The House of Representatives has called on the federal government to review it decision which restrict the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and National Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to access all ports and borders as part of strategy to effectively check the influx of substandard goods into the country. The House made the […]
The Federal Executive Council yesterday approved N4.8bn for the completion of road projects in Kwara and Osun States. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who briefed State House Correspondents after FEC meeting, said N4.027bn was endorsed for the completion of 26km Ajase-Ipo/ Offa/ Erinle Road in Kwara State. Fashola, who said 8km of […]
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps Boboye Oyeyemi, says faking of the vehicle insurance documents has become quite rampant. According to him, the situation deserves closer examination. He spoke in his office while receiving the Chief Executive Officer, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Mr. Babatunde Irukera. Boboye said most insurance […]
Tokyo was once a small fishing village named Edo. Now, it is the capital of Japan – one of the most developed countries in the world. The city was ranked as the 3rd-best city in the world to be a university student in 2016 and 2nd in 2018 by QS Best Student Cities. It hosted the […]
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, has revealed that the federal government is currently constructing a total of 524 road and bridge projects across the country. He disclosed this yesterday while updating the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on the ongoing road and bridge construction/rehabilitation projects nationwide. While stressing that that every […]
The nation's shipping industry is one of conflict of interests. There is the interest of government, the shipping service providers and the shippers, the owners of cargos. This scenario therefore presents a herculean task for the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) as an umpire, the ports economic regulator. The NSC is saddled with a wide range […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has not given any date for the reopening of Nigeria's land borders. He said that the closure would remain until the situation improved. PREMIUM TIMES reported how Nigeria partially closed its land borders in August, mainly to check the mass smuggling of products like rice and petrol. In October the […]
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has inaugurated an inter-ministerial committee with the responsibility of reviewing the impact of seasonal rainfall prediction (SRP) 2015-2018 of the Nigerian Metrological Agency (NIMET), on the nation’s food security. The Minister, who inaugurated the committee yesterday, in Abuja, tasked them to examine the level of awareness of farmers among other stakeholders of the SRP, […]
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has read the riot acts against human trafficking at airports nationwide. NAPTIP said any security official found to aid human trafficking would not be spared, no matter the level or rank. The Director General of the agency, Julie Okah–Donli, however, urged officers who perhaps […]
There are no indications that anything is being done by the federal government to actualise the national carrier project since the federal government announced plan ro revisit the project. After the shock that greeted the suspension of the project, what has been said about the proposed airline, known as Nigeria Air, is that it would […]
