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Nigeria
Buhari resumes today, NLC, groups, others set target
John Alechenu, Fidelis Soriwei, Olalekan Adetayo, Friday Olokor and Olaleye Aluko As President Muhammadu Buhari resumes duty on Monday (today), Nigeria Labour Congress and other eminent groups have set a target for the President on what should be his focus. Besides the NLC, organisations and personalities, who spoke in separate ...
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Nigeria
Police promote 44 officers to DSP
Etim Ekpimah, Uyo The Nigeria Police Force, Akwa Ibom State Command, has promoted 44 assistant superintendents of police to the rank of deputy superintendents of police. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Donald Awunah, said on Friday that promotion was aimed at motivating officers. According to him, the ...
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Nigeria
SERAP demands re-instatement of sacked whistle-blower
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sent an open letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, requesting him to facilitate the re-instatement of a worker sacked for reportedly exposing an alleged fraud in the ministry. It said Ntia Thompson was sacked through a post ...
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Nigeria
Customs policy on vehicle import duty immoral – NLC
Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The Nigeria Labour Congress has condemned in strong terms the recent policy of the Nigeria Customs Service to compel vehicle owners to pay outstanding customs duties on their vehicles between March 13, 2017 and April 12, 2017 It described the policy as unrealistic, callous and immoral. The ...
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Nigeria
NDLEA accuses man of swallowing 935g of cocaine
Ramon Oladimeji The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Friday brought one David Achebe before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly trafficking in 935 grammes of cocaine. The agency claimed that Achebe swallowed the illicit substance and was arrested on December 21, 2016, at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, ...
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USA Nigeria
We prefer trade partnership with US, not aid –Kogi gov
Gbenga Odogun, Lokoja The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has called on the United States of America to view Kogi State as a trade partner and an investment basket rather than an aid-seeking state. The governor said this in Lokoja on Sunday when he received in audience, the United ...
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Nigeria
Banks seek buyers as CBN floods market with forex
Banks are awash with dollars, as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) continues to support the naira. The banks have cleared the backlog of requests for foreign currencies for basic travel allowance, school fees and medicals. A banker told NAN that his bank had so much dollars that its marketers ...
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Nigeria
NECA seeks full implementation of economic growth plan
Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has urged the Federal Government to ensure full implementation of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). NECA’s President, Larry Ettah, said ERGP will provide some assurance to domestic and foreign stakeholders on the policy direction of the Federal Government for the economy, adding that ...
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Nigeria
Fed Govt removes NTDC D-G
•15 senior officials demoted after irregular promotion The Federal Government has removed the Acting Director-General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Mrs. Mariel Rae-Omoh. It has appointed Dr. Paul Adalikwu as the new acting D-G pending the appointment of a new helmsmen. Also, 15 senior officials, who were arbitrarily promoted ...
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Nigeria
CBN Set To Inject More Dollars Into Forex Market
There are strong indications that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is unrelenting in its move to ensure liquidity in the interbank FOREX market, as signal from the bank shouwed it will inject more foreign exchange into market early this week. The information about the action of the apex bank, ...