The House of Representatives is to probe what appeared to be an incidence of fraud in the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund as staff who were supposed to have benefited from a training sponsored by the fund claim they never participated in such training.The House is to investigate why the fund management should spend
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The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed on Wednesday announced that the revenue performance prorated to third quarter of 2019 is 4.25 trillion. This according to her represents a performance of 81 per cent while the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) planned for 2019 was 3.5 per cent and the third
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved registration and release of a new Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) Cowpea variety for commercialization.The approval was granted by the National Committee on Naming, Registration and Release of Crop Varieties, chaired by Mr. Oladosu Awoyemi, at its 28th meeting which was held in Ibadan on December 12, 2019.The new
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The Chairman of the Board of Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) PLC- Dr (Barr) Taiwo Afolabi has been named the Air Transport Personality of the year at the 10th Nigerian Aviation Awards (NIGAV) 2019 which held at the Oriental Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos State.The NIGAV Awards, Nigeria’s most prestigious air transport development award
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Anietie Udobit,AbujaThe Minister of Aviation, Mr Hadi Sirika, has cautioned foreign airline operators against treating Nigerian travellers with disdain.In a statement on Saturday in Abuja,signed by Mr James Odaudu, the Director of Public Affairs in the ministry, Sirika warned other airline operators to take a cue from the recent Turkish airlines experience.“Following the
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has marked properties belonging to the convicted former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu for possible forfeiture to the Federal Government.The Commission’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement issued, said the move was to ensure that the properties were not dissipated after Justice Muhammed Idris
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Anietie UdobitNigerian banks have plans to categorise Bank Verifications Number (BVN) into Premium and Lite.At the 11th Bankers Committee meeting ended on Saturday December 14 in Ogere, Ogun State, the bank chiefs also disclosed plans to begin an estimated N25 billion renovation work on the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, in January 2020.Addressing Press
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Buhari returns from Aswan ForumPresident Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja from the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development in Africa, held in Egypt.News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential aircraft conveying the president and some members of his entourage landed at the Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,
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The Dangote Sugar refinery in Tunga, Nasarawa State, is expected to produce 450, 000 metric tons of sugar yearly, as well as 90 megawatts of power yearly when completed.Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule disclosed this at the Northern region sugar sensitisation workshop organized by the National Sugar Development Council, in Lafia, on Thursday, December
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Anietie Udobit,AbujaNigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has directed Turkish Airlines to stop its operations into Nigeria until the airline is ready to operate into the country with the right aircraft size and bring passengers into the country together with their checked-in baggage.The NCAA in a letter NCAA/ DG/12/16/60 directed to the airline’s Country Manager
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