The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it must rescue Ogun workers from some alleged anti-labour practices of the state governor, Mr Ibikunle Amosun. Mr Ayuba Wabba, the NLC President made the position of the congress known in a statement on Friday night in Abuja. Reports have it that there has been […]
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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has charged the newly inaugurated 17-member Edo State Primary Health Care Board, to deepen the revamp of the state’s primary health care system for responsive, efficient and accessible health care delivery. The governor, who gave the charge at the inauguration of new members of the board in Government House, […]
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Foreign investment inflow into the Nigeria oil and gas industry declined sharply by 59.7 per cent to $133.51 million in 2018, compared to $331.36 million recorded in 2017, according to data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. Using current exchange rate of ₦306.75 to a dollar, $133.51 million foreign capital inflow into the […]
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The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, has said multiple taxation does not exist in the country’s tax system. This is just as he urged stakeholders both in the organised private and public sectors to expedite action in payment of taxes. Speaking in an interactive session held in Lagos, with the […]
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As prospective candidates for the 2019 Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME continue registration, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, said it has generated the total sum of ₦849 million in one week. The money which the board explained in its weekly news bulletin, was raised from the sale of the UTME registration and some […]
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The federal government has reiterated the importance of the newly launched Digital Identity Ecosystem programme, insisting that it will help facilitate the collection of citizens’ biometric data nationwide within the shortest time possible. The Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), the agency charged with the mandate to manage the national identity database in […]
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has kicked off a feasibility study to explore the potential of electricity cooperative business models in Nigeria and Ethiopia. The effort is part of the Bank’s goal of achieving universal electricity access across Africa by 2025, having realised that power shortages diminishes the region’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth between […]
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The value of transactions through point of sales (PoS) channels across the country between August 2018 and January 2019 stood at ₦1.342 trillion, figures compiled from the Nigeria Interbank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) have revealed. The data showed that as at the end of January 2019, the value of PoS transaction was ₦222.921 billion. This […]
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Hunger is biting Nigerians hard and children are the worse for it. Reports show that Nigeria is home to over 11 million malnourished children and 17 million others who are stunted. Today, malnutrition contributes to the death of 500,000 children under the age of five annually. Findings by Sunday Vanguard show that the silent but […]
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The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly (LRA), Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Saturday charged the would-be winner of the 2019 presidential election to prioritise security and welfare of citizens. Bakare said this in Lagos after casting his vote at the Opebi Grammar School polling centre in Lagos. Bakare, who was President Muhammadu Buhari’s running […]
Read More The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says defaulting wealthy Nigerian taxpayers who have no Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TIN) have only a 30 days lien to do so. The agency also said other Nigerians and firms with a turnover of N100 million in their accounts, but not paying taxes have only a 30 days lien to […]
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The new free Wi-Fi launched by United Bank for Africa Plc, UBA, Google and ISP is all encompassing as it will reposition SMEs to transact and operate well in the country. This new innovation to launch Google Station in 11 key UBA branches in Lagos State is part of plans to roll out 200 stations […]
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