The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said that the Nigerian Ports Authority will soon commence the implementation of full automation and cargo tracking to promote ease of doing business across various ports in the country.Oyetola made the disclosure recently in Abuja when he received a renowned
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The Lagos government has announced a total ban on street trading and hawking across the state.The state government also banned erecting illegal structures on drainage systems and displaying wares and other commodities on walkways.The commissioner for environment and water resources, Tokunbo Wahab, made the announcement on Friday via social media.He
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Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has appealed to labour unions to shelve the nationwide strike slated to commence on Tuesday, Oct. 3.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unions have fixed the date to embark on an indefinite
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The Indigenous People of Biafra, on Friday, said it would shut down every nook and crannies of the South-East geopolitical zone on October 1 (Independence Day), vowing the event will not hold in the region.The group said events in the country as ‘spearheaded’ by its leadership in the past 63
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An Italian man, Filippo Ferlazzo, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for killing a Nigerian citizen in Italy, Alika Ogorchukwu.In a statement by spokesperson for Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) Gabriel Odu, Ferlazzo bagged the jail term on Wednesday, September 27, for causing the death of 39-year-old Ogorchukwu,
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