Developer acquires Tribune Tower

Developer acquires Tribune Tower

By Robert Channick –    Los Angeles-based developer CIM Group has agreed to buy Tribune Tower for up to $240 million, marking the end of media ownership for the historic North Michigan Avenue building and the beginning of a new...
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Ambode appoints Dabiri  MD of LAMATA

Ambode appoints Dabiri MD of LAMATA

The Head of Procurement, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Engr. Abiodun Dabiri, has been named the substantive Managing Director of the Authority by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode.  His appointment comes about one year aft...
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Peterside condemns assassination of Ken Atsuwete

Peterside condemns assassination of Ken Atsuwete

Dr. Dakuku Peterside has condemned the “barbaric and gruesome assassination” of Barrister Ken Atsuwete in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) who was reacting to t...
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Psychology, persuation key to tax administration, says Fowler

Psychology, persuation key to tax administration, says Fowler

Apart from deploying the law, enforcement, technology and mobilization, tax administrators must use psychology, persuasion and being firm to convince their fellow countrymen to pay tax, the   Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Mr. Tun...
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Niger Republic begins cargo clearance in Nigeria October

Niger Republic begins cargo clearance in Nigeria October

 (NAN) Shipping companies in Niger Republic are to return to Nigerian ports in October for cargo clearance, 10 years after they pulled out of Nigeria. A Representative of the national shipping council of Niger Republic, Idi Hamissou, made the disclosure...
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Lagos gives owners of illegal structures 14-day ultimatum

Lagos gives owners of illegal structures 14-day ultimatum

The Lagos State Government has given  14-day ultimatum to owners of illegal structures and street hawkers in Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki areas. According to the Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello, owners of such structures should remove them....
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Ezeh tasks judiciary on corruption cases

Ezeh tasks judiciary on corruption cases

A former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Engr. Emeka Ezeh has said that it is wrong to see everyone who serves in government as a thief, “because people go into government for different reasons”.   He also...
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Elumelu at NIPSS, tasks policy makers on poverty reduction

Elumelu at NIPSS, tasks policy makers on poverty reduction

Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has identified entrepreneurship as a veritable solution to achieving poverty reduction in the country.  Delivering a paper at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studi...
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Ministry signs MoU with British Council on dormant festivals, traditional games

Ministry signs MoU with British Council on dormant festivals, traditional games

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has signed a Memorandum of Undrstanding  (MoU) with the Chief Executive of the British Council, Sir Ciaran Devane, with a request for partnership to help train festival managers, revive the country...
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FG approves 2017-2019 Fiscal Strategy Framework

FG approves 2017-2019 Fiscal Strategy Framework

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a three-year Fiscal Strategy Framework from 2017 to 2019.  Identified as the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), the process starts the process for the preparation of the 2017 budget. The Ministe...
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Lagos seals Protea Hotel

Lagos seals Protea Hotel

(NAN) The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has sealed Protea Hotel, close to Kuramo Waters, over alleged failure to remit N11.07 million personal income taxes deducted from workers’ salaries. Ajibike Oshodi-Sholola, Head, Distrain Unit of LIRS, di...
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FG pledges support for Artists

FG pledges support for Artists

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reassured the Artists’ Village community at the National Theatre, Lagos, that the government has not abandoned them. The Minister, who stated this in Lagos at a meeting with the representative...
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Boko Haram:Kerry lauds Nigeria’s success

Boko Haram:Kerry lauds Nigeria’s success

The United State Secretary of State, John Kerry has commended Nigeria on its military  successes against Boko Haram.   However, he advised the Federal Government to include other measures in its crack down on the group.   Speaking in Sokoto,...
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TUC faults proposed 9% hike on telephone calls, SMS, others

TUC faults proposed 9% hike on telephone calls, SMS, others

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has condemned Federal Government’s proposed imposition of Communication Service Tax (CST) “as recently mooted by the Minister of Communication, Mr. Adebayo Shittu”.    TUC in statement issued by Its President B...
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