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July 6, 2022 BREAKING: Umana Okon Umana and 6 Others Sworn in as Ministers in President Buhari’s Cabinet
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BREAKING: Umana Okon Umana and 6 Others Sworn in as Ministers in President Buhari’s Cabinet

President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in seven new ministers recently screened and confirmed by the Senate.
The ministers were sworn in two batches of four and three each.
The first batch sworn were Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh of Abia State, Umana Okon Umana of Akwa Ibom State, Odum Odih of Rivers State and Ademola Adewole Adegoroye of Ondo State.
The second batch sworn in were Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub of Kano State, Goodluck Nnana Opiah of Imo State and Egwumakama Joseph Nkama of Ebonyi State.

Before the swearing in, a minute silence was observed in honour of Mohammed Barkindo, the 4th Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC Secretary-General, who died at the age of 63, Tuesday night.

Those physically present were the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; and Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari.
Other Ministers who in attendance included the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, Education, Adamu Adamu, Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, Mines, Steel, Olamilekan Adegbite, Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, Ministers of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, and Budget, National Planning, Clem Agba and State, Industry Trade and Investment, Maryam Katagun.

The Head of the Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, and other ministers attended the ceremony remotely.

July 6, 2022 Secretary-General Of OPEC, Muhammad Barkindo Is Dead
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Secretary-General Of OPEC, Muhammad Barkindo Is Dead

Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Dr. Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, is dead. He died about 11 pm on Tuesday night.

His death was announced in the early hours of Wednesday by GMD, NNPC , Mele Kyari.
Kyari tweeted, “We lost our esteemed Dr. Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo. He died at about 11 pm yesterday 5th July 2022. Certainly a great loss to his immediate family, the NNPC, our country Nigeria, the OPEC, and the global energy community. Burial arrangements will be announced shortly.”


Barkindo was guest of President, Muhammadu Buhari who described him as a worthy ambassador of the country when he received him at the State House.

Barkindo’s tenure as OPEC Secretary-General was due to end on July 31, 2022.

July 4, 2022 Uyo Local Government Bans Illegal Motor parks in the Area
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Uyo Local Government Bans Illegal Motor parks in the Area

The Uyo Local Governement Council Chairman, Dr. Uwemedimo Udo has banned all illegal Motor parks and touting in the Akwa Ibom state Capital. A Statement released on Monday morning reads thus;
ENFORCEMENT OF BAN ON ILLEGAL MOTOR PARKS/TOUTING WITHIN UYO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
Following His Excellency the Governor’s approval for the handing over of all motor parks to their respective Local Government Areas and the recent formalisation of the process by the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Transport, this is to inform all stakeholders in the transport sector of the enforcement of the ban on all illegal motor parks within Uyo Local Government Area with immediate effect.
Going forward, all those caught in the act will face the full wrath of the law.
Uyo Local Government over the weekend had reactivated all the government owned motor parks within the city and would not take any act of touting lightly.
Already, all the security agencies and enforcement bodies have been fully briefed and directed to deal decisively with defaulters.
The general public is hereby advised to please take note.
Signed
Dr. Uwemedimo Udo
Executive Chairman
04072022.
July 4, 2022 Nigeria Customs Announce Increased Activity and Revenue at Onne Port
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Nigeria Customs Announce Increased Activity and Revenue at Onne Port

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers State, yesterday, said it facilitated 876,775.60 metric tonnes of export cargoes with a free on board (FOB) value of N203.96 billion between January and June this year.

The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Auwal Mohammed, who made the disclosure while reviewing the command’s operations in the first six months of 2022, added that Nigeria Export Supervision Scheme (NESS) worth N1. 075 billion was processed during the period.

In a statement, by its Public Relations Officer (PRO), Ifeoma Onuigbo Ojekwu, the CAC said in the corresponding period of last year, the command processed 331,356.40 metric tonnes with FOB charge of $141 million.

He explained that the free on board value in naira was N58.2 billion with a NESS rate of N260 million.

The comptroller said the 2022 export statistics showed an improvement of 150 per cent increase over the first half of 2021.

The Area Controller noted that the command also collected N115.26 billion in revenue during the period under review, a sharp increase over the N78 billion generated in the first six months of last year and the N46.6 billion received same period of 2020.

According to him, further comparison indicated a 147 per cent increase above the 2020 collection and 47 per cent rise over the 2021 figures. The posting shows differences of N37 billion and N68.5 billion for 2021 and 2020.

Mohammed said the command also made 28 seizures, comprising nine containers worth N531million, adding that machetes brought into the country without end-user certificates, military wears, vegetable oil, whisky, soap and used clothing were among the confiscated items.

Other confiscations include used tyres, foreign parboiled rice, tomato paste, used vehicle parts and other items either classified as prohibited or which duty payments were evaded.

The CAC hinted that the Domestic Export Warehouse (DEW) approved by the Federal Government at Onne, provided further opportunities for exporters to process and package their exports.

Mohammed described the facility as a one-stop-shop geared at promoting and encouraging export trade.

He said due diligence by regulatory and government agencies, including examination of goods, is to be conducted at the warehouse.

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