Category: News

Jude Idada Wins $100,000 NLNG Literature Prize
October 13, 2019 No Responses

Jude Idada Wins $100,000 NLNG Literature Prize

The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited, on Saturday announced Boom Boom, authored by Jude Idada as the winner of the $100,000 prize for the 2019 cycle on Children’s Literature. The book edged...
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Kaduna Proposes N245.4b Budget For 2020
October 13, 2019 No Responses

Kaduna Proposes N245.4b Budget For 2020

The Kaduna State Government, on Saturday, at a town hall meeting, said it had prepared a budget of N245.4 billion for the 2020 fiscal year. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the town hall meeting was held at Gen....
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Michelin To Close Tyre Factory
October 12, 2019 No Responses

Michelin To Close Tyre Factory

Foremost Tyre manufacturer, Michelin has concluded plans to close a French-based factory with 619 employees next year as competition from cheaper Asian manufacturers knocks its profit margin. Two weeks ago, the French company announced the closure of a factory...
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Customs Port Harcourt Area II Command Generates ₦81.2b Revenue In Q3
October 11, 2019 No Responses

Customs Port Harcourt Area II Command Generates ₦81.2b Revenue In Q3

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area II Command Onne Port generated a total revenue of eighty-one billion, one hundred and ninety-six million, six hundred and ninety-seven thousand, eight hundred and fifty- eight naira, and fifty-seven kobo (₦81,196,697,8...
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BPSR Seeks Partnership With BPE On Moribund Industries
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...
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Commonwealth Trade Ministers Seek Reform Of WTO
October 11, 2019 No Responses

Commonwealth Trade Ministers Seek Reform Of WTO

Trade ministers from across the Commonwealth on Thursday made a commitment to resist all forms of protectionism, and to work urgently together towards reforming the World Trade Organisation, which sets the global rules for international trade.Following a meeti...
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WAEC Gets New Registrar
October 11, 2019 No Responses

WAEC Gets New Registrar

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) on Thursday announced the  appointment of Pateh Bah from The Gambia as its new Registrar/Chief Executive Officer (CEO).The appointment is for a five-year tenure from October 2019 to September 2024.Mr Bah is the ...
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Labour Condemns Tenure Extension For Seven Permanent Secretaries
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...
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Nigerian Senate Revisits Bill To Establish N’Assembly Budget Office
October 10, 2019 No Responses

Nigerian Senate Revisits Bill To Establish N’Assembly Budget Office

The Senate on Thursday reintroduced a bill seeking to establish the National Assembly Budget and Research Office (NABRO).The bill, which was passed by the 8th Senate on May 3, 2019, however, failed to receive assent by President Muhammadu Buhari.The move...
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Lai Mohammed Inaugurates NBC Reform Implementation Committee.
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...
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Large LNG Sector To Sustain Growth Into 2020
October 10, 2019 No Responses

Large LNG Sector To Sustain Growth Into 2020

Positive developments in the large LNG sector are expected to continue throughout the rest of 2019 and into 2020, according to a report from VesselsValue.The sector is being driven by increasing demand as more countries prioritize LNG as an energy...
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Obasanjo Urges DR Congo To Invest In Agriculture
October 10, 2019 No Responses

Obasanjo Urges DR Congo To Invest In Agriculture

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to invest in agriculture and particularly cassava, soybean, cowpea and plantain to help Africa cut down annual food imports that is estimated at $50billion....
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NPA: Concerned Pensioners Not Known To Any Nigerian Law
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...
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World Federation Of Exchanges Elects Four Board Directors
October 10, 2019 No Responses

World Federation Of Exchanges Elects Four Board Directors

At the 59th General Assembly in Singapore on Wednesday , the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) elected four Directors of the Board.  The  four elected Directors of the Board are:  Mr Greg Wojciechowski, President & CEO, Bermuda Stock Excha...
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