Category: News

Minister: Criticism will not stop broadcasting code amendment
July 29, 2017 No Responses

Minister: Criticism will not stop broadcasting code amendment

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government will not be stampeded into abandoning its ongoing efforts to amend the Nigeria Broadcasting Code to ensure the production in Nigeria of ‘Nigerian content or local content’ programmes....
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Osinbajo: FG is unequivocally committed to success of private sector
July 28, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo: FG is unequivocally committed to success of private sector

First, let me say how pleased I am to be here today. There are two events taking place here today: the first is the formal release ceremony to discharge Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Limited, (IEPL), from the mandatory Monitoring Programme of...
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Obaseki inaugurates committee on health insurance scheme
July 28, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki inaugurates committee on health insurance scheme

The Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki has inaugurated a committee to design the framework for a world class health insurance scheme (Edo Health Insurance Scheme) that will be the pride of Edo people and the African continent. The committee...
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EU to Belgium, France: Abolish tax exemptions for Ports
July 28, 2017 No Responses

EU to Belgium, France: Abolish tax exemptions for Ports

The European Commission has asked Belgium and France to abolish the corporate tax exemptions granted to their ports, so as to align their tax regime with EU state aid rules. In Belgium, a number of sea and inland waterway ports,...
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Osinbajo inaugurates $1.5B Indorama fertilizer plant
July 27, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo inaugurates $1.5B Indorama fertilizer plant

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, will inaugurate a new world-class fertilizer plant built by Indorama Eleme Fertilizer and Chemicals Limited on Thursday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.   The plant with production capacity for 1.5 million Metric Tons of Urea ...
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Obaseki seeks support for basic education, environmental protection
July 27, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki seeks support for basic education, environmental protection

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has sought the collaboration of His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin, in the areas of basic education and protection of the environment.   The...
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FG prepares information officers to tackle fake news
July 27, 2017 No Responses

FG prepares information officers to tackle fake news

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the Ministry has strengthened the capacity of its Information Officers to tackle the menace of fake news with fact-based counter-narrative. The Minister stated this in Abuja on Wednesday in hi...
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Edo to revamp basic education system
July 27, 2017 No Responses

Edo to revamp basic education system

The Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki yesterday unveiled some of the strategies designed by his administration for the revamping of Basic Education system in the state.  Speaking at a one-day Basic Education Stakeholders’ Forum in Benin City, Obaseki ex...
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SEC to sanction firms, capital market operators over tax default
July 26, 2017 No Responses

SEC to sanction firms, capital market operators over tax default

 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has advised Capital Market Operators  (CMOs) and Public Limited Company (PLCs) to comply with the Voluntary Assets and Income   Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) or face penalty. According to a statement, SEC is enc...
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Obaseki inaugurates 12 permanent secretaries
July 26, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki inaugurates 12 permanent secretaries

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday in Benin City inaugurated twelve new Permanent Secretaries with a charge that any government official that engages in acts of corruption will be dismissed and tried in court.   Obaseki stressed that...
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Southwest Governors approve fresh agenda to revamp agriculture
July 25, 2017 No Responses

Southwest Governors approve fresh agenda to revamp agriculture

The Six Southwest Governors –Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Rauf Aregbesola (Osun), Ayo Fayose (Ekiti) and Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo) on Monday approved 25-year development plan designed by the Development Agenda for Wes...
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Nigeria Police to set up anti-piracy unit in all states
July 25, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria Police to set up anti-piracy unit in all states

The Nigeria Police is to set up anti-piracy unit in all the 36 states of the Federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory to combat the piracy of intellectual property in the country, the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, announced in...
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IMF downgrades US, UK growth
July 24, 2017 No Responses

IMF downgrades US, UK growth

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecasts for US and UK economic growth this year, following “weaker-than-expected activity” in the first three months. The IMF says it now expects the UK to grow by 1.7% this year, compared...
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Customs FOU recovers N1.2b duty payments, arrest 95 suspects
July 24, 2017 No Responses

Customs FOU recovers N1.2b duty payments, arrest 95 suspects

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com       Between January and June, 2017, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS),  Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja  recovered One Billion, Two Hundred and Eighty Six Million, Seven Hundred and Thirty Thousan...
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