February 2025 – Page 29

Aviation regulator decries inadequate training – Punch Newspapers

26.02.2025

The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Capt. Chris Najomo, says the Nigerian aviation industry is currently faced with a lack of standard and quality compliance in different training organisations, raising fears about the quality of professionals. The NCAA boss raised the alarm on Monday in Lagos at the opening of a three-day workshop...

ICAN President tasks govt on balanced budget – Punch Newspapers

26.02.2025

The President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Mr. Davidson Alaribe, has called on the Federal Government to maintain a balanced budget. According to a statement released on Monday, Alaribe made this call at the 11th Anniversary of ICAN’s Ojo, Badagry, and Agbara District Society Award and Dinner Night, which was held in...

Explore simplified export processes, NPA urges investors – Punch Newspapers

26.02.2025

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Dr Abubakar Dantsoho has urged the trading and investing public to explore the tailor-made simplified export processes and other opportunities now available at the NPA. Dantsoho stated this while speaking at the ongoing Kaduna International Trade Fair, themed, ‘Promoting efficiency in manufacturing, agriculture, and trade through digital transformation’....

Anambra Govt Launches Homeland Consciousness Initiative In Lagos

26.02.2025

Anambra State Government has launched its homeland consciousness initiative to encourage indigenes of the state in diaspora especially in Lagos State to start thinking of their homeland. Speaking at a press conference, the Liaison Officer of the state in Lagos, Leo Chiegboka, said the initiative championed by Governor Chukwuma Soludo would be launched on Sunday,...

Airlines, ground handling companies clash over fees – Punch Newspapers

26.02.2025

Ground handling companies and indigenous airlines in Nigeria are clashing over the introduction of a safety threshold ground handling charge despite the intervention of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority. The acting Director-General of NCAA, Capt Chris Najomo held a meeting with both parties on Friday about the matter, but his intervention did not resolve the...

We’re Investing In Digital Infrastructure, Technologies- FG

26.02.2025

The Federal Government has said it is significantly investing in digital infrastructure and technologies with the view of creating massive job opportunities for the teeming population of unemployed Nigerians. The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani made the disclosure while commissioning the Nigeria-Korea Information Access Centre (IAC) funded by the Korean government,...

Customs cancel import declarations, demand fresh recapturing – Punch Newspapers

26.02.2025

Following the earlier announcement of the suspension of the four per cent Free-on-Board charge on imports, the Nigeria Customs Service has said that all import declarations made during the initial implementation period have been cancelled. The National National Public Relations Officer of the service, Abdullahi Maiwada, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Maiwada explained...

Senate Probes Natasha Over Alleged Violation Of Senate Rules

26.02.2025

The Senate, on Tuesday, directed its Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions, to investigate Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over infractions allegedly committed against parliamentary rules. Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central Senatorial District, had verbal altercation with the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday over a change in her seating...

IPMAN threatens strike over N100bn unpaid bridging claims – Punch Newspapers

26.02.2025

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority to pay the bridging claims owed marketers amounting to N100bn or face an industrial action. Bridging claims represent the cost of transporting fuel from the former Pipelines and Products Marketing Company depots to approved...

Reps Seek Tax Exemption For Persons With Disabilities

26.02.2025

The House of Representatives on Tuesday called for tax exemption for Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWDs), stressing that such a class of Nigerians should not be allowed to pay tax. Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Disability Matters, Bashiru Dawodu (APC, Lagos) made the call at the signing of a memorandum of understanding...