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December 11, 2019 No Responses

Senate Probes N20trn Unremitted Stamp Duties From Banks, Financial Institutions

The Senate has mandated its Committee on Finance to investigate the non-remittance of over N20 trillion into the Federation Account by Central Bank of Nigeria, an amount collected as stamp duties from Banks and Financial Institutions in the country. The...

December 11, 2019 No Responses

NPA Photo News

L-R: The Representative of the Managing Director and General Manager MD’s Office, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr.ChinweAbama, the President, Women International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) Nigeria, Mary Madu Hamman, GM Corporate & Strate...

December 10, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Assures Local Printers, Publishers Of More Patronage

The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, on Monday said that the Federal Government would patronise local printers and publishers of educational materials over their foreign counterparts. The minister, who gave this assurance in Abuja, when a delegation ...

December 10, 2019 No Responses

Air Peace To Commence Flight Operation To Ibadan

Air Peace has concluded plans to commence flight operations to Ibadan from Kano, Owerri and Abuja. The Chairman of the airline, Mr Allen Onyeama, made the announcement in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday. Onyema said: “Very soon, we...

December 10, 2019 No Responses

NPA Photo News

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (2nd from right), the Zonal Head, EFCC, Lagos, Mohammed Rabo (3rd from left), the President, Women Arise for change and Campaign for Democracy, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin (right), the Executiv...

December 10, 2019 No Responses

Aisha Buhari Implores Governors’ Wives On Maternal, Child Health

Wives of the 36 States Governors have been commended for the role they play in reducing the spate of maternal and child mortality in Nigeria. The commendation was made by First Lady of Nigeria, Dr. Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari during...

December 8, 2019 No Responses

Capital Market Experts Outline Ways To Fund Nigeria’s Infrastructure Deficit

An investment banker and Head, Debt Capital Markets, FBNQuest Merchant Bank Limited, Mr Oluseun Olatidoye, has stressed the need for sound macroeconomic and policy frameworks to enable the capital market attract investors to fund infrastructure projects ...

December 8, 2019 No Responses

NASS Committee Lauds Lagos-Ibadan Rail Project

Photo Caption: L-R: Managing Director Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria, Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport, Abdul-Fatai Buhari; CCECC Project Coordinator, Mr Xia Lijun, at the inspection of Lagos-Ibadan Standard Rail G...

December 8, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Evangelist Bonnke

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined others around the world to mourn the demise of renowned German Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, who died at 79 years. Buhari described Bonnke’s demise as a great loss to Nigeria, Africa and the entire world. The.....

December 6, 2019 No Responses

Kaduna Inaugurates LG Revenue Committees

The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KDIRS) on Thursday inaugurated Local Government Revenue Committees of the 23 Local Government Areas (LGA) of the state. The Executive Chairman, KDIRS, Dr Zaid Abubakar, said during the inauguration in Kaduna, that the...

December 6, 2019 No Responses

INEC To Conduct 28 Outstanding Court-Ordered Re-Run In January 2020

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Jan. 25, 2020 to conduct 28 outstanding court-ordered re-run elections in 12 states. The commission announced this in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman...

December 6, 2019 No Responses

Pan African Catholic Congress Begins In Enugu

The first ever Pan African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society and Pastoral Life to reflect on the church as a beacon of hope for the continent on Thursday kicked off in Enugu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that...

December 5, 2019 No Responses

Senate Summons NIMASA DG Over N263.89b Security Contract

The Senate Joint Committee on Navy, Marine Transport and Finance on Wednesday, asked the Director-General, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, to appear before it unfailingly on Thursday. The committee is investigating...

December 5, 2019 No Responses

Nineteen Tanker Crew Kidnapped In Nigeria

Nineteen crew members of a tanker vessel identified as Nave Constellation have been kidnapped by pirates. According to Dryad Global Report, the attack occurred while the vessel was sailing around 100 nautical miles off Bonny Island, Nigeria on December 3...