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October 18, 2019 No Responses

British Ports Welcome Brexit Deal

The British Ports Association (BPA) has reservedly welcomed the news that a Brexit deal was agreed on Thursday between the United Kingdom and the European Union. Under the new deal, Northern Ireland will remain part of the UK’s customs territory...

October 17, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Orders Probe Of NDDC

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2001 to 2019.The president gave the directive when he received governors of the states in the Niger Delta area, led by...

October 17, 2019 No Responses

W Initiative Explains Agenda For Health Month

The W Initiative, a flagship women empowerment programme from Access Bank Plc, has announced plans for its 2019 W Health Month aimed at improving community awareness on health issues that affect women and their families by bridging knowledge gap, providing...

October 17, 2019 No Responses

New Oil, Gas Parks For Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday in Abuja, approved the establishment of oil and gas parks in Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa states. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents afte...

October 17, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Deports Seven Koreans

The Nigerian Government has deported seven nationals of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) back to their country. Mr Sunday James, Public Relations’ Officer (PRO), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in A...

October 16, 2019 No Responses

CBN: N500, N1000 Denominations Most Commonly Counterfeited Banknotes

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday, said that a total of 119,663 pieces of counterfeit notes with a nominal value of N98.82 million was recorded in 2018.The bank said this in the Currency Operations 2018 Annual Report, posted...

October 16, 2019 No Responses

Global Borrowing Now At Highest Level Since 1950s

By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General Trade wars, protectionism, and nationalist rhetoric are combining to create the possibility of a nightmare debt crisis that could be worse than any previously experienced. Global borrowing is now at the high...

October 15, 2019 No Responses

Lagos Pledges To Pay Above N30,000 Minimum Wage

Lagos State will pay its workers above the N30,000 new national Minimum Wage, State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said.Sanwo-Olu made the promise on Tuesday when the state leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigeria Labour Co...

October 15, 2019 No Responses

Group Seeks Agric Reforms In West Africa

The International Crisis Group, an independent non-profit organisation, on Tuesday called for a reform in the agricultural sector in West Africa and the Sahel as part of measures to address insecurity.Mr Nnamdi Obasi, the Senior Adviser of the group for...

October 15, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Presents `Certificate Of Discharge’ To Transcorp

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, presented Certificate of Discharge to Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp). A certificate of discharge is a written statement of satisfaction that a party has discharged its o...

October 15, 2019 No Responses

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L-R, Director General, ICRC Engr Chidi Izuwah, Acting Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission Ms Mary Uduk and Permanent Secretary, Special Duties Ministry of Finance Dr Muhammed Dikwa during a Publi...

October 14, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Insists On Border Closure

The Nigerian Government will not reverse closure of borders until neighbouring countries have shown enough commitment to check smuggling of banned commodities into Nigeria.The Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Mohammed Umar,...

October 14, 2019 No Responses

Sanwo-Olu Appoints New GM For LASTMA

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has appointed Olajide Oduyoye as the new General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority. The LASTMA Public Relations Officer, Olumide Filade, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen i...

October 11, 2019 No Responses

BPSR Seeks Partnership With BPE On Moribund Industries

Director General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Mr. Dasuki Ibrahim Arabi has sought the collaboration of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to reform some moribund industries in the country in line with its mandate. Speaking when...