The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), on Thursday, destroyed over 6,000 expired and substandard imported tyres confiscated in Port Harcourt, Rivers. Supervising the destruction in Enugu, Mr Obinna Manafa, the Director, Inspectorate and Compliance Directorate of SON, said that the…
Mr Ekerete Gam-Ikon, an Insurance Consultant, has appealed to the insurance industry to collaborate and work towards re-building and reinforcing the confidence of the people through health and life insurance products. Gam-Ikon told newsmen in Abuja on Thursday that the…
The US-Nigeria Trade Council, United States of America says there is need to urgently review the challenges faced by Nigerians both at home and in diaspora in the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) registration exercise. The council made the call…
As Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) opens its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Monday, a financial expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, has advised the committee to address rising inflationary rates. Unegbu, who gave the advice in an interview with the…
At least 10 Community Development Associations (CDAs) in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State have petitioned Ikeja Electric (IE) Plc. over outrageous estimated billings. The CDAs are also outraged at the alleged fraudulent activities of Ikeja Electric’s officials and the…
The Ondo State Government (ODSG) has started training no fewer than 350 enumerators that will be monitoring and inspecting those who will be given various loans meant to cushion the effects of COVID-19 pandemic under Nigeria-Cares (N-Cares) Project. Mr Olatunji…
Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) Plc on Thursday expressed commitment to explore diversified funding sources from the Nigerian capital market for enhanced growth and development. FMN Group Managing Director, Mr Omoboyede Olusanya, said this at the listing of the Tranche…
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, on Wednesday, inaugurated a 17-member Council on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to coordinate and drive the development of the state’s economy. The governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government,…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has postponed the hearing of a petition against granting of an Independent Electricity Distribution Network (IEDN) Licence to Asaba Distribution Limited indefinitely. The petition, filed by the Benin Electricity Distribution (BEDC) Plc, was scheduled…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it collected N4,952,243,711,728.37 as tax revenue in the 2020 fiscal year. Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, Director of Communications and Liaison of the service made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Ahmad…
