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October 15, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Presents `Certificate Of Discharge’ To Transcorp

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, presented Certificate of Discharge to Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp). A certificate of discharge is a written statement of satisfaction that a party has discharged its obligations credibly. The...

October 15, 2019 No Responses

Photo News

L-R, Director General, ICRC Engr Chidi Izuwah, Acting Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission Ms Mary Uduk and Permanent Secretary, Special Duties Ministry of Finance Dr Muhammed Dikwa during a Publi...

October 14, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Insists On Border Closure

The Nigerian Government will not reverse closure of borders until neighbouring countries have shown enough commitment to check smuggling of banned commodities into Nigeria.The Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Mohammed Umar,...

October 14, 2019 No Responses

Sanwo-Olu Appoints New GM For LASTMA

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has appointed Olajide Oduyoye as the new General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority. The LASTMA Public Relations Officer, Olumide Filade, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen i...

October 11, 2019 No Responses

BPSR Seeks Partnership With BPE On Moribund Industries

Director General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Mr. Dasuki Ibrahim Arabi has sought the collaboration of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to reform some moribund industries in the country in line with its mandate. Speaking when...

October 11, 2019 No Responses

NPA Photo News

The Representative of the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the Executive Director, Marine and Operations, Dr. Sokonte Huttin Davies (Standing 6th From Left), the Executive Director, Finance& Admin, Mohammed Bello-Koko (5th From Left) and ...

October 10, 2019 No Responses

Labour Condemns Tenure Extension For Seven Permanent Secretaries

Organized Labour under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has condemned the extension of tenure granted seven Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service.In a Statement issued in Lagos on Thursday, ASCSN Secretary...

October 10, 2019 No Responses

Lai Mohammed Inaugurates NBC Reform Implementation Committee.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Thursdayinaugurated the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Reform Implementation Committee.The members areA) Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, Director of Monitoring of the NBCB) Sir Godfrey Ohuabunwa, Acti...

October 10, 2019 No Responses

NPA: Concerned Pensioners Not Known To Any Nigerian Law

The management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday rejected what it described as “blackmail of a section of its former workers who have assembled under the name; Nigerian Ports Authority Concerned Pensioners (NPACP), a group that is not known...

October 9, 2019 No Responses

Senate Advocates Five Years Jail Term For Sexual Offenders In Schools

The Senate on Wednesday revisited the sexual harassment bill which was sponsored by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) and passed by the 8th Senate.The Bill which was introduced by the 8th Senate in October 2016 seeks a five-year jail...

October 8, 2019 No Responses

Lawan To MDAs: Defend Your Budget Estimates This October

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said on Tuesday that only this October is set aside for all government agencies to defend their 2020 budget estimates to enable the passage of the document in December. In his remarks during the...

October 8, 2019 No Responses

Lawan Harps On Collaboration In Governance

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said a partnership between State Governors and the National Assembly would redefine good governance in the interest of Nigerians. Lawan stated this when members of the Progressive Governor’s Forum comprisin...

October 7, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Advocates More Profound Global Response Against Piracy

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Federal Government remains determined to rid the country’s waters of all forms of criminalities, stressing that with the cooperation of the international community, the entire maritime domain of the Gulf of Guinea (GoG...

October 7, 2019 No Responses

Commonwealth Model Offers Hope For Easing Multilateral Trade Tension

By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General Global uncertainties and tensions are escalating and affecting trade in every region. We see rising protectionism, while multilateral cooperation – including through the World Trade Organisation &#8211...