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Broadband agenda to drive ICT growth – NCC
NIGERIAN Communications Commission (NCC), has reiterated its commitment to its broadband agenda as the vehicle to drive its developmental agenda for the nation’s ICT sector. The commissions Executive vice chairman, EVC, Professor Umar Danbatta, said the Commission is not resting on its oars to ensure glitches inhibiting smooth roll out of broadband services by operators, […]
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Slain Unionist: ICTUR writes Buhari, demands independent judicial inquiries
INTERNATIONAL Centre for Trade Union Rights, ICTUR, has called for the immediate institution of independent judicial inquiry to investigate the murder of a trade unionist in Kogi State on 1st November to ensure that full and proper procedures are applied, and that the guilty parties are identified and brought to justice. In a letter signed […]
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Expert Bemoans Low Production Of Maize, Soybeans
A poultry expert and agric-business consultant, Pastor Francis Toromade has expressed concern over low production of maize and soybean which constitute the major ingredients needed for the production of chicken feed in Nigeria. According to him, unavailability of quality raw materials in feed production remains the biggest challenge facing poultry businesses across the country while […]
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Kachikwu, Others Move To Contain Conflict In Extractive Industry
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A deliberate initiative to contain security challenges and conflict in the country’s extractive industry has been flagged off as the CSR-in-Action Advocacy, in partnership with the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), are setting the stage to deliberate on measures that will bring about sustainable peace in the sector. Also in the partnership are the […]
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Manufacturing Sector Generates N30bn VAT In Q1-NBS
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its sectoral distribution of Value Added Tax (VAT) for the first quarter of 2018 has said that the manufacturing sector generated the highest amount of VAT with N30.14 billion. NBS disclosed in this statistics that “professional services, commercial and trading both generated N16.58 billion and N14.93 billion respectively. […]
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‘APM Terminals Apapa Does Not Delay Containers’
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The management of APM Terminals Apapa has said that contrary to insinuations in certain quarters, it does not deliberately delay cargo in any port terminal, as this would work against its business interest. The general manager, Government, Stakeholder Relations and Communications of APM Terminals Apapa, Mr. Augustine Fischer, stated this in Lagos weekend. According to […]
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Nigeria’s Crude Export Rises To Four Month High
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After four months, Nigeria’s crude exports rose for the first time in July, reports have said. This was due to Shells lifting of export restrictions on key Bonny Light grade on the one hand, and the vessel tracking data obtained from the Bloomberg Terminal show. According to the report, total exports rose to 1.64m barrels […]
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Adeosun Urges More Revenue Targets For Agencies
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The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, said chief executive officers (CEOs) of federal government agencies should be given more revenue targets and probably have their tenures tied to it. She said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the launch of the template for calculating operating surplus by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) into the […]
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