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By Adedapo Adesanya The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), as part of efforts to reposition the agency for greater operational efficiency, has approved the redeployment of comptrollers at various commands across the country. The acting Comptroller General of Customs, Mr Bashir Adeniyi, on Wednesday, explained that the redeployment of the customs comptrollers was in response to the statutory retirement of some management members of the service. In a statement signed by the National Public Relations Officer, Mr Abdullahi Maiwada, Mr Adeniyi approved key appointments and redeployment within the service to ensure operational efficiency. “Consequently, comptrollers Florence Nanu Ogar-Modey and Queen Ogbudu

By Adedapo Adesanya President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mrs Bisoye Coker-Odusote as the acting Director-General/CEO of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), a role that he will later transition into full-time and serve in for the next four years. In a statement from Mr Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, on Tuesday, the President directed the current occupier of the seat, Mr Aliyu Abubakr Aziz, to embark on a 90-day pre-retirement leave, with effect from Thursday, August 24, 2023. It was revealed that this leave would lead to his eventual retirement from service on

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The appointment of Mr Bashir Gwandu as the executive vice chairman and chief executive of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has been terminated. This action was taken by President Bola Tinubu, a statement from the president’s spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed on Friday. It was disclosed that Mr Gwandu would now be replaced by a 32-year-old innovator and technology expert, Mr Khalil Suleiman. He is expected to serve for an initial term of five years as stipulated in the NASENI Act, a part of the disclosure this evening stated. “President Bola Tinubu on

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The residence of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Mr Tonye Princewill, was on Friday attacked by some yet-to-be-identified gunmen. A statement issued by the governorship hopeful in the gubernatorial election in 2023 disclosed that the unfortunate incident happened in the early hours of the day. However, he was lucky as he was not at home when the hoodlums invaded his home. Mr Princewill was away with his ally, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, who is the current Minister of Transportation, who is on a consultative tour of most Emirate Councils in Northern Nigeria,

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The recent ROCCO SMS Firewall Performance Report has announced Comviva as Tier 1 SMS Firewall Vendor. The report reflects how SMS Firewall providers are perceived by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) across performance criteria, which are fundamental to the delivery of SMS Firewall service. About 131 MNOs across 92 countries partook in the unique consumer-led research and the global leader in mobility solutions received an overall rating of 4.02 out of 5 from the exercise. From the 18 vendors looked into, Comviva was listed amongst the top five based on various performance criteria, like reliability, customer service, technical

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Results of the 2017 Cowbellpedia examination have been released by organisers of the reputable quiz competition for secondary schools in Nigeria. The examination was written some weeks ago with results expected to be released today, Thursday, June 1, 2017. Before now, there had been high expectations from students, teachers and parents. Candidates are expected to check their result via http://www.cowbellpedia.ng and then click View 2017 Results on the portal. They can alternatively go directly through this link http://www.cowbellpedia.ng/#/result/top3 Organisers of the competition have urged candidates to “note that this is the first batch of the 2017 Cowbellpedia

By Adedapo Adesanya The federal government has said terminal operators responsible for the inefficiency of the Apapa Port must work towards its total reconstruction and reorganisation. This was made by the Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, citing the drastic change in the Port on the day the President visited to commission the Deep Blue Project. “I was in the train with the president on that day and noticed that everything had disappeared, even inside the port that looked like a marketplace was very well organized, no persons were found loitering about, no trucks. What it shows is that the

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Muhammadu Sanusi II, has called on African governments to eradicate constitutional provisions and structures that increase the cost of governance at national and sub-national levels. In his address at the 2018 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group in Busan, South Korea, the economist, who is also the Emir of Kano, further urged African leaders to manage demographic growth, and revamp and harmonize moribund and ineffective customs and excise duties that promote cross-border smuggling and revenue losses to governments. According to him, Africa’s development agenda

By Dipo Olowookere On Monday, October 25, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari will formally launch eNaira, the much-awaited electronic Naira, the Central Bank of Nigeria has confirmed. The digital legal tender for the country introduced by the CBN was initially scheduled for launch on October 1, 2021, but was shelved. According to the apex bank, the botched introduction was a result of activities clashing with the event and in order not to let other events overshadow the eNaira launch, it was postponed indefinitely. But on Saturday, the CBN announced next Monday as the new date for the introduction of the electronic

By Dipo Olowookere As part of ways to break the culture of underage drinking and reduce alcohol-related harm among Nigerian youths, makers of beer under the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) have teamed up to launch what it called a SMASHED program. The initiative, done under the Beer Sectoral Group (BSG) of MAN with support of the Collingwood Learning Incorporated and Thespian Theatre, is endorsed by the Federal Ministry of Health and backed by local health and education authorities in the country. The scheme started in May 2019 in Edo State and is expected to move on to Anambra and

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced restricting customers from using its debit and prepaid cards on some services. In a notice sent to its customers on Thursday and sighted by Business Post, the lender disclosed that it would no longer its customers to use UBA cards on transactions involving jewellery, pōrnography, dating and escort services, and betting (including lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, off-track betting and wagers). Explaining the rationale behind this development, UBA said it was to “protect our customers and the institution from fraud, litigation and reputational damages.” “We wish to inform