The federal government of Nigeria, on Friday denied hiking import duties on food items and luxury goods, but noted that drugs, and other pharmaceutical products, are prohibited from being imported into Nigeria, and local manufacturers with special permission to import must pay 20 percent duty. In a statement by Salisu Dambatta, director information, ministry of […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says active users of telecommunications services in the country increased to 153,949,450 in November 2016. The telecommunications industry regulator gave the figure in its Monthly Subscriber/Operator Data released on Wednesday in Lagos. It said that the active telecommunications service customers increased by 435,343 in November over their October number of […]
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Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Aviation, Capt. Hadi Sirika, noted that Nigeria will have a very strong, viable national airline before the end of 2017. “When we came in we were very clear on our targets and goals and what we set out to achieve, and we did say that […]
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The Federal Government has postponed till 8 of March, the scheduled for closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport for repair of damaged runways and other facilities. The decision to shut the airport and divert Abuja-bound flights to Kaduna, an airport used primarily for domestic flights about 160 km (100 miles) to the north, was taken […]
Continue ReadingIn its determination to remove bottlenecks in service delivery, the federal government has announced that the process of getting passport, driver’s license, tax clearance among others will be made easy in 2017. Speaking on behalf of the government, the Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Joe Abah, in an interview with the News Agency […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s efforts for economic diversification has received a boost with the discovery of coal deposit in commercial quantity in Sokoto State. The state governor, Aminu Tambuwal, who disclosed this on Monday in Sokoto, the state capital, at a workshop on mining, said a cement company already plans to use the commodity to power its plant […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Sunday vowed to continue to find sustainable solution to the challenge posed by insurgency in the Niger Delta. The NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, said this in a statement issued in Abuja. “The Corporation has created security management platforms that would enable […]
Continue ReadingAero Contractors airlines on Tuesday announced the resumption of its scheduled services across the country from December 21. The airline’s Chief Executive Officer, Fola Akinkuotu, made the confirmation in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday. Mr. Akinkuotu noted that the airline resumed operation after a near four month self-imposed suspension. According to him, the suspension […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government and the ExxonMobil branch of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have reached an agreement to end the union’s strike. This is according to a communique signed by Mr Francis Johnson, PENGASSAN; Falonipe Amos, Ministry of Petroleum; Isa Inuwa, NNPC; and Udom Inoyo, Mobil. Aggrieved oil workers […]
Continue ReadingUnions in the aviation sector have directed the commencement of a joint strike at Arik Air, with effect from Tuesday, over the airline’s failure to pay seven months’ salary arrears and other anti-labour practices. The unions gave the directive in a strike notice obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday. […]
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