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Month: November 2016

SON Investigates Suspected Substandard Petroleum Gas Products

Fidelia Okafor The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has launched investigation into suspected substandard seized Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG products imported into the country. The Agency suspects that the products could be substandard and likely to cause collateral damage if allowed into the market. SON impounded the six container laden with the LPG products whose […]

LASU lecturers resume work after ASUU directive

Winifred Bosa. Following the directive of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), lecturers at the Lagos State University (LASU) returned to classes on Wednesday. Dr. Isaac Oyewunmi, the chairman of LASU’s chapter of ASUU, told newsmen in Lagos that: “We have all resumed today (Wednesday) as directed by the national body because the one […]

We’ll propose reduction in tax rate for MSMEs –Kemi Adeosun

Amaka Obiefuna. The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said that the federal government will propose reduction in the income tax rate applicable to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs, as an incentive to encourage “The qualification for the lower income tax rate applicable to small businesses should be review in line with current economic […]

Comedian Akpororo celebrates 1st wedding anniversary with his wife

Comedian Akpororo and his wife, Josephine are celebrating their first wedding anniversary today, November 14th, 2016. They welcomed their first child, a baby girl in August 2016. Celebrating their love, Akpororo wrote:“My world, my all in one. Thank you for coming into my life, thank you for your understanding and for been a good wife […]

Trump names foreign policy novice Haley as envoy to U.N.

Donald Trump on Wednesday named South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a former critic who has little foreign policy experience, to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations at a time of uncertainty over America’s international role under his presidency. Haley, one of two women chosen for a job in Trump’s Cabinet, is “a […]

Nigeria loses 30m tonnes of fertiliser through gas flaring – Expert

The Senior Fertiliser Specialist, African Fertiliser and Agribusiness Partnership, Mr. Paul Makepeace, says Nigeria loses 30 million tonnes of urea (fertiliser) through gas-flaring. Makepeace said this in Abuja on Wednesday at the Nigeria Fertiliser Roadmap Stakeholders’ Consultative meeting. He said if the huge amount of gas being flared was be captured and cleaned, the country […]

ASUU strike: LASU lecturers resume work

Following the directive of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), lecturers at the Lagos State University (LASU) returned to classes on Wednesday. Dr. Isaac Oyewunmi, the chairman of LASU’s chapter of ASUU, told newsmen in Lagos that: “We have all resumed today (Wednesday) as directed by the national body because the one week strike […]

Lagos Cancels Monthly Environmental Sanitation

Sixteen days after a Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos declared the exercise unconstitutional, the Lagos State Government on Wednesday abolished the monthly environmental sanitation exercise held between 7:00a.m. and 10:00a.m. on the last Saturday of every month. With the abolition of the sanitation exercise, however, the state government asked its residents to comply with […]

Naira gains against dollar at interbank market

The Naira on Wednesday appreciated against the dollar at the interbank market, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Nigerian currency gained 50k to close at N304.50 compared to N305 it traded on Tuesday. At the Bureau De Change (BDC) window, the Naira was sold at N400 CBN controlled rate, while the Pound Sterling […]

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