Mr Mukhtar Ahmed, the Kaduna Commissioner for Planning and Budget Commission (PBC), says the state has the capacity to generate N150 billion revenues monthly through improved tax compliance. Ahmed said this on Wednesday at a stakeholders’ engagement organised by the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS). The theme of the event is: “Unlocking READ MORE
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Nigeria: Senate passes bill raising minimum wage to N70,000
The Senate on Tuesday at plenary, passed the 2024 National Minimum Wage Amendment Act Bill. This was followed presentation and adoption of a report on the bill by the leader of the Senate, .Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti). The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the bill which was transmitted to the Senate by President Bola Tinubu READ MORE
Nigeria: FG approves disbursement of N12.9bn health care provision fund
The Federal Government, on Thursday, approved the disbursement of N12,911bn through the Basic Health Care Provision Fund. The amount represents the 2023 fund for one quarter, to be utilised in the third quarter of 2024. This is according to the 2020 BHCPF guideline, pending the review of the new guideline. The Coordinating Minister of Health READ MORE
Prioritise locally-made vehicles, ANAMMCO urges govt., corporate firms
The Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company has urged governments at all levels and corporate organisations to prioritise patronage of locally-made vehicles to create employment and boost the country’s economy. This was as the firm said its trucks are made with Nigerian roads, fuel supply and economy in mind and that they are highly durable and rugged, READ MORE
First Lady charges Super Falcons to win gold at Paris Olympics
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has charged the Super Falcons to win the gold medal for Nigeria at the 2024 Olympic games in Paris. The first lady made this known in a statement by her Spokesperson, Olubusola Kukoyi, in Abuja on Wednesday. She also commended the Super Falcons for qualifying for the games for READ MORE
Bank of Agriculture to grant soft loans to 27,600 women in Benue
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) has partnered with the Benue Government to give out grants and soft loans to 27,600 women as part of efforts at ensuring women become self reliant. In an interview with newsmen on Monday in Makurdi, the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs Joy Luga, said that the beneficiaries would be selected READ MORE
NABDA unveils indigenous technology that provides hospital gadgets
Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, the Director-General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), says the agency has unveiled indigenous technology that can provide all the necessary gadgets to be used in hospitals across the country. Mustapha said this on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the 2024 Science, Technology READ MORE
Anthony Joshua floors Francis Ngannou three times in two rounds
*Rapper Drake loses $615,000 bet on Joshua Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua floored Francis Ngannou three times in two rounds at Riyadh’s Kingdom Arena on Saturday in a knockout win that put him right back in the reckoning for another title shot. The big British-Nigerian sent the 37-year-old Cameroon-born former UFC heavyweight champion, a READ MORE
Naigeria: Students loan to take off in March – FG
The Federal Government of Nigeria has set the month of March for a definite opening of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFund) portal for eligible students. Dr Akintunde Sawyerr, Execute Secretary of NELFund, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, urged eligible students to register READ MORE
Nigeria: AfDB supports with $134m to cultivate rice, maize, cassava, soyabeans
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is supporting Nigeria in the cultivation of rice, maize, cassava and soyabeans to boost food production. The bank is providing 134 million dollars to achieve this, it president, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, said on Saturday after visiting the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) at Bayero University, Kano. Adesina told newsmen that READ MORE
Lagos plans additional 2,050 BRT buses
The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, says the state government is planning to buy no fewer than 2,050 vehicles to ease movement across the state. Osiyemi said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday. He said that the procurement of the vehicles –Bus Rapid Transit — would further READ MORE
Nigeria, UK sign landmark partnership to boost trade, investment
Nigeria and the UK have signed an Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership (ETIP) to further boost trade and investment and to unlock new opportunities for both countries. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the MoU which was signed in Abuja is the first the UK has signed with an African country. The MoU is READ MORE
U.S. partners Nigeria in fight against climate change, gas flaring
Consul General Will Stevens of the U.S. Consulate, Lagos, Nigeria, says the U.S. will partner Nigeria in combating climate change and reducing natural gas flaring into the environment. Stevens said this during a media interactive session organised by the Media Awareness and Justice Initiative (MAJI), a Non-Governmental Organisation, in Port Harcourt on Thursday. Stevens said READ MORE
Nigeria Customs generates N52.7b in Kano, Jigawa in 2023
The Nigeria Customs Service, Kano/Jigawa Command, has generated N52.7 billion revenue for 2023. The Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Ibrahim Chana, said this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Chana said the revenue represented an increase of 26.4 per cent when compared with N41.7 billion collected in 2022. He noted that the READ MORE
FirstBank rewards 310 customers with N31m in Win Big Promo
First Bank of Nigeria Ltd. (FirstBank) on Friday rewarded 310 customers with N31 million, as winners of the Win Big Promo for the month of November. Mr Ikemefula Nwachukwu, Head, Personal Banking, e-Business and Retail Products, FirstBank at the selection of the promo’s maiden batch winners, said that the promo which began on Oct. 23, READ MORE