Customs Area Controller (CAC) for Area ll Command, Onne Port, Comptroller Auwal Mohammed has urged officers and men in the area to be unrelenting and uncompromising in collection of revenue and implementation of government directives as they pertain to trade Mohammed said this recently when he released figures showing... Read more
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami should resign from office, irrespective of his recent volte-face on his previous support for extremist groups. The governor noted that in an ideal society, an allegation that the United States of... Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, has charged Nigerians and critics to allow the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to effectively and effectively perform its statutory mandate. Reacting to the burning issue of the apex bank printing currency for disbursement to the State governments, the ruling... Read more
In the last one month, so much has been said and written about the unnerving extremist religious views of Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami. The minister has not denied them but insists that they were views he espoused as a teenager. But in this exclusive interview... Read more
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has proposed that the federating units in Nigeria should be allowed to develop and operate their respective minerals and pay royalty to the federal government. He said this has become pertinent because the federal government which unilaterally controls the country’s rich mineral... Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that since the judiciary enjoys full financial autonomy in the State, the industrial action by members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) is not necessary in the State. According to the governor, it is unfortunate that judiciary workers in the... Read more
Lawyers from Nembe in Bayelsa under the auspices of Nembe SE Lawyers Forum on Tuesday said they are working to end violent agitation as a means of venting grievances in the oil rich Niger Delta region. Addressing a virtual news conference, Chief Serena Dokubo-Spiff, a traditional ruler in the... Read more
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, and a professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, have faulted the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele’s justification of printing money to support government. Mailafia and Utomi, in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Sunday, stated that there was no... Read more
FirstBank, Nigeria and indeed West Africa’s premier financial inclusion services provider has announced the launch of its newly designed website at https://www.firstbanknigeria.com/. The new website is upgraded with features that are streamlined to reinforce its role in delivering seamless banking and technology solutions to its customers across the world. The... Read more
The Nigeria Football Federation has reiterated its resolve and determination to provide new Head Coach of the Super Falcons, Mr Randy Waldrum all the support he needs to build a fabulous squad that will challenge for global laurels and ink Nigeria’s name on the map of the world’s leading women... Read more
