BARELY a week after operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, seized 14,080kg of Codeine-based syrup at the Apapa seaport, Lagos, they have again intercepted 40,250 kilograms of the schedule 2 controlled narcotic worth over N2billion imported in…
LEADING African economies that have struggled to improve their infrastructure, business conditions and overall competitiveness are generally performing better against other emerging markets in areas that measure their digital skills and sustainability. That’s one of the findings of the 2022…
PETROLEUM Tanker Drivers have threatened to proceed on strike over the poor state of roads, fuelling fears of worsening the ongoing fuel scarcity across the nation. They alleged that some people were already pilfering the N621billion Road Infrastructure Tax Credit…
SOMALILAND has ‘huge’ investment potential in untapped oil and gas reserves, the foreign minister of Somalia’s breakaway region told Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday, pitching investment opportunities on a high-profile visit. Somaliland broke away from Somalia in 1991 but…
By ABDULLAHI RABIU, Kano IN line with the state Sharia Law applicable in Kano state, the state Hisbah board has destroyed over 3.8 million bottles of assorted beer worth millions of Naira confiscated from illegal suppliers of the drinks in…
THE United Nations’ top court on Wednesday ordered Uganda to pay the Democratic Republic of Congo $325 million in reparations over a brutal 1998-2003 war between the two nations. The International Court of Justice chief judge Joan Donoghue said Uganda…
NIGERIA should remove untargeted fuel subsidies and channel resources to the poor, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Monday, warning that the budget deficit was expected to widen in 2021 despite a recovery in international crude prices. With an…
THE Spanish company in charge of a truck that exploded and killed 13 people last month en route to an internationally-run gold mine in Ghana violated storage and transport laws and has been fined $6 million, the lands ministry said…
THE Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has received N189 billion as Education Tax collection (EDT) in 2021. Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, the Executive Secretary of TETFUND, announced this at its 2021 Education Development Tax (EDT) forum on Tuesday in Jos. The…
GUARANTY Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO Plc) has acquired 100 per cent equity stake in Investment One Pension Managers Limited (IOPM) and Investment One Funds Management Limited (IOFM). The group yesterday notified the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) and the public…
