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August 23, 2022 No Responses

FG Rolls Out Rotavirus Vaccine To Protect Millions Of Children

The Federal Government has rolled out a rotavirus vaccine to protect millions of children against the deadliest form of diarrheal disease The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, made this known at the official National inauguration on...

August 23, 2022 No Responses

Onyema Rewards 11-Year-Old African Club Championship Gold Medalist With Free Flights, N1m

In his characteristic way of supporting Nigerian sports and athletes, the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has rewarded Stephanie Ogechukwu Onusiriuka, an 11-year-old Nigerian gymnast who recently clinched a Gold Medal at the Junior Olympics Level of the A...

August 23, 2022 No Responses

Ford To Cut 3,000 Jobs

Ford Motor Company said it’s cutting 3,000 jobs this week in a move to boost profits as it seeks to fund the $50 billion it plans to spend on electric vehicles. The cuts will come primarily in the US, while some positions...

August 23, 2022 No Responses

British Airways To Cut 10,000 Heathrow Flights

British Airways will cut roughly 10,000 short-haul flights to and from Heathrow Airport between late October and March. The move is aimed at minimising disruption over the winter and some long-haul flights will also be affected, the airline said. BA...

August 23, 2022 No Responses

Lagos, NPA, Dangote Group Collaborate On Tin-Can-Mile 2 Road Construction

The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Government on Transportation, Mr Sola Giwa, on Monday said the state government had intensified efforts to remove bottlenecks hindering the completion of the Tin-Can Island-Mile 2 road. Giwa said this at a round...

August 23, 2022 No Responses

Maritime University, NDA Sign Research, Manpower Development MoU

The Nigerian Maritime University (NMU) Okerenkoko in Delta, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna on research and manpower development. The MoU was signed by the Vice Chancellor of NMU, Prof. Emmanuel Adi...

August 22, 2022 No Responses

100 MSMEs Secure Export Certifications

Over 100 Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSME) have received export certifications to qualify them for the export of their products, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), disclosed on Sunday in Jos, Plateau State. The Executive Director of NEP...

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

First Set of Winners Emerge In Union Bank’s Save & Win Palli Promo 2

Union Bank of Nigeria has rewarded the first set of winners in the second edition of its Save & Win Palli promo. The first live draw of this season, which took place at Union Bank’s Head office in Lagos, saw...

August 22, 2022 No Responses

FirstBank Unveils Activities For CRS Week

First Bank of Nigeria has announced plans for the fifth edition of its Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CRS) Week. In a statement on Sunday, Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, Mrs Folake Ani-Mumuney, explained that the ...

August 22, 2022 No Responses

353 Inmates On Death Row In Lagos

The Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service ( NCoS ) on Sunday said it had no fewer than 353 inmates currently on death row at its Kirikiri Custodial Centre. The spokesman of the command, Mr Rotimi Oladokun, confirmed...

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...