archiveJuly 2020

…confirms appointment of Rahmon as REC, Hassan RMAFC Commissioner The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N168,809,476,220 to fund the proposed Personnel, Overhead and Capital expenditure cost of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for the 2020 fiscal year. The approval came following the consideration of a report by...

The Senate has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to direct the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity to set up a Committee to review the age limit for job seekers in the country to allow competent applicants to be employed by the Ministries, Departments and Agencies of...

The First Lady, Aisha Buhari has called on wealthy individuals to support the less privileged persons, especially victims of criminality living in the Internally Displaced Persons Camps. Mrs Buhari made the call on Wednesday when she received classroom wooden furniture and kitchen utensils donated to her NGO, Aisha Buhari Foundation...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday recorded the first gain of the week, appreciating marginally by 0.06 per cent due to bargain hunting in Airtel Africa. Accordingly, the All-Share Index rose by 15.67 points or 0.06 per cent to close at 24,130.26 compared with 24,114.59 posted on Tuesday. Also,...

Suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has been released on bail. His release comes few hours after the Nigeria Police Force denied detaining him. The police had claimed that Magu was being held by a presidential panel probing him for mismanaging recovered loots....

The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Siddique Abubakar, on Wednesday paid tribute to late Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, who died in Kaduna on Tuesday in a road traffic accident. Abubakar in a statement described Arotile as a disciplined, intelligent and courageous officer whose loss...

Activities on the nation’s bourse on Tuesday sustained a negative posture for the second consecutive day, following sell pressure on banking equities. Specifically, the All-Share Index (ASI) lost 86.01 points or 0.36 per cent to close at 24,114.59 compared with 24,200.60 achieved on Monday. Thus, Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date losses increased...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called for inclusion and engagement of the Organised Private Sector (OPS) in the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) Committee for economic recovery during and after COVID-19 pandemic. Mrs Toki Mabogunje, LCCI President, made the call at the Chamber’s third edition on the...

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to Lagos State Government to speedily and holistically address the demands of the striking doctors, under the aegis of Medical Guild. The NMA made the appeal in a statement jointly signed by Dr Adenekan Adetunji and Dr Ramon Moronkola, the Lagos State Chairman...

The Lagos State Government said it paid over N8.7 billion Accrued Pension Rights to 2,309 retirees from its public service between January and June. The Director-General of the Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC), Mr Babalola Obilana, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. Obilana said that the accrued pension rights...