Archives for July, 2018 - Page 7
Customs duty: Reps threaten to arrest 26 firms over waiver scam
The House of Representatives Committee on Customs has threatened to issue Bench Warrant to 26 firms that failed to submit relevant documents over Customs duty waivers they were granted…
UNICEF, Zamfara Govt. Enroll 4,099 Girls In Schools
Girls (G4G) initiative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), introduced in August 2017, had succeeded in enrolling 4,099 girls in schools. Mr Tayo Fatinikun, Executive…
Save Nigeria from Avoidable Doom or Step Aside, Catholic Bishops Tell Buhari Say human lives now far less than cattle •Plateau govt relaxes curfew •Military arrests 11 more suspects
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently save Nigeria from avoidable doom or step aside as the country was…
NNPC Seals $724m Oil Finance Pack with Schlumbetget
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has sealed a crude oil production financing pack it negotiated with Schlumberger for the Anyalu and Madu oil fields under…
2018 budget: How National Assembly cut N347.5bn from 4,700 MDAs projects Works, water resources, education suffer highest cuts
Facts have emerged on how the National Assembly reduced allocations to 4,700 projects of Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government to the tune of Documents obtained…
French President Macron visits Afrika Shrine Today
The French leader, Emmanuel Macron, will today visit the Afrika Shrine, a nightclub in Lagos founded by Nigerian music legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the state government has announced.…
CBN directs banks to resolve USSD disputes in three days
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday directed all commercial banks to resolve disputes arising from use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) channel within three days. Speaking at…