archiveJanuary 7, 2020

  The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tincan Island Port Command, has generated N346 billion as revenue in 2019. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Mba Musa, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos on Tuesday. The statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Uche Ejesieme,...

  Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) for the second trading day maintained an uptrend with the market indicators growing further by 0.90 per cent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the growth posted on Tuesday was due to price appreciation in Dangote Cement, Zenith Bank and...

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) is to generate N500 billion toward the implementation of the 2020 budget, the state Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Sam Egube, has said. Giving newsmen a ‘Detailed Analysis of Year 2020 Budget’ of Lagos State in Ikeja on Tuesday, Egube said...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has told President Muhammadu that it was not doing the bidding of the terrorists by crying out for the freedom of Christians in the captivity of the Boko Haram and thereby charged his government to wake up to its primary responsibility of protectng the...

  The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), says the extension of renewal of licences of Insurance Brokers and Loss Adjusters to two years will ensure they transact their businesses with ease. Mr Pius Agboola, the Director, Policy and Regulation, NAICOM said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

  C & I Leasing, Cornerstone Insurance and Chams emerged the best performing stocks in percentage terms on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in 2019. Data obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos showed that C &I Leasing was the best performing equity with a growth of...

The Nigerian Army has confirmed an ambush by the Boko Haram terrorists on the convoy of the theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD), Maj.-Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, on Monday. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, in a statement on Tuesday, disclosed that the attack took place about...

Primero Transport Services Ltd., operator of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos, says it is planning an upward review of transport fares across all routes in the state to meet up with current realities. The Managing Director of the firm, Mr Fola Tinubu, made the disclosure in an interview with...

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council has called on the southeast governors to emulate their southwest colleagues by creating a joint security outfit for the region. The group’s president, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and the secretary-general, Okwu Nnabuike, made the request in a statement. The group which expressed readiness to assist the governors...

At least 35 people have been killed in a stampede that erupted in the Iranian city of Kerman at the funeral procession for a top commander killed in an air attack by the United States, Iran’s state television said. Another 48 people were wounded in Tuesday’s stampede, according to local...