—Says Secured Maritime Domain Vital to Economic Advancement —As Jamoh Urges Investors to Harness Gains of Secured Gulf of Guinea   L-R: Justice Mohammed Lawan Shuaibu JCA, Executive Director, Finance and Administration (NIMASA), Chudi Offodille Representing the Director General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency,  Justice Musa Datti Muhammad, Prof. DG Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), Prof. Muhammed Tawfiq Lawan, Administrator of National Judicial Institution (NJI), Justice Salisu Garba and Rear Admiral Barabutemegha Jason Gbassa at the Nigerian Admiralty Law Colloquium in Lagos. The Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman, Board of Governors of the National Judicial Institute, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has stated that the judiciary has a role to play in all legal forms of fight against …
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From Victor Osula,  Abuja Mr Godwin Emefiele, CBN Governor The Central Bank of Nigerian, CBN, has alerted unsuspecting Nigerians to the new scheme by fraudsters to compromise their bank accounts through circulation of wrong information that Bank Verification Numbers, BVN, have expiry date. The Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, urged bank customers in the country, especially those whose biometrics have been captured by the system, to continue using their unique identifiers as they last their entire lifetime. In a statement on Wednesday, he said, “The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to reports suggesting that the Bank Verification Number (BVN) issued by the Bank in collaboration with the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) …
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  Less than five months after Aba Power, Nigeria’s 12th and newest electricity distribution company, keyed into the Federal Government-led Meter Asset Programme (MAP) to provide prepaid meters to its customers, the firm has launched its own metering campaign to accelerate the process of making prepaid meters available to all electricity users in the Aba Ringfence.  Known as the Aba Power Mass Meter Programme (APMMP), the campaign will provide meters to electricity users without prepayment in nine out of the 17 local government areas in Abia State, which make up the Aba Ringfence.  “We have decided on this revolutionary step because meter penetration in the nine LGAs which we service is very poor”, explained Patrick Umeh, the Aba Power managing director …
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Poised to strengthen over 60 years of bilateral relationship with Nigeria, the Canadian Government has indicated interest in investing in the agricultural and technological sectors of the Ogun State economy. The Canadian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Jamie Christoff, who stated this at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, when he paid a courtesy call on the governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday, disclosed that his country was also interested in the infrastructural sector of the state. Ambassador Christoff observed that Ogun has numerous opportunities that could attract Canadian investors, saying he was in the state to know more and discuss with government officials on areas that would be of mutual benefit to both parties. “Canada has a long-standing bilateral …
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