As part of the on-going police recruitment the Police Service Commission has shortlisted a total of 110, 469 applicants for the next phase of the exercise, which will involve writing of aptitude texts.A breakdown of the applicants for the aptitude texts billed for Monday, August 22, 2016, include 22,454, for
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The naira yesterday hit a new all-time low of N365.25 to the dollar at the interbank foreign exchange market in a single interbank market trade of $1 million, before the naira finally stabilsed at N318.00 to the dollar. This is as the Debt Management Office raised N219.58 billion in local
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked reports that it has liquidated a deposit money bank even as it reiterated that Skye bank which recently had a change in board and management was distressed. The apex bank in a statement signed by the acting director, Corporate Communications Department, Issac Okoroafor,
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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has blamed the continued decline of the naira against global other currency on the huge demand for foreign exchange (FOREX) necessitated by the importation of petroleum product into the country. According to the minister, between 30 to 40 per cent of
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The country has lost billions of naira in 1,600 cases of pipeline vandalisation since the beginning of the year, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu said in Lagos yesterday.Kachikwu made the disclosure at the 2016 Annual Conference of National Association of Energy Correspondents with the theme:
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The National Pension Commission(PENCOM) is currently compiling list of companies and organizations defaulting in remitting employees contributions to Pension Fund Administrators (PFA's). The Commission also said it would involve the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) and other law enforcement agencies to prosecute defaulters. The Director-General of PENCOM,Mrs Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, who disclosed these
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The director general of the Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu has revealed that he inherited over one billion, two hundred thousand dollars in debt when he took over office recently.The DG, who stated this when the Buhari Friends. Organisation. Network visited him in his office yesterday, noted that out of
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has received additional documents and evidencesagainst former House Committee chairman on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin over alleged N418 million alleged contract fraud.While submitting the documents at the EFCC office in Abuja, the petitioner, who is the coordinator of the anti corruption unit of the National Youth
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Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Tuesday called on Team Nigeria at the ongoing Rio Olympics Football games to strive to get the gold medal because only the best is good for their determination, resilience and display of soccer skills.In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and
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Disturbed by the exit of foreign airlines operating in Nigeria, the Senate yesterday disclosed its plans to summon the Aviation Minister, Senator Hadi Serika, with a view to finding lasting solutions to the problem bedeviling the aviation sector.Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Adamu Aliero, made the disclosure yesterday while
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