Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have blocked plans to export tramadol, ecstasy MDMA and cannabis to Milan, Italy and Dubai, the United Arab Emirates through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos…
Experts urge action to avert wheat value chain collapse
Industry experts have called on the Federal Government to take swift and deliberate action to cushion the effects of the disruptions in the global wheat market on Nigeria’s wheat value chain. The experts made the call in a recently published review of …
NPA issues six months temporary license to five terminal operators
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said it has given a temporary operating license of six months to five terminal operators whose licenses and concession agreement expired last year. Speaking with newsmen in Lagos at the weekend, Mohammed Bello-Koko, m…
Opportunities beckon for Nigeria’s palm oil producers
In the last five years, palm oil producers in Nigeria have been posting record revenues and profits, largely on account of import restrictions that more or less guaranteed their position as suppliers of last resort to diverse commercial and individual …
NCC alerts on latest trick by hackers to unlock, steal vehicles
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted telecom consumers and members of the public on an ongoing cyber-vulnerability which allows a nearby hacker to unlock vehicles, start their engines wirelessly and make away with them. Ikechukwu Ad…
Stocks gain N6.3trn despite global headwinds
Nigeria’s equities market has gained about N6.3 trillion or 24.31 percent in less than five months into this year, despite the rout that has erased over $11 trillion from the global equities market since the end of March. The local market has been on t…
Pilot comes under fire for supporting killing of Deborah
A pilot identified as Captain Jamil Abubakar has come under fire for a statement he made via his Twitter handle, defending the killing of Deborah, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education accused of passing unflattering comments about Prophet Mo…
About 78 percent of healthcare spend in Lagos from private sector – Experts
Experts in the private healthcare sector have called for increased recognition of the contribution that the sector makes in expanding the reach of care, noting that about 78 percent of healthcare spending come from private stakeholders. While they ackn…
FG approves N375bn expansion grant for non-oil export exporters
The Federal Executive Council has approved the sum of N375bn export expansion grant (EEG) to boost non-oil export. Ezra Yakusak, executive director/CEO, of the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), who disclosed this during the second edition of the…
London to Lagos on an Eagle
Kunle Adeyanju, the incoming president of Rotary Club of Ikoyi Metro is riding ‘the Eagle’ from London to Lagos. Adeyanju is a biker, and his bike is the Eagle. London to Lagos is Adeyanju’s farthest trip on a motorbike so far, but not the first. Befor…