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We’ll Sell Farming Equipment To Farmers At 50% Discount -FG
Farming equipment procured by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will be sold to farmers at 50 per cent discount, the ministry has said. The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Shehuri, in a statement on Sunday, was quoted as saying that the move was to show government’s determination at […]
Dangote Group To Export Fuel To Europe, America, others
Dangote Group has said it plans to export petroleum products from its refinery to Europe, South America, West Africa and Central Africa. The company stated this on Sunday during a visit by a delegation led by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, to the refinery site in Lagos. The Executive Director, […]
PFAs Transfer Window To Open June 2020 -PenCom
The transfer window that will enable contributors under the Contributory Pension Scheme to change their Pension Fund Administrators will be opened in June 2020, the pension operators have said. Some executives of the Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria, who spoke during a seminar organised by the association in Lagos on Friday, said the window […]
Compel Banks To Drop Interest Rates , Donald Duke Urges FG
A former governor of Cross River, Mr Donald Duke, has called on Federal Government to compel banks to reduce interest rate to the barest minimum to make credit available and affordable for small businesses. Duke made the call at the 5th anniversary of Political Forum G50, with the theme: “Blueprint For Sustainable Economic Development”in Lagos. […]
Jos : World Bank Intervention Helps To Mitigate Water Supply Challenges
The Plateau Water Board has said that with the support of the World Bank it had started process to address technical challenges that have hampered regular water supply in the Jos-Bukuru area. The General Manager of the Board, Mr Lambert Gomzuk told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Jos that work was […]
250 Journalists Jailed Worldwide In 2018 — US
The United States Government on Saturday said 250 journalists were jailed around the world in 2018, with Turkey, China and Egypt among the worst offenders. The assertion came in a statement by Spokesperson of the U.S. Department of State, Ms Morgan Ortagus, to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. Ortagus […]
FG To Revitalize NIOMCO, Ajaokuta Steel -Minister
The Federal Government has reiterated its determination to make the National Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO) and Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited to work again, saying that the two companies are too key to the nation’s quest for industrial development to be left in the hands of individuals or vested interest. According to a press release […]
EFCC Goes After Doctors Over Fake Medical Reports
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Mustapha Magu, has disclosed that the Commission will henceforth arrest and prosecute medical practitioners who provide fake medical report to persons facing trial for corruption. He lamented that the spectre of fake medical reports had added to the many frustrations that attend the […]
Lagos Inaugurates Taskforce On Polio
Lagos State Government has inaugurated the State Taskforce on Polio Eradication and Immunisation. Performing the inauguration at the Round House, Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat observed that non-compliance is not only against humanity but an act against God. He averred that the real responsibility of government lies in meeting the exigencies of convincing Lagosians to […]