if we hope to achieve…

Sequel to advancing the frontiers of trade facilitation, the Port Management Association of West & Central Africa (PMAWCA) has conferred the hosting right of its 43rd Annual Council and 18th Managing Directors’ Roundtable on the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) The gathering of twenty-four (24) littoral African countries scheduled to hold from 6th to the 9th of November 2023 at the Lagos Continental Hotel Victoria Island Lagos and is expected to be declared open by His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been themed“The Role of Ports in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)” It is a platform for cross-fertilisation…

After a fierce battle on Monday to unseat Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, allegedly on the orders of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, both men, hitherto political allies met at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday, October 31. The two were seen shaking hands upon meetingThe Rivers State House of Assembly had initiated impeachment processes against Fubara on Monday, October 30.Fubara was teargassed on his way to the Assembly on Monday. It is not yet clear what both men were doing at Aso Rock at the same time.It is not also clear if it was a…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has said it would not release any confidential documents or information on President Bola Tinubu to the public. The United States federal agency made this known on Monday in response to a suit filed before the United States District Court of the District of Columbia by an American activist, Aaron Greenspan. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have said the plaintiff (Greenspan) is merely seeking to reargue his position on which the court has already ruled. The agencies asked the court to deny the plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration, adding that based on the…

Nigerian Man Charged To Court For Sending “Good Morning Babe” To A Married Woman On WhatsApp The police command in Ogun has filed criminal charges against a man, Sikiru Jamiu, at the Ijebu Ode magisterial district for addressing a married woman, Opeyemi Adegbesan as “babe” in a WhatsApp chat. According to the case filed on October 20, Mr Jamiu, a resident of Ijebu Ode, committed the offence at 08:02 a.m. on September 19.Mr Jamiu is accused of conduct likely to cause a breach of peace in Mrs Opeyemi’s marriage to her husband, Akintunde Adegbesan. He risks one-month imprisonment under the…