Metro Archives — Page 36 of 41

November 7, 2019 No Responses

1,620 Workers To Retire In Lagos

The Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) on Thursday said a total of 1, 620 staff of the Lagos State Public Service and Parastatals were expected to retire in the first half of 2020.Mrs Folashade Onanuga, Director-General, LASPEC, disclosed this at...

November 7, 2019 No Responses

Border Agency Targets 40% Improvement In Capacity Building

Nigeria’s Border Community Development Agency, BCDA, says it targets about 40% improvement in rural human capacity building in a five-year roadmap developed for the country.The abridged framework of the roadmap, which was presented to the board of the agency...

November 7, 2019 No Responses

Lagos Shuts Six Firms Over N42.68m Tax Evasion

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), has shutdown six corporate organisations for failure to remit N42.68 million Personal Income Tax of their staff to the state government.The Director, Legal Services of LIRS, Mr Seyi Alade made the disclosure on....

November 7, 2019 No Responses

NLNG Trains 89 Youths In Farm Management, Welding, Others

Eighty-nine (89) youths, selected from the 110 host and pipeline communities of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Tuesday in Port Harcourt graduated from the company’s skill acquisition and capacity building programme, Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES).YES is one o...

November 4, 2019 No Responses

Cornerstone Insurance: Only 2.5m of 12m Vehicles In Nigeria Have Genuine Insurance Cover

Out of 12 million registered vehicles in Nigeria, only 2.5 million have genuine insurance cover, Ikeja branch manager of Cornerstone Insurance plc, Pelumi Akindumusire has said.In a chat with motoring journalists, Akindumusire explained that most m...

November 3, 2019 No Responses

Obaseki Condemns Attack At Oshiomhole’s House

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has condemned the attack on him, the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, Chancellor of the Edo University, Iyahmo, Dr. Aderemi Makanjuola and other guests at the residence of former Governor of the...

October 31, 2019 No Responses

Makinde Suspends ENL’s N65b Road Contract

Citing slow pace of work, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has suspended construction work on the Ibadan Circular road project.The Governor who made an on-the-spot assessment to the 32 kilometre road on Thursday, expressed his disappointment at the pace of...

October 31, 2019 No Responses

Alleged Murder: Court Remands Two FRSC Officials In Prison

Justice Ohimai Ovbiagele of Benin High Court on Wednesday remanded in prison custody two Federal Road Safety Commission ( FRSC) officials, Onotu Joseph, 33, and Francis Igboh, 35, for alleged murder of Mr Samuel Odion. Earlier, Police prosecutor, SP Peter...

October 26, 2019 No Responses

NDDC To Distribute 32 Waste Disposal Trucks

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is set to distribute 32 waste disposal trucks to the nine states covered by the commission, an official said.The states are Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers.A statement...

October 26, 2019 No Responses

NCS Impounds N3.5m Smuggled Rice

The Zone B of Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit Kaduna, on Friday, said it had seized 149 smuggled rice valued at over N3.5 million in Kaduna.In a statement on Friday, the command Public Relations officer, Abubakar Usman, explained that...

October 26, 2019 No Responses

Total Nigeria donates 1,000 Science Textbooks, Computers To Lagos Schools

Total Upstream Nigeria Limited has reaffirmed its commitment to support quality education and contribute to the growth of the sector through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.The oil major’s Managing Director, Mr Mike Sangster, gave the a...

October 25, 2019 No Responses

NPA Condemns Mayhem At Lilypond Transit Truck Park

The Management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has condemned the invasion of Lilypond Transit Truck Park on Thursday by hoodlums. According to NPA, the Transit Truck Park was invaded by hoodlums who resisted the activities of the Lagos State Task...

October 24, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria To IOCs: Foster Peace In Host Communities

The Federal Government on Thursday admonished International Oil Companies (IOCs) to use culture to foster peace in their host communities.The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the charge in Port-Harcourt at the maiden Nigerian Agip ...

October 24, 2019 No Responses

Alleged Extortion: Another 26 FRSC officials arrested

Another set of 26 officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has been arrested for alleged extortion of motorists in different parts of the country. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) disclosed this in a...