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FG Approves Free Trade Zone For Ekiti State

The Federal Government on Tuesday announced that it had approved the Ekiti Knowledge Zone (EKZ) as a Free Trade Zone (FTZ) as part of its current efforts to create more jobs, improve the performance of the non-oil sector of the nation’s economy and by so doing, enhancing the nation’s  foreign exchange (FX) earnings. The Special […]

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Amaechi Inaugurates C’mttee On Alleged Unremitted N165Bn By NPA

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has set up an 11-man investigative panel to probe alleged misappropriation of over N165 billion by the suspended Hadiza Bala-Usman-led management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Bala-Usman was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday following allegations of non-remittance of N165 billion surplus revenue to the coffers of […]