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July 26, 2017 No Responses

SEC to sanction firms, capital market operators over tax default

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has advised Capital Market Operators (CMOs) and Public Limited Company (PLCs) to comply with the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) or face penalty. According to a statement, SEC is encouraging all taxpayers in the...

July 26, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki inaugurates 12 permanent secretaries

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday in Benin City inaugurated twelve new Permanent Secretaries with a charge that any government official that engages in acts of corruption will be dismissed and tried in court. Obaseki stressed that...

July 26, 2017 No Responses

Guinness Nigeria Photo News

L–R:Ron Plumridge, Finance Director, Guinness Nigeria Plc; Viola Graham-Douglas, Corporate Relations Director, Guinness Nigeria Plc; Haruna Jalo-Waziri, Executive Director, Capital Markets Division, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Peter Ndegwa, Managing D...

July 26, 2017 No Responses

NCC Tennis Cup begins Thursday

The 2017 NCC Tennis League will kick-off Thursday, July 27, 2017 at the National Stadium Surulere, with a playoff involving three teams vying to take the 12th spot in the main event. The play-offs will last three days. The...

July 25, 2017 No Responses

Southwest Governors approve fresh agenda to revamp agriculture

The Six Southwest Governors –Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Rauf Aregbesola (Osun), Ayo Fayose (Ekiti) and Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo) on Monday approved 25-year development plan designed by the Development Agenda for Wes...

July 25, 2017 No Responses

How to harness huge economic potentials in African seas, oceans, by NIMASA DG, others

To commemorate this year’s “Africa Day of Seas and Oceans”, the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has explained that Africa seas and oceans possess huge economic opportunities that...

July 25, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria Police to set up anti-piracy unit in all states

The Nigeria Police is to set up anti-piracy unit in all the 36 states of the Federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory to combat the piracy of intellectual property in the country, the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, announced in...

July 24, 2017 No Responses

IMF downgrades US, UK growth

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecasts for US and UK economic growth this year, following “weaker-than-expected activity” in the first three months. The IMF says it now expects the UK to grow by 1.7% this year, compared...

July 24, 2017 No Responses

Customs FOU recovers N1.2b duty payments, arrest 95 suspects

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com Between January and June, 2017, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja recovered One Billion, Two Hundred and Eighty Six Million, Seven Hundred and Thirty Thousan...

July 24, 2017 No Responses

NIMASA begins 24 hour turnaround time for issuing debit notes

In compliance with the Presidential directive on the resumption of 24 hour port operations in Lagos ports, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced a 24 hour turnaround time for analysing cargo manifests and issuing Debit N...

July 24, 2017 No Responses

UBA foundation takes reading culture campaign to Kenya, donate 500 books to secondary school

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, through its Corporate Social Responsibility arm, the UBA Foundation, continued on its quest to educate and empower African youths as it visited Our Lady of Mercy Girls Secondary School in Nairobi to donate...

July 24, 2017 No Responses

FG lauds Heritage Bank commitment to entertainment industry

For its commitment to the development and growth of the creative industry in Nigeria, the Federal Government has commended Heritage Bank Limited. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the commendation at a two-day Creative Nigeria...

July 24, 2017 No Responses

Photo News

President Muhamadu Buhari’s meeting with some All Progresive Congress (APC) leaders in London on Sunday

July 23, 2017 No Responses

Jaguar Land Rover opens first engine plant outside UK in China

Jaguar Land Rover is opening an engine plant in China, its first outside of the UK as the premium carmaker ramps up its international expansion. It will provide petrol engines for its local assembly site. JLR has a joint venture...