All posts by Ifreke Inyang

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  Ban on rice importation: Public servants urge FG to raise local production

  The Association of Senior Civil Servants (ASCSN) on Friday advised the Federal Government to raise local production of rice before enforcing the ban on its importation. Mr Basir Lawal, General Secretary of ASCSN, in Lagos said that...

  • Posted December 21, 2013
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  Jonathan intervenes in National Economic Council crisis

  President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday intervened in the crisis rocking the National Economic Council, which has made it impossible for the body led by Vice-President Namadi Sambo, to meet in the last four months. The council, which...

  • Posted December 21, 2013
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  FIRS moves to enhance tax collection, voluntary compliance

  The Federal Inland Revenue Service on Thursday in Abuja began the pilot scheme of its Integrated Tax Administration System Project. The move, according to the acting Executive Chairman, FIRS, Alhaji Kabir Mashi, is part of efforts aimed...

  • Posted December 21, 2013
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  PenCom to prosecute employers for N10.78bn pension default

  The National Pension Commission has expressed its readiness to begin the prosecution of employers who have refused to remit about N10.78bn pension funds deducted from their workers’ monthly emoluments into Retirement Savings Accounts under the Contributory Pension...

  • Posted December 21, 2013
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  TCN sacks CEO, power generation to drop by 826MW

  The board of the Transmission Company of Nigeria has fired its Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Don Priestman, and has appointed a new CEO to manage the firm. Although no official reason was given the termination of Priestman,...

  • Posted December 21, 2013
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  NPA records 2.6% increment in cargo traffic in 3rd quarter

  The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has recorded an increase of 2.6 percent in cargo throughput for the third quarter of 2013 representing a total  increase of over 500,000 containers  above the 2012 statistical data. In a statement...

  • Posted December 20, 2013
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  Seme Customs seizes N11m worth of rice in one weekend

  The Seme Border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) last weekend seized  over I,200 bags of rice valued at N11.7million at the Kotomeji area of Badagry. Disclosing this to newsmen in Lagos, the Command’s Comptroller, Mr....

  • Posted December 20, 2013
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  U.S urges Nigerians to examine new $100 note in every transaction

  The Acting U.S. Consul-General in Lagos, Mrs Dehab Ghebreab, on Thursday urged Nigerians to always examine the newly introduced $100 note in any transaction. Ghebreab spoke with journalists at the Launch of the new note at the...

  • Posted December 20, 2013
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  N10bn debt: Many power firms still owe government

  About 60 per cent of the power investors that recently bought over the electricity distribution companies have yet to make the required remittances for the month of November to the Federal Government. Of the N12bn meant to...

  • Posted December 20, 2013
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  World Bank, states spend N46bn on community projects

  The World Bank working in alliance with state governments and various communities across 26 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory spent over N46bn on community development projects between 2009 and November 2013. The World...

  • Posted December 20, 2013
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