Federal Archives — Page 41 of 138

July 19, 2023 No Responses

Senate Probes NDDC’s N6.5b Shore-Line Contract

The Senate is to investigate the N6.5 billion shoreline protection contract awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Ondo State in 2006. The Senate resolution was on the heels of a motion adopted by the Senator representing Ondo...

July 19, 2023 No Responses

NNPC Explains Increase In Fuel Price

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, has attributed the increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol to the market realities. The company’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Malam Mele Kyari, stated this in an interview...

July 14, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu Declares State Of Emergency On Food Security

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday, in Abuja, declared a state of emergency on food security. According to the President, all matters pertaining to food and water availability and affordability, as essential livelihood items, be included within the purvi...

July 11, 2023 No Responses

FIRS Extends Due Date For Filing 2023 Companies Income Tax Returns

Companies that were unable to file Income Tax returns for the 2023 year of assessment (YOA) that fell due on the 30th of June 2023 have been given up to 31st August, 2023 to submit their returns to the Federal...

July 9, 2023 No Responses

NDDC To Award Odi Shore Protection, Erosion Control Project Contract

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, will soon start the procurement process towards the award of contract for the shore protection and erosion control of the Odi community shoreline in Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Sp...

July 8, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu Raises Committee On Tax Reforms

President Bola Tinubu has established a presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms. In a statement on Friday, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Dele Alake, revealed that the committee will be chaired by Fiscal Policy Partne...

July 7, 2023 No Responses

NECA Lauds Tinubu’s Tax Reforms, Seeks More Modifications

The Nigerian Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has commended steps taken by President Bola Tinubu to create conducive business climate in Nigeria through strategic tax reforms. Director-General, NECA, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, mad...

July 6, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu Backs $5b Floating LNG Project

Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has pledged support for the implementation of a $5 billion floating Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in the country. Tinubu gave the backing on Wednesday when he received a group of joint venture partne...

July 4, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu Receives Shell’s Global Upstream Director, Other Stakeholders

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured the business community of his government’s commitment to policy consistency and better business climate to attract investment. The President spoke Monday while receiving the delegation of the Shell Petroleum Develo...

July 3, 2023 No Responses

SEC Holds Capital Market Awareness Programme For FRSC In Lagos, Benin, Port-Harcourt, Enugu, Osun

In a bid to ensure that more Nigerians are educated on the activities of the capital market and thereby developing the market and attracting more investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission is set to hold an awareness programme tagged “Investor...

July 1, 2023 No Responses

Naira Drops Further, Exchanges At N769.25 To Dollar

Again, the Naira on Friday dropped against the dollar, exchanging at N769.25 at the investors and exporters window. The Naira depreciated by 0.82 per cent compared with N763, which it exchanged for the dollar before the Eid-el-Kabir holiday that began...

July 1, 2023 No Responses

Iheanacho To Indigenous Shipowners: Maximize Opportunities In Oil, Gas Industry

It would be most beneficial for Nigerian shipowners operating in the sub-sector to concentrate on the tanker trade than operating liner services, the Chairman of Integrated Oil and Gas Company, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho, has said. Iheanacho said this in Lagos...

July 1, 2023 No Responses

ASUU Rejects NUC’s Curriculum

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected National Universities Commission’s (NUC) Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). In a statement on Friday, ASUU’s national president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said the curric...

June 28, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu Preaches Peace, Tolerance At Sallah

To commemorate Eid-el-Adha, President Bola Tinubu has appealed for tolerance and patience among Nigerians. In a message titled: ‘We must multiply out good deeds,’ Tinubu said“There is no greater sense of duty ever recorded in history outside the ennoblin...