Yemisi Izuora Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has berated the Department of State Services (DSS) on their embarrassing conduct in preventing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from carrying out its legitimate statutory duty, especially in the fight against corruption, particularly financial crimes. The DSS was involved in an ersatz war against men of the EFCC who were to legitimately execute a search as well as an arrest warrant on Mr. Ekpenyong Ita, the immediate past Director General (DG) of the DSS, at his Asokoro residence in Abuja. It will be recalled that Mr. Ekpenyong Ita had…
Author: Orientalnews Staff
Yemisi Izuora The Management of Transmission Company of Nigeria(TCN)Lagos Region, has announced that there will be outage that will affect electricity supply to customers in Ikeja,Isolo,Mushin and their environs today Friday,November 24th,2017 from 10:00am to 12:00pm. The disruption of supply is to enable the team of engineers from the TCN Akangba Sub-Region in Surulere carry out some urgent and important repairs on 2NO 60MVA 132/33KV transformers at the Isolo 132KV Transmission Station from where the affected areas are been fed. We solicit for understanding of all the customers that will be affected by the outage for the inconveniences this will…
Yemisi Izuora Procter and Gamble (P&G) Nigeria, has engaged select local raw material suppliers in Nigeria to an interactive meeting with the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and representatives from the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), to assess the capability of local businesses and seek their participation in strengthening raw material localization objectives in line with the Backward Integration Program (BIP) of the FederalGovernment. This is following the recent commissioning of P&G Nigeria’s Always Production Line in June, which was officially done by the Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. At the event, the company, reiterated its…
Yemisi Izuora Electricity distribution companies in Nigeria have warned of the dire consequences of recent Eligible Customer Regulation by government saying it may create disruption in services as Discos may run into more financial difficulties. The Eligible Customer regulation is condition that allows for certain customers who consume more than 2 megawatt hour, MWhr of electricity per month to exit the DisCo network and contract directly with power generators for the supply of power whose primary objectives are to promote competition and increase the supply of power. The regulation was recently issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, thus…
Yemisi Izuora As part of efforts to transform the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into an integrated energy company, the Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kebbi State Government to build an 84 million litres per annum capacity fuel-ethanol project. Speaking during the signing of the MoU between the NNPC and the Kebbi State Government (KBSG) at the NNPC Towers, in Abuja, the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, said the MoU was to commence the practical implementation of the NNPC Fuel-Ethanol Projects in Kalgo and Koko Besse Local Government areas of Kebbi State.…
Yemisi Izuora The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has implored Banks to open business operations in the north east part of the country to provide access to help resuscitate business activities in the once devastated area by Boko Haram insurgents. The NDIC hopes that resumption of banking operations will facilitate access to funds to business men and women in the region. Oriental News Nigeria reports that only 25 per cent of adults out of the estimated population of 26.26 million people in the region have access to financial services. The NDIC Managing Director, Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, said concerted efforts must…
Hyacinth Chinweuba The Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has handed over a fresh seizure of 40ft. container of pharmaceutical products which were declared as spare parts to the Nigerian Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Inside the container with number MRKU 519445/3 include cartons of spectradol (Tramadol) capsules of various milligrams, spectra-doxycycline capsules of various milligrams as well as Jinart tablets. Other drugs seized were clarinthromycin tablets of five hundred milligrams and Jincold-Extra strength capsules of various milligrams. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Yusuf Bashar during the ceremony pointed out the negative effect…
Hyacinth Chinweuba The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has fingered shipping companies as culprits in llegal importation of arms and other prohibited goods into the country. Comptroller-General of Customs, Rtd. Col. Hameed Ali who made the allegation said this has raised a lot of concerns not only for the Customs but also for other Nigerians in view of the security implication. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting held at the Headquarters of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Apapa, Lagos, the Customs boss maintained that ignorance of the content of the containers by the service providers can no longer be acceptable. The…
Yemisi Izuora A new United Nations report has observed that access to electricity is germane to accelerating economic development in world’s least developed countries. The report asserts that such countries in Africa among others need access to electricity if they are to break out of poverty, just as it urged wealthy nations to do more to honor their aid commitments to help bridge the energy gap. The report by the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development says 60 percent of people in the world’s poorest countries, 47 of which meet the U.N.’s standards for being “least developed,” have no access…
Yemisi Izuora The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the exploratory activities it has been spearheading in inland basins. PENGASSAN National President, Comrade Francis Johnson, who stated this in Abuja when he led the Central Working Committee (CWC) of the union on a courtesy visit to the NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr. Mikanti Baru, said the yeoman job being undertaken by the NNPC with regards to the frontier basins would benefit the nation ultimately. Johnson said the union’s fervent prayer was for a breakthrough to be…