…as FIRS chairman says FG should not progress in error, scheme hinders NNPCL optimal performance …NNPCL clears air on $3.3billion loan secured for CBN By Tunde Opalana The Tax Credit Scheme on road construction introduced by the immediate past administration of former President Muhammad Buhari through an Executive Order 7 in 2021 and continued by […]
By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives Ad’hoc committee, investigating failure of mass transit scheme in the country has summoned the Minisiter of Finance, Wale Edun, over failure of the scheme despite availability of funds, promised by the Federal Government. Also, summoned alongside the Minister are; Minister of Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo; Accountant General […]
No fewer than 25 students of Kwara South origin in various universities across the country were yesterday presented with a sum of N100,000.00 each in the scholarship scheme of Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim. Three beneficiaries were picked from each of the seven local governments in Kwara South Senatorial District including Ifelodun, Offa, Oyun, Irepodun, Isin […]
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Visioned Skills Development Center (VSDC), has announced that over 21,000 unemployed youths from Bayelsa State will benefit from special grants from the World Bank/Central Bank scheme to reduce unemployment and promote entrepreneurial skills. The Chief Executive Officer of VSDC, Apostle Isreal Kama, who made this known in Yenagoa during the interactive session […]
The Aliko Dangote Foundation has launched its 2018 Ramadan Food Distribution Scheme, just as its support for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), in Borno state hits a staggering N7 billion. This gesture came as the Foundation will, next month, commission its 200 housing units worth N2 billion. Also, the food distribution exercise would cost the […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) and certain clique within the Presidency of using the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to siphon public fund at their conveniences. It alleged that the NHIS has been turned to an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) by cronies of the Presidency whenever slush […]
The Edo State Government in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has initiated a N500 million Commercial Agricultural Credit Scheme, CACS, to de-risk investments in agriculture in the state. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor of Edo State, Crusoe Osagie. The statement […]
Not less than nine students have been awarded scholarship at this year’s Red Star Foundation Scholarship Scheme. New mentors were also appointed to guide the wards. The 14th edition of the scholarship event organized by Red Star Express Plc recently, is a platform for the company to demonstrate its core values in its Corporate Social […]
……Rules out extension of March 31, 2018 deadline for tax evaders The Federal Government has recruited and trained 2,190 Community Tax Liaison Officers (CTLOs) under the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), the Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said. The minister has also confirmed the review of the tax profiles of […]
No fewer than 119 people have benefited from the first batch of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) sponsored anchor borrowers programme, poultry component in Akwa Ibom State. The head of development finance of CBN, Uyo office, Mr Okoidegun Emmanuel announced this in Uyo on Tuesday during the official launching of the programme and disbursement […]
The applicants for the 2017 N-Power, the employment scheme of the Federal Government can now start checking their pre-selection status on the portal, www.npower.gov.ng/n-power/check. The N-Power Volunteer Corps is part of the FG’s Social Investment Programmes, SIP, under which it plans to hire 300,000 unemployed graduates in 2017. After a brief silence, N-Power reopened […]
….Signs MoU with Katsina State Govt In its resolve to complete all abandoned project, the Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Katsina State Government for the completion of Zobe Regional Water Supply Project which was abandoned many years ago. The Zobe Water Supply Project which was first awarded in 1992 […]
Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, has said that it is not compulsory for all Ebonyi workers to participate in the state’s new pension scheme. He announced this during meeting with the Nigeria Labour Congress and its affiliate bodies over the controversy surrounding the new pension law at the Government House, Abakaliki on […]