By Femi Anamelechi The Zonal Coordinator of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Zone ‘A’, Assistant Comptroller General of Customs (ACG), Charles Orbih, has urged Customs officers in the zone to live up to the objectives of the 2025 World Customs Organisation (WCO) theme for International Customs Day (ICD), “Customs Delivering on its Commitment to Efficiency,…
As part of the renewed fight against financial impropriety the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a former Managing Director of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Ahmed Kuru and four others for allegedly defrauding Arik Airline of N76 billion and another $31.5 million. The other four defendants are a former Receiver Manager…
As Aba Power, Nigeria’s 12 electricity distribution company (DisCo), today marks its 31 days of providing power without interruption to nine of the 17 local government areas in Abia State in the Aba Ringfence, its Managing Director has congratulated the staff on the achievement but with a warning not rest on their laurels. “You have…
The Pan Nigeria Social cultural and political interest group Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA) has raised serious allegations against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and its governor, Olayemi Cardoso, claiming that the apex bank has secretly recruited over 400 new staff members to replace more than 1,000 employees who reportedly resigned voluntarily. The youth group…
Retired General Williams has suggested that the NIA and DSS should be disbanded due to their failure to effectively identify and monitor the sponsors of terrorism. He said, “if the National Intelligence Agency, the Defence Intelligence Agency, and the Department of State Services cannot find where the Boko Haram terrorists are getting money from, the…
The Managing Director of NNPC, Mele Kyarihas explained why the corporation could not deliver the much-awaited Port Harcourt Refinery Company two months after the expected operational take off plans In an interview with press, the NNPC Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, said the company encountered risks and challenges while carrying out the rehabilitation, being…
By Christian ABURIME In view of the just concluded 2024 Anambra State Investment Summit in Awka with the theme “Charting a New Course for Economic Transformation”, Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s tenure in Anambra State is rapidly redefining governance, blending vision and execution to unlock the state’s vast economic and human potential. The administration’s bold initiatives…
Uwem Essia This study utilizes the Synthetic Control Method (SCM) to explore potential economic pathways for Cameroon in the event of a transition from the CFA Franc. Using SCM, we constructed a synthetic model of Cameroon by combining data from five control countries—Nigeria, Namibia, Botswana, Morocco, and Libya—each chosen for their unique currency regimes that…
