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FG Grants Dangote Cement N22.32bn Tax Credit

Dangote Cement
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has issued Dangote Cement Plc, tax credit certificates valued at N22.321 billion. The tax credit certificates were for the construction of Apapa-Oworonshoki-Ojota road inRead More

Govs’ Obstinacy Stalls Talks With Judicial Workers

Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF)
Efforts to resolve the lingering industrial action by judicial and legislative workers over their agitations for financial autonomy for state judiciaries and legislatures were stalled yesterday following the inability ofRead More

Academy Advises FG To Shut Airports to Avoid COVID-19’s Third Wave

In an urgent advisory issued yesterday, the President of the Academy of Medicine Specialties of Nigeria, Prof. Oladapo Ashiru
Nigeria to spend N1.89tn to wipe out Malaria, says Ehanire The Academy of Medicine Specialties, together with its Rapid-Response initiative group, has advised the Federal Government to shut the country’sRead More

FG Evaluates Addax Petroleum’s Assets

Addax Petroleum Exploration Nigeria Limited
To hand over assets to new owners Following the Federal Government’s revocation of the Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) on four assets belonging to Addax Petroleum Exploration Nigeria Limited (APENL), theRead More

FG: Nigeria Most Hit By President Deby’s Death

Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd)
Tightens security around Chadian border The Federal Government said yesterday that Nigeria is the most hit by the death of President Idriss Deby of Chad given its dire security implications,Read More

AGF to Assist NEITI In Tracking Oil Revenues

Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris
The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Ahmed Idris, yesterday vowed to support the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) in tracking oil and gas revenues due to theRead More

Warri-Itakpe Rail Line Freight Services To Create More Jobs

Warri-Itakpe Rail Line
The Federal Government at the weekend stated that the freight services on the Warri-Itakpe standards gauge railway line would create more jobs for Nigerians and promote the ease of doingRead More

Govs Propose Monthly Payment To State Judiciaries

Sokoto State Governor, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal
Governors of the 36 states of the federation have proposed a novel idea to resolve the impasse over the implementation of the constitutional provisions that grant financial autonomy to stateRead More

FG Inaugurates Warri-Itakpe Railway Line After 30 Years Of Neglect

Warri-Itakpe Railway Line
Says freight services will create more jobs The Federal Government has unveiled the Warri-Itakpe standards gauge railway 30 years after it started constructing the rail line designed to transport ironRead More