Minister Archives — Page 74 of 173

August 24, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Decries Abuse Of Expatriate Quota Policy

The Minister of Interior, Alhaji Rauf Aregbesola has decried the abuses and gross violations of Nigeria’s expatriate quota policy by foreigners and some organisations in the country. Aregbesola condemned the practice on Tuesday in Abuja at the re-inauguration of the...

August 22, 2022 No Responses

SEC Seeks Tax Exemption On Corporate Bonds

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has urged the federal government to consider its proposal to exempt corporate bonds from the payment of tax. Speaking in Lagos at an interactive session with Journalists on the outcome of the second...

August 22, 2022 No Responses

NLNG Receives Road Infrastructure Tax Credit Certificate For Bonny – Bodo Road From FIRS

The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), one of the companies undertaking the construction of roads under the Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme, has received its Tax Credit Certificate from the Federal Inla...

August 22, 2022 No Responses

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L-R: Munkaila Abimbola, Deputy Director, Large Tax Audit Downstream, FIRS; Nneka Ifekwena, Board Secretary, FIRS; Hajia Amina Ado, Director, Special and Emerging Taxes Department, FIRS; Mr. Mathew Gbonjubola, Group Lead, Special Tax Group, FIRS; Mr. Olalekan O...

August 22, 2022 No Responses

Lekki Deep-Sea Port To Lift Nigeria’s Economy, Create 112,000 Jobs, Says Minister

Minister of Transportation, Alhaji Muazu Sambo, on Sunday said that the Lekki Deep-Sea Port project would create 112,000 jobs for Nigerians upon its completion. Sambo gave the declaration on Sunday while speaking to newsmen in Jalingo. He said that the...

August 21, 2022 No Responses

Airline Operator Implores FG On Release Of Foreign Airlines’ $450m Ticket Sales

Chief Executive Officer of an aviation company, Mr Segun Adewale, has urged the Federal Government to repatriate the $450million in ticket revenue belonging to foreign airlines operating in the country. Adewale, also former Vice-Chairman, the National Associ...

August 20, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria, Japan Trade Volume Hits $1b

The annual bilateral trade volume between Nigeria and Japan stands at $1 billion, the Ambassador of Japan to Nigeria, Mr Matsunaga Kazuyoshi, has said. Speaking at the 2nd Japan-Nigeria business facilitation council meeting on Friday in Abuja, Kazuyoshi expl...

August 20, 2022 No Responses

NPA Generates N172b Revenue In Six Months

Between January and June 2022, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) generated N172.286 billion in revenue.Within the same period, the Authority remitted N78.497 billion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) of the federation.Giving details of the half-year 2...

August 18, 2022 No Responses

Test Run Of Lagos Blue Line Rail Project Begins December

The test run of the Lagos Blue Rail Line train service project is to commence December 2022. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said this in Marina on Wednesday at the launch of the last track beam (T-beam) for the blue line...

August 17, 2022 No Responses

Bayelsa, NDDC Seal Partnership On Key Projects

The Bayelsa State Government and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, have agreed to partner on key infrastructure projects for the benefit of the people of the state. Speaking when he hosted the NDDC Interim Administrator, Dr. Efiong Akwa and...

August 17, 2022 No Responses

LAMATA: Transportation Master Plan’ll Make Lagos FDI Paradise

Lagos state government’s master plan on transportation would transform Lagos into a Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) paradise, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) Managing Director, Mrs Abimbola Akinajo, declared on Tuesday Speaking at...

August 16, 2022 No Responses

NIWA Unveils Watercraft Ambulance

The Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Dr George Moghalu, has deployed a new ambulance boat to the Lagos area office to enhance search and rescue. Moghalu, in a statement on Monday, explained the watercraft ambulance which wou...

August 15, 2022 No Responses

Monkeypox: Virologist Urges Govt To Acquire Smallpox Vaccines

A Professor of Virology, Sunday Omilabu, has urged the Federal Government to put efforts in place to acquire smallpox vaccines in the fight against monkeypox. Omilabu, who spoke in an interview aired on Arise TV on Sunday, said research had...

August 15, 2022 No Responses

SEC: Capital Market Master Plan Promotes Transparency, Market Confidence

The Capital Market Master Plan (CMMP) initiatives have helped in promoting transparency, protecting investors and enhancing market confidence, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), reiterated at the weekend. SEC in a statement issued on Sun...