Ogun gets 17.3bn Paris Club Refund, 60% to be used for backlog of salary

The Federal Government of Nigeria has released the sum of N17.3 billion to the Ogun State government from the recent Paris Club refund. The state government promised to offset the backlog of cooperative deductions, gratuity, severance allowances, furniture allowances and other social services. Adewale Oshinowo, the state Commissioner for Finance, who disclosed this during a […]

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Buhari appoints Amaechi as campaign DG

Transport minister Rotimi Amaechi has been appointed as Secretary/Director-General of campaign organisation for President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in 2019. Buhari approved the appointment on Thursday, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said in Abuja. Amaechi was the Director-General of the Buhari-Osinbajo Presidential Campaign Committee in 2014 to 2015 that won the […]

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Tony Elumelu Foundation to Launch World’s Largest Digital Platform for African Entrepreneurs at TEF Forum 2018

Africa’s leading entrepreneurship focused philanthropy, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, is launching the world’s largest digital platform for African entrepreneurs and the African entrepreneurship ecosystem –  TEFConnect. TEFConnect will officially be unveiled at this year’s TEF Forum, taking place on October 25, 2018, at Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria. Harnessing and building on the success of Africa’s […]

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