Metro

By: Ariwera Ibibo Howells, Yenagoa The government and people of Bayelsa state last Friday thronged the state ecumenical centre, Igbogene in Yenagoa, the state capital to mark the state’s 7th thanksgiving day celebrations. In his thanksgiving remarks, the state governor, Seriake Dickson eulogized Bayesians and residents for keeping faith in God and being supportive of the restoration administration. The state …

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…Restates Commitment  To People -Oriented Projects  Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello on Tuesday presented a budget proposal of N159.52billions budget for 2019 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. Tagged “Budget of Sustenance and Continuity “, the appropriation bill was an increment of 5.43 percent of the outgoing 2018 budget. According to the governor, “the 2019 budget estimate …

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The Nigerian Stock Exchange (The NSE) on Tuesday invalidated the 48th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of NEM Insurance held in June and all the resolutions reached at the meeting. The insurance was also mandated to reconvene the AGM, with proper notice given to shareholders and in line with extant laws. The Exchange  in a letter  to Olayinka Olajuwon & Co., …

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President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the new national minimum wage of N30,000 proposed by the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage. The President gave the approval on Tuesday shortly after the report of the committee was presented to him. Advertisement While promising to forward new minimum wage bill to National Assembly for action, he urged Nigerian workers against being used …

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Tayo Olanipekun The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has removed the name of the Executive Vice Chairman of Aiteo Group, Benedict Peters, from its list of wanted persons. The action has brought the anti graft agency to conformity with the order of an High Court order to do so. Justice O.A Musa had handed down the judgment in March …

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The Debt Management Office on Monday opened subscriptions for the November 2018 savings bond of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN). The bond subscription period, according to the debt office, will run from Monday, November 5 to 12 noon of Friday, November 9, 2018, with the settlement date fixed for Wednesday, November 14, 2018. The debt office is offering two …

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In line with its commitment to ensure transparency, values, efficiency as well as growth in the oil and gas industry, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has unveiled a digital assets development platform for operators and stakeholders in the industry known as the Value Monitoring and Benchmarking (VMB). According to the DPR, the digital platform is secure and in line …

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The Nigerian Senate will Tuesday  further probe claims by the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, on how and why the corporation allegedly diverted the dividends from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) to maintain the N145-per-litre pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol). According to the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, the …

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Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Nwanneka Ekweremadu and son on Tuesday survived an assassination attempt at his Apo Quarters in the country’s capital, Abuja. “The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, and son escaped an assassination attempt at about 4 am on Tuesday,” Uche Anichukwu, special adviser on media to the Deputy President …

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The organised labour has called off its industrial action originally scheduled to begin at 12am on Tuesday in the final lap of its agitation for the raising of the national minimum wage from N18,000 to N30,000. Ayuba Wabba, National Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), made the announcement in Abuja very late on Monday night — minutes before the …

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