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  • FOU releases report on anti-smuggling activities

    The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’  Ikeja Lagos State under the leadership of Controller Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’, DC Inuwa Mohammed Abubakar,  has released report on  anti-smuggling activities, saying that 1,487 contraband goods were seized  between...

    • Posted May 31, 2013
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  • Reps seek N10m for FCT Magistrate Courts

    The House of Representatives has called for an  increase in the monetary jurisdiction of magistrate courts in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to a minimum of N10 million against N250,000. The resolution was reached after the adoption...

    • Posted May 31, 2013
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  • FG to construct 7 additional standard gauge lines

    Federal Government has disclosed plans to construct seven rail lines in addition to the existing and rehabilitated gauges, just as it reassured on the completion of the ongoing rehabilitation of Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail line by end of...

    • Posted May 31, 2013
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  • Bridged-Banks: Preferred bidders must retain staff – AMCON

    The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, will not sell any of the three bridged banks, Keystone Bank, Mainstreet Bank and Enterprise Bank, to a core investor who will not preserve employment, says the Managing Director/CEO, Mr....

    • Posted May 30, 2013
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  • We seize over 200 bags of rice every day – Seme Customs boss

    THE Seme Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that the command, on a daily  basis seizes at least two hundred bags of rice from trucks and traders who patronize that route. Speaking to...

    • Posted May 30, 2013
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  • Obasanjo tasks leaders on socio-economic development

    Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, tasked political leaders to adopt practical measures to accelerate effective utilisation of human and natural resources for sustainable development in the country. Obasanjo gave the challenge while speaking at the maiden Jigawa...

    • Posted May 30, 2013
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  • Work to commence on Lagos-Ibadan railway projects – FG

    The Federal Government assured Nigerians that the contractor handling the construction of Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge double rail track would soon commence actions on the projects. Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar who disclosed in Abuja while inauguration...

    • Posted May 30, 2013
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  • NAFDAC seizes $250,000 contaminated bread improver

    AN ESTIMATED $250,000.00 worth of contaminated bread improver (Edlen Dough Conditioner) imported from the USA has been confiscated at the Onne Port in Rivers State by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC....

    • Posted May 29, 2013
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  • World Bank, IFC to invest N159bn in Nigeria’s energy sector

    The World Bank and its subsidiary, the International Finance Corporation, IFC, yesterday announced plans to invest about $1 billion (N159 billion) in Nigeria’s energy sector in the next couple of months. Speaking at the Nigerian Institute of...

    • Posted May 29, 2013
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  • Pension: Retired workers kick against Jonathan’s N90m largesse

    Apparently trying to stave the planned nationwide strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, over pension-related issues, President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the immediate release of N90 million to the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP. The payment...

    • Posted May 28, 2013
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