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October 9, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu Pledges 500,000 Jobs As Ajaokuta Steel Nears Completion

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared on Sunday that with the hitherto abandoned Ajaokuta Steel Complex now nearing completion, the project will have the capacity to employ 500,000 Nigerians once designated as a free trade zone. The President further promised to...

October 9, 2023 No Responses

Chief Of Air Staff To GOCOP: Fish Out Fake News Peddlers

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar, has described online publishers as critical elements in the fight against all forms of criminality in Nigeria by virtue of their advantage of reach, penetration, speed and resilience....

October 8, 2023 No Responses

Buratai Tasks Online Media On Good Governance, Democracy

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd) has given Kudos to the online media, especially the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), which he described as the fulcrum of good governance. Buratai, who is also Nigeria’s former...

October 7, 2023 No Responses

FG Seeks Partnership With Banking Sector On One Million Digital Jobs

The Vice President, Kashim Shettima has called for the partnership and support of the banking sector as part of measures to create one million digital jobs for young Nigerians. Shettima made this appeal during a meeting with a delegation f...

October 7, 2023 No Responses

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R-L: Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy/Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, CON and Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safe...

October 6, 2023 No Responses

Minister To GOCOP: Promote Positive Reports On Nigeria

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris has charged online publishers to promote positive reports on Nigeria on social media, saying it is crucial to the Socio-Economic growth and development of the country. The minister stat...

October 6, 2023 No Responses

Permanent Secretary Harps On Teamwork, Assures Staff Of Quality Leadership, Support

The Permanent Secretary, State House, Engr Olufunso Adebiyi, Thursday in Abuja emphasized that it had become imperative that civil servants imbibed the spirit of team work, commitment and desire for customers’ satisfaction at all times and enjoined them to c...

October 6, 2023 No Responses

Exchanges Ring The Bell Globally To Support Investor Education, Protection

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) is organising the annual Ring the Bell for Financial Literacy, to promote awareness of the role and importance of investor education and protection – both fundamental priorities for regulated public markets. A glo...

October 5, 2023 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Canvasses Support For Non-Oil Export

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has reiterated support for exports especially of non-oil commodities. NSC Executive Secretary, Emmanuel Jime, stated this in Benin City at a one-day enlightenment seminar on ‘Best practices in agricultural products expo...

October 4, 2023 No Responses

Customs Partners FRSC On Data Sharing, Vehicle Smuggling

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC),on Tuesday signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) for automated data sharing of vehicle registration. The Ag. Comptroller-General of NCS, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi along with his count...

October 4, 2023 No Responses

FG Opens N150b Offers For Sukuk Bonds

The Federal government through the Debt Management Office (DMO) has opened offers for subscriptions for 10 years of Ijarah Sukuk at 15.75% interest per annum due in October 2033. DMO explained on Tuesday that the subscription period is billed to...

October 3, 2023 No Responses

NLC, TUC Suspend Strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Monday suspended the planned indefinite nationwide strike, which was scheduled to commence on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. This followed the meeting between the leaders of organized labour a...

September 30, 2023 No Responses

FG, States, LGCs Share N1.1tri For August

THE Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared the sum of N1.1 trillion to the Federal Government, states and Local Government Councils (LGCs) for August. This is contained in a communiqué issued by the FAAC at its September meeting. The...

September 29, 2023 No Responses

Blue Economy Can Help Nigeria Defeat Poverty, Says Prof Pauli

The creator of Blue Economy, Prof Gunter Pauli, who hailed President Bola Tinubu for creating the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy said the policy was overdue considering the abundant opportunities in Nigeria, but, warned that the government must aggressive...