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June 24, 2021 No Responses

FG, States, LGs Share N605.95b In May

The Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Wednesday disclosed that it shared a total of N605.958 billion as May 2021 revenue to the Federal, States and Local Governments as well as other relevant agencies. Mr Charles Nwodo, Director, Information, Ministry...

June 12, 2021 No Responses

FG Signs Brass Petroleum Products Terminal Agreement

The Federal government has signed shareholders agreement on construction of Brass Petroleum products Terminal Limited ( BPPT) to help curb illegal refining and stabilise products pricing in the Niger Delta region. Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of s...

May 12, 2021 No Responses

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE, ASABA, DELTA STATE, ON TUESDAY, 11TH MAY, 2021

At its meeting, held today, 11th May, 2021, the Southern Governors Forum reviewed the situation in the nation generally and focused on the current security situation, agitations/restructuring, prospect for inter-state collaboration and partnerships as well as ...

March 23, 2021 No Responses

Lagos Gives Tax Evaders March 31 Deadline

The Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has warned tax evaders in the state, saying that the Service would wield the stick on defaulters who insist on shortchanging the State Government. Mr Seyi Alade , Director, Legal Services, LIRS, gave the...

March 18, 2021 No Responses

FEC Approves $1.5b For Rehabilitation Of Port Harcourt Refinery

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved 1.5billion dollars for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery in Rivers State. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, made ...

January 25, 2021 No Responses

Bayelsa Confirms Receiving N27b Refunds From FG

The Bayelsa Government, on Sunday, said that it received N27 billion and not N38 billion approved as refund by the Federal Government for federal projects executed by the state from 2005 to date. The Senate had, on Nov. 24, 2020,...

November 22, 2020 No Responses

Transport Ministers Meet Over Regional Maritime Bank

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has met his West and Central Africa counterparts to deliberate on the establishment of a Maritime Bank. A statement issued by Amaechi’s Media Assistant, Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni, explained that the Mi...

November 17, 2020 No Responses

Ondo Inaugurates Joint Committee To Boost Revenue

The Ondo State Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS) on Monday in Akure inaugurated a Joint State Revenue Committee to boost revenue generation. The joint committee is made up of ODRIS chair and the chairmen of the 18 local government councils in...

October 29, 2020 No Responses

FEC Approves N4.5b For Printing Of Exams’ Materials, Others

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N4.5billion for printing of examination materials for the Basic Education Certification Examination, Senior Secondary Certificate Examination and National Common Entrance as well as rehabilitation of ro...

October 22, 2020 No Responses

Senate Puts Works Ministry’s Debt Profile At N392b

The Senate on Wednesday said in spite of the high budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Works and Housing, its current debt profile is about N392 billion. Chairman, Senate Committee on Works, Sen. Adamu Aliero, made the revelation during the...

October 13, 2020 No Responses

Diri Swears In Five Commissioners, 25 Special Advisers

Governor of Bayelsa State. Douye Diri, on Monday, swore in two new cabinet Commissioners, three non-Executive Commissioners of the state Local Government Service Commission, and 25 Special Advisers. Also inaugurated were six Technical Advisers to complement th...

October 11, 2020 No Responses

Autogas Targets Two Million Jobs Annually

Autogas scheme of the Federal Government will create two million jobs annually, Technical Adviser, Gas Business and Policy Implementation to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Justice Derefaka, has said The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) rep...

August 26, 2020 No Responses

Oyo Approves $1.2m For Agribusiness Initiative In Six Secondary Schools

The Oyo State Government on Tuesday approved $1.2 million to kick-start an agribusiness initiative tagged: ‘Start Them Early Programme’ (STEP), in six selected secondary schools in the state. Mr Akinola Ojo, the Commissioner for Finance, disclosed this whi...

August 18, 2020 No Responses

CAN Urges Govt To End killings In Southern Kaduna

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Monday called on the State and Federal Governments to do more to stop the continuous wastage of lives and property in Kaduna State. The President, CAN, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, who made the call...