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Buhari expands N-Power to 1m people, provides job access to beneficiaries
Tanko Mohammed President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the expansion of the N-power beneficiaries from 500,000 to 1 million. Also N-Power beneficiaries who have concluded the 2-year job programme will now be able to access permanent job opportunities or business prospects in line with the N-power exit strategy now activated by…
Read More »Customs awaits report on list of duties, charges for waived goods under AfCFTA
Customs expecting waiver goods as Africa implements AcFCTA.
Read More »US administration will determine new economy direction in 2021
Nigeria sees new administration in US as determinant of major economic direction in 2021.
Read More »Nigeria makes N4.9trn from taxes
Taxes fetch Nigeria more than N4 trillion.
Read More »LPG consumption in Nigeria hits 1m metric tonnes
By Tanko Mohammed The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has reported that Nigeria’s domestic consumption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), popularly known as cooking gas, exceeded one million Metric Tonnes (MT) in 2020. The agency disclosed this in a statement signed by Abdulkadir Saidu, the Executive Secretary, PPPRA, in…
Read More »Nigeria to engage 27,000 young people on special public work
By Anthony Areh The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Shehuri, has said that 27,000 unemployed Youths and women will benefit from the Extended Special Public Works Programme (ESPWs). Chief Information Officer of the ministry, Mr Ezeaja Ikemefuna, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in…
Read More »Troubled 2021 budget to be rescued
Nigeria taking measures to rescue troubled 2021 budget
Read More »Re-jigged Nigerian army kills 50 bandits in renewed onslaught
Nigeria rejigs military, takes the war to the door steps of criminals.
Read More »Nigeria hits ICC, Amnesty International as detractors
Nigeria accuses ICC, Amnesty International is hampering war against terrorism, banditry.
Read More »Buhari directs celebrities, public officers to take covid-19 vaccine publicly
Tanko Mohammed As Nigeria records an upsurge in daily cases of coronavirus pandemic, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that governors, religious leaders and entertainers should be given the vaccine publicly. Buhari gave the directive to the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 as the country expects delivery of the vaccine in…
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