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February 17, 2020 No Responses

Sanwo-Olu, Amaechi, Others To Discuss Nigeria’s Future At 3rd Freedom Online Lecture

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State will, on Tuesday, February 25, lead other speakers to discuss the future of Nigeria at the third annual lecture of Freedom Online in Lagos. A statement by the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the online newspaper,...

February 16, 2020 No Responses

Ikeja Electric Targets N170b Revenue In 2020

Ikeja Electric (IE) has projected total revenue of N170 billion in 2020 with the implementation of the increment in various classes of electricity tariff. The company is to create a new tariff class called Bilateral for customers and had signed...

February 16, 2020 No Responses

Airlines Apologise To Passengers Over Delays, Cancellations

Some airlines at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, have apologised to passengers over flight delays and cancellations in the last one week. They all attributed the flight delays and cancellations to bad weather conditions during separate inte...

February 16, 2020 No Responses

Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti Wins 20th NIPOGA Games

Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti has emerged champions of the 20th Nigeria Polytechnic Games Association (NIPOGA), with a total of 21 Gold, 18 Silver and 31 Bronze medals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Lagos State Polytechnic (Laspotech), Ikorod...

February 15, 2020 No Responses

Six Firms Jostle For e-Procurement Platform Contract

Six firms on Friday successfully opened bid for the design, development and management of single e-procurement portal for the 36 states in Nigeria. The project form part of the World Bank-supported States Fiscal Transparency and Accountability System (SFTAS)....

February 15, 2020 No Responses

Abuja Chamber of Commerce Unveils New Office Complex

President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) for scaling up economic diplomacy and establishing bilateral relations with other countries. Buhari, represented by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Adeni...

February 14, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria loses N1.3tri To Tax Waivers

Nigeria lost 1.3trillion naira to granting of tax waivers to companies operating in three sectors of the economy in the last five years, the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) has said. Chairman of FIRS, Mr Muhammad Nami, made the disclosure...

February 14, 2020 No Responses

Ecobank: Nigeria Can Feed Africa’s 1.2b Population

Ecobank says Nigeria has the capacity to feed Africa’s estimated 1.2 billion people if it harnesses the gains of the agricultural value chain. According to the bank, success in Nigeria’s agricultural sector means the reduction in the demand for foreign...

February 14, 2020 No Responses

Emir Of Zuru Seeks Adequate Regulation Of Motorcycle Operations

The Emir of Zuru Major General (Dr) Muhammadu Sani Sami, (rtd), CON, LLD, mni FICEN has commended the Federal Road Safety Corps for its initiatives and adoption of modern strategies in evolving safer road culture in Nigeria. He praised the...

February 13, 2020 No Responses

Nestle Stops Chocolate Production Due To Low Sales

Less than two years after it was launched, Nestle has dropped its range of chocolate that used a new low-sugar technique, According to the foremost firm, demand for its Milkybar Wowsomes had been “underwhelming”. The bars used what Nestle described...

February 13, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Discovers Crude Oil In Northeast

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Slyva, said that about one billion Barrels of Crude oil have been discovered in Northeastern part of Nigeria. Sylva made the disclosure at a news Conference to end the 2020 Nigeria...

February 13, 2020 No Responses

Muhammad-Bande Canvasses Inclusive Agric Policies

President of the United Nations General Assembly, Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, on Wednesday called for inclusive agricultural policies to boost the fight against poverty and hunger. He made the call during an interactive dialogue on “Targeting Hunger: South-S...

February 13, 2020 No Responses

Plateau United Suspends Training

The management of Plateau United FC of Jos said the team would not train on Thursday in honour of its Head Coach, Audu Pele, who died on Wednesday afternoon. Albert Dakup, the team’s Media Officer announced this in a statement...