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*as Senate debates amendment of Public Procurement Act President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said amendment to the Public Procurement Act 2007 by the National Assembly will guarantee successful implementation of the 2020 budget. Lawan stated this in his remarks after the Senate debated exhaustively on Thursday, two critical...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday posted the biggest gain in over six months with the market capitalisation inched N245 billion to cross N13 trillion, closing at N13.067 trillion against N12.822 trillion on Wednesday. Zenith International Bank for the second consecutive day emerged the toast of investors with...

  advocates tax holidays for investors in agricultural, minerals sector The Senate has called on the Federal Government to partner with States, Local Governments and the Private Sector in infrastructure development to promote private investments in Nigeria. The upper chamber also advocated tax holidays for investors in the solid minerals...

  The President, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Mukhtar Sirajo, on Thursday, stressed the need for building strong institutions towards strengthening and improving the nation’s democracy. Sirajo, who spoke in Abeokuta at the 2019 annual colloquium of the Ogun chapter of NIPR, bemoaned the spate of impunity in governance...

  Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Thursday, said that his administration would speed up the deep sea port project to improve the economy of the state, the country and the entire West African sub-region. Akeredolu made this known in Akure during the presentation of the implementation plan of...

  The U.S. government has called for a free and fair election in the upcoming gubernatorial eletions in Kogi and Bayelsa, stating that it would be paying close attentions to electoral offenders. The call was made in a statement by the Public Affairs Department of the U.S Mission to Nigeria...

  fines Dakolo N1m A High Court in Bwari, Abuja on Thursday dismissed the case filed by Busola Dakolo against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA). The court also awarded costs of N1,000,000 against Dakolo and held that the fine should have been 10 times more...

  *VP receives Co-founder of AliBaba Group, Jack Ma The creativity and resourcefulness of young Nigerians doing incredible things in the technology space across the country and beyond present great opportunities for partnerships with global technology giants, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. The Vice President stated this on...

A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, on Thursday nullified the governorship primaries that produced Chief David Lyon as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the Nov. 16 poll in the state. Delivering judgment, Justice Jane Inyang, held that the primaries were conducted arbitrarily outside the rules...

  Dr Andrew Kwasari, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agriculture says the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) will create millions of jobs and engender economic growth in Nigeria. Kwasari said this on Thursday at the inauguration of training on the implementation of the pilot programmes under the NLTP...