Sultan Muhammad Abubakar Saad, president of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSIA), says the crescent to mark the end of Ramadan fasting has been sighted. In a broadcast on Thursday, Saad, the Sultan of Sokoto, said his office received information on the sighting of the moon to end the end of the fasting, announcing…
Mr Jere was directed to handover to the most senior Deputy Comptroller-General of the service
Access Holdings Plc has reported N1.39 trillion gross earnings for 2022 financial year, representing a 43 percent increase when compared to N971.89 billion posted in 2021. announced the release of its audited financial statements for the year ended 31st December 2022. The Holdings recorded N167.68 billion profit before tax, 5% down from N176.58 billion earned…
President Muhammadu Buhari has opined that the Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom failed to secure Senate seat at the National Assembly (NASS) because the people of the state rejected him for ignoring several intelligence reports passed on him for action. According to Buhari, Ortom was allegedly busy politicising everything, including frustrating all peaceful efforts towards…
The Chief Executive Officer of Welcome2Africa International, a trade and investment company, Bamidele Seun Owoola, has distanced herself from a mail doing round the cyber space, requesting financial assistance from the unsuspecting public. Seun, in a disclaimer copied to DAILY COMMERCE on Thursday, described the request as, ”false and malicious attempt to extort individuals on…
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc said its gross earnings for 2022 financial year was up to N208.2 billion from N175.0 billion in 2021, representing 19 percent increase. The bank, now owned by Titan Trust Bank, made the fisclosure in its audited financial statements for the year ended 31st December 2022, revealing strong financial performance despite…
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of N714.629 billion March 2023 Federation Account Revenue to the Federal, States and Local Governments. This is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of April 2023 FAAC’s meeting. Bawa S. Mokwa, Director (Press and Public Relations) Office of the Accountant General of the Federation…
A Delegation of the Single African Air Transport Market, Pilot Implementation Project (SAATM–PIP) on Wednesday met with officials of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, in Abuja, Nigeria as part of efforts towards promoting trade facilitation on the Continent. The NCS in a statement said the visit by the members of the SAATM–PIP, an initiative of…
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, in Abuja, approved an e-Customs modernisation project worth at least N142.24bn amid reports of an existing court order restraining it from proceeding with the project. The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, who said he was unaware of any court order on the project, disclosed this to…
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has tasked stockfish and seafood importers on proper documentation in order to avoid illegal importation. Mr James Umoru of FMARD’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Department made the call at a one-day interactive workshop organised by the Norwegian Seafood Council on Wednesday in Lagos. The workshop had in attendance…
