Nigeria plans to spend about N270 billion over three years for the rehabilitation of 50 bridges, following the decay of many of the existing ones. The government plan to start with about N70 billion to N100 billion in year one, Power, Works, Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola, said on Tuesday in Lagos. He said government would […]
The Nigerian Navy has recorded more successes in its efforts to get rid of oil thieves in the Niger Delta region as its patrol team deployed by NNS PATHFINDER has again arrested two barges at Taraba Jetty in Port Harcourt, Rivers State for alleged involvement in illegal oil bunkering. One of the arrested barges, according […]
The Federal Government has dispatched a team of experts from the Federal Ministry of Health and the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, to Cross River State to investigate a suspected polio case. The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, confirmed this to Channels Television via a phone interview. The case, involving an infant, was detected […]
Pamela Eboh, Awka The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, on Tuesday said that his government will constitute a Task Force to enforce compliance on stoppage of collection of taxes and levies from hawkers in markets across the state as the implementation is yet to get in motion. He made the declaration in Uke, […]
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the state’s 2017 Appropriation bill of N812.998 billion. The passage followed the adoption of the report and recommendations of the House Committee on Budget and Economic Planning, headed by Mr Rotimi Olowo. The House approved the sum of N305.182 billion as total recurrent expenditure and N507.816 […]
Mayowa Okekale, Abuja The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday launched a contest to promote Made in Nigeria products. The contest which will run for the first three months is aimed at showcasing the process and raw materials used in producing such locally made goods. Bamikole Omishore, Special Assistant to the […]
A financial expert on Monday called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to review the foreign exchange restriction placed on 41 items imported into the country. Dr Uche Uwaleke, the Head of Banking and Finance Department, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, made the suggestion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will collaborate with the Federal Government to stop out-sourcing of jobs in the telecom sector, among others. Mr Ayuba Wabba, the NLC President, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. “In this New Year, we shall work […]
The Ministry of Budget and National Planning has described as erroneous a story in the Monday, January 2, 2017 edition of Thisday newspaper, with the headline, ‘PANDEF Expresses Displeasure over N29 billion Budgeted to Fight Militancy in 2017’. Akpandem James, Media Adviser to the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, said […]
Some labour leaders on Monday in Abuja said that the formation of a new labour centre would be a major setback to realising the demands for a new national minimum wage in the country. The leaders made the assertion when they fielded questions from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on the emergence […]