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July 10, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Clarifies Tax On House Rents, C of O, Others

The Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Mr Ben Akabueze, on Friday said tax on rents, Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) and others is not a new law to the system. Akabueze made the clarification while fielding...

July 10, 2020 No Responses

MTN Nigeria, Vitafoam, Others Lift Market Capitalisation By N15b

July 10, 2020 No Responses

Immigration Refuses Departure Of 58 Nigerian Medical Doctors To UK

Operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos, has refused the departure of 58 Nigerian Medical Doctors to United Kingdom. The Spokesman of the service, Mr Sunday James, in a statement on Frid...

July 10, 2020 No Responses

SEPLAT Appoints Onwuka CFO, ED

The Board of Directors of Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc has announced the appointment of Mr. Emeka Onwuka as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Director of with effect from August 1, 2020. Mr. Onwuka has over 30 years’ experience in....

July 10, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Directs Release Of 50% Of Capital Expenditure, Signs N10.8tr Revised 2020 Budget

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the revised N10.8 trillion 2020 budget, and directed the release of at least 50 per cent of the approved 2020 revised capital expenditure to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The News Agency of...

July 10, 2020 No Responses

Olugbade: Barge, Off Docks Will Aid Port Decongestion

Captain Ibraheem Olugbade, Executive Director, SIFAX Off Dock, has urged all the stakeholders in the maritime sector to adopt the option of barge transportation for the movement of consignments from the Lagos ports. Olugbade said the challenges of congestion a...

July 10, 2020 No Responses

Group Lauds Passage Of Sexual Harassment Bill

The Media Women Forum has describes the Sexual Harassment Bill recently passed by the Senate as a welcome development as it would prevent sexual harassment and exploitation of female students by lecturers in the Nation’s tertiary institutions. The bill ,w...

July 10, 2020 No Responses

ILO Welcomes COVID-19 Seafarers’ Rights Agreement

The International Labour Organization has expressed support for new international measures to protect the rights of seafarers, stranded at sea because of the COVID-19 crisis .It welcomed a joint statement signed by more than a dozen countries that gives ...

July 10, 2020 No Responses

Maritime Stakeholders Implore US, UK, UAE, Others On Crew Change Crisis

Thirteen countries have committed to facilitating crew changes and achieving key worker designation for seafarers, following a virtual ministerial summit hosted by the UK government July 9, 2020. This step is said to represent a significant progres...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

Ogun Partners CBN On Oil Palm Production

The Ogun Government is collaborating with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to boost oil palm production in the state. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Adeola Odedina, made this known during an inspection tour of Apoje Farm Settlement, where...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

FG Distributes Farm Inputs To Rice Farmers In Oyo

The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) Oyo state chapter, on Thursday received farm inputs through the Anchor Borrower Programme (ABP) of the Federal Government, coordinated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Oyo State RIFAN Chairman, Mr Samuel...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

Robbers Attack TVC, NTA Correspondents

Armed robbers on Thursday attacked Mr Godwin Agwam, Nasarawa State Correspondent of Television Continental (TVC) and Mrs Victoria Ojito of Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) in their residence at Sabon-Gari, Lafia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

Conoil, Arbico,Vitafoam Top Losers’ Table As Market Capitalisation Drop By N1b

Sentiments in the nation’s bourse weakened on Thursday, with the All-Share Index dropping by 0.01 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index (ASI) decreased by 1.51 points to close at 24,276.56 in contrast with 24,278.07 achieved on Wednesday. Accordingly, ...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

Kano Spends N8b On Scholarships, To Sponsor 1,000 Students To China

The Kano State Scholarship Board on Thursday said it spent over N8 billion on scholarships for Kano indigenes studying at home and abroad in the last five years. The Executive Secretary of the board, Alhaji Abubakar Zakari, disclosed this in...