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October 31, 2021 No Responses

PenCom Extends 2021 Online Verification, Enrollment Exercise

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has extended the online verification and enrollment exercise for 2021 retirees, and prospective retirees of the Federal Government Treasury Funded Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The Head, Corporate Communications of PenCom, Mr Peter Aghahowa, in...

October 21, 2021 No Responses

FRSC Unveils Body Cameras For Patrol Operations

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, on Thursday, unveiled body cameras, operation monitoring and control platform, to improve the Corps’ field operations across the country. At the official inauguration in Abuja, Oyey...

October 21, 2021 No Responses

Maritime Academy To Commercialise Facilities

The Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron in Akwa Ibom, has concluded plans to commercialise its facilities to boost its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). The Rector of the Academy, Commodore Duja Effedua (rtd), disclosed this during an interaction with ne...

October 19, 2021 No Responses

NPA Upgrades Control Tower

The management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is poised to ensure optimal utilisation of its facilities across the nation’s seaports, Acting Managing Director, Mohammed Bello-Koko has said. He made this known in a statement on Monday ...

October 13, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Appoints Yakusak As New CEO Of NEPC

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Ezra Yakusak as Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC). Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, ...

October 11, 2021 No Responses

Poultry Farmers Decry High Cost Of Inputs

Poultry Farmers under the aegis of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) in Alimosho, Lagos State have lamented the rising cost of poultry inputs. The farmers in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) highlighted some challenges fac...

October 10, 2021 No Responses

NCC Reiterates Support For e-Government, Others

The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has highlighted the various regulatory measures of the Commission toward deepening the adoption of e-Government and other Internet-driven services in the co...

October 10, 2021 No Responses

NUPENG Begins Strike On Monday

The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says its Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) will commence strike on Monday over the deplorable state of the nation’s highways and other issues. Mr Tayo Aboyeji, the South-West Zonal Chairman ...

September 30, 2021 No Responses

SON Raids Market, Seals Warehouse, Shop

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Thursday raided Yankura Market in Kano and sealed off shop and a warehouse where new and branded fertiliser bags with SON certification logo were being sold.The Director-General of SON, Malam Faruk Salim, who...

September 27, 2021 No Responses

Senate Receives Report On $5.792b Mambila Power Projects

The Senate Committee on Local Content on Monday received the report of the Financial Sub-Committee of the Mambila Hydro-Electric Power Projects (HEPP). The Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Teslim Folarin, received the report in Abuja as presented by Mr Mu...

September 27, 2021 No Responses

CBN Pledges More Support For Youth Empowerment

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has pledged more support for youth empowerment, through sports and its other intervention programmes. Osita Nwanisobi, CBN spokesperson quoted Emefiele as making the pledge at the finals of the...

September 5, 2021 No Responses

Buhari To Visit Imo On Thursday

All is set for President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Imo State on Thursday, September 9, 2021. Addressing Journalists at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, on Saturday, the State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, who spoke upon his return...

August 27, 2021 No Responses

MAN Decries Double Taxation In Lagos

Vice President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Lagos Zone, Chief John Aluya, has decried what he described as double taxation imposed on manufacturing companies by Lagos State Government. Aluya criticised the act during the 7th Lagos Corpora...

August 22, 2021 No Responses

Ojobo, NCC Ex-Image Maker Mourns Ahmed Joda

Former Director Public Affairs (DPA) at Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr. Tony Ojobo has said late Alhaji Ahmed Joda tenure as Chairman, Board of Commissioners was instrumental to the revolution witnessed in the ICT Ecosystem in Nigeria O...