All posts tagged "featured"
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Nigeria’s debt management model excites African countries
The Nigerian Debt Management Office, (DMO) touted as a model in Africa, has become a major destination for out-sourced debt management skills and services in nearly two decades of its existence. The DMO under the leadership of...
- Posted December 6, 2015
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Minimum wage: NLC, NGF set for showdown as Fayose dissociates self
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) appeared set for a showdown following plans by the governors to reduce the N18, 000 minimum wage or retrench workers as a palliative measure to curb...
- Posted December 6, 2015
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BoI, Kaduna Government target 20,000 jobs in Entrepreneurial Development Scheme
The Bank of Industry (BoI) in conjunction with the Kaduna State government and Kaduna Business School have launched a business development plan in which they seek to create about 20,000 jobs within the initial four years of...
- Posted December 5, 2015
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Again, naira falls on parallel market
The naira fell 1.22 percent against the dollar on the unofficial market on Thursday after nearly half of bureaux de change operators failed to secure dollars at a Central Bank of Nigeria sale due to incomplete documentation,...
- Posted December 5, 2015
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We will reduce substandard goods to 15% – Odumodu
The influx of substandard goods into the country would be reduce to 15 percent, the Director General of Standard Organisation (SON), Dr. Joseph Odumodu has said. While decrying the high level of substandard products in the country...
- Posted December 5, 2015
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FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange promises stakeholders better deal
FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange (FMDQ) has assured stakeholders in the over-the-counter (OTC) fixed income securities market of better deal. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of FMDQ OTC, Mr. Bola Onadele. Koko gave the assurance while speaking at...
- Posted December 5, 2015
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Gloom as NPA moves to lay off 5,000 dockworkers
Palpable fear has gripped employees of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), following reports that about 5,000 dockworkers would be laid off by December 15, 2015. The list of the affected dockworkers who are members of the Maritime...
- Posted December 5, 2015
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FG to monitor crude oil movement electronically
The Federal Government on Tuesday said that it would be able to monitor the movement of crude oil and gas out of the country through the implementation of the e-Government Master Plan 2020. It said that since...
- Posted December 4, 2015
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We can save N985bn from 450 agencies – Adeosun
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, says she can save up to $5bn (N985bn) annually by cracking down on waste and leakages in over 450 Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The strategy, according to a...
- Posted December 4, 2015
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FG funding Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project – ICRC
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission has said that there is no new concession arrangement for the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It faulted reports that the Federal Government has granted a new concession over the road through...
- Posted December 4, 2015