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Allow Nigerians abroad with expired passports return home – Comptroller General
Lagos, Dec. 13, 2022 – The Federal Government has directed relevant authorities to allow Nigerians abroad returning home with expired passports easy passage. The Global Business News (GBN) reports that the directive was borne by a letter from the Office of the Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, to the Minister of foreign Affairs last weekend, a copy of which was sighted by our correspondent. The letter read in parts: “the Federal Government has approved that Nigerians returning home can be admitted into the country with their expired Nigerian passports. “Consequently, …
Emefiele to appear before NASS on Thursday
Lagos, Dec, 12, 2022 – Mr Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, is to appear before the House of Representatives on Thursday. The house summoned the CBN last week following the debates on the new cash policy which set withdrawal limits for individuals at N100,000 a week and N500,000 for companies a week. The lower Chamber has also ordered the apex bank to suspend the policy given the presumed economic and social difficulties it might inflict on Nigerians. The apex bank governor has, however, said that the …
NIMASA sends 435 officers on training in India, Greece
Lagos, Dec. 12, 2022 – The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is sending 235 Nigerians to India and Greece as Batch B of the 435 young Nigerians to be trained as Licenced Deck and Engine Officers as well as Naval Architects under the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme {NSDP) A statement by NIMASA in Lagos today said Mallam Muazu Jaji Sambo, the Minister of Transportation, was the Special Guest at the sent-forth ceremony for the training programme christened “NSDP Phase 3, TERRA II” at the weekend in Lagos. The minister …
“I did not approve tweet on death of Deborah Samuel” – Atiku
Lagos, Dec. 12, 2022 – Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, says his tweet condemning the murder of Deborah Samuel, a student who was allegedly lynched for blasphemy in Sokoto, was deleted because he did not approve of it. Deborah, a Christian 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, was killed by fellow students in May 2022 for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. After the alleged lynching of Debora, Atiku was said to have tweeted: “There cannot be a justification for such gruesome murder. …
Look elsewhere for foreign exchange, Emefiele advises bankers
Lagos, Dec. 12, 2022 – Mr Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has advised Nigerian banks to stop depending on crude oil sources for foreign exchange needs of their customers. He spoke in Lagos at the weekend at the 2022 Bankers’ Committee Retreat the theme: “Increasing the Productive Base of the Nigerian Economy and Non-Oil Export Revenues.” Emefiele urged them to think of other ways to source foreign exchange for their customers as the government was facing acute shortage. “We must, in an attempt to walk …
W/Cup: Buhari salutes Morocco for making Africa proud
Abuja, Dec. 12, 2022 – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Moroccan football team, the Atlas Lions and the ruler of the country, King Mohammed, for making history at the ongoing World Cup in Qatar. In a congratulatory message issued by his spokesperson, Malam Garba Shehu, on Monday in Abuja, Buhari lauded the Atlas Lions for becoming the fourth team from an African country to ever qualify for the World Cup quarterfinals. The team is also the first in Africa to win a place in a semi-final at the FIFA …
Air India orders 500 jetliners
Paris/New Dehli, Dec. 12 (Reuters/GBN) – Air India is close to placing landmark orders for as many as 500 jetliners worth tens of billions of dollars from both Airbus and Boeing as it carves out an ambitious renaissance under the Tata Group conglomerate, industry sources said on Sunday. The orders include as many as 400 narrow-body jets and 100 or more wide-bodies, including dozens of Airbus A350s and Boeing 787s and 777s, they said, speaking on condition of anonymity as finishing touches are placed on the mammoth deal in coming …
Oil resumes slide as weak economy outweighs supply risks
Singapore/London, Dec 12, 2022 (Reuters/NAN) – Oil prices fell on Monday deepening a multi-week decline as a weakening global economy offset supply woes stemming from the closure of a key pipeline supplying the United States and Russian threats of a production cut. Brent crude futures were down 38 cents or 0.4% at $75.72 a barrel by 0900 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $70.76 a barrel, down 26 cents or 0.3%. Last week, Brent and WTI fell to their lowest since December 2021 amid concerns that a possible …
3 gunmen killed while raiding INEC office in Owerri
Lagos, Dec. 12, 2022 – The Imo State Police Command on Monday said three gunmen were killed in the early hours of the day when gunmen attacked the INEC headquarters in Owerri. The Command Spokesperson, Michael Abattam, told journalists that a policeman was killed during the incident, while another officer was injured. The bodies of the three hoodlums were paraded at the premises where five rifles, two vehicles, charms, locally made bombs, phones and money were recovered from the slain gunmen. Abattam said the gunmen attacked the INEC headquarters around …
90-year-old wins 2022 Gani Fawehinmi Impact, Integrity Awards
Award By Peter EjioforLagos, Dec.12, 2022 – A nonagenarian, Pa Muibi Shonubi, has emerged the winner of the 2022 Gani Fawehinmi Outstanding Integrity Award (OIA) from among the three persons nominated in that category of the awards staged annually by Lagos-based Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre.. The other nominees in the Integrity category are Ibadan-based Victoria A. Samson and Ebun-Olu Adegoruwa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), who were also honoured with certificates at the event in Lagos on Saturday. The awards are organised in collaboration with …