Politics

  Nigeria’s economic policies are anti-job creation – Summit The rising rate of unemployment in Nigeria has been traced to the anti-job creation policies of the government from the ICT sector to government direct employment, youth entrepreneurship scheme among others. Nigeria with a population of 182,201,962, Nigeria is battling with 49.5 per cent youth unemployment rate as at second quarter …

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NIMASA Board Approves Development of New Offices in Warri, PH, Onne The Governing Board of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has approved the development of new zonal offices and a multi-level car park at the Agency’s head office using a Design, Build and Finance (DBF) model under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) in its 2017 budget year. …

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Six persons killed, 700 heads of Cattle carted away as Cattle Rustlers attack Niger Community Olabode Adaramola Tragedy struck on Monday in Kukkoki village, a Fulanis settlement in Shiroro Local Government of Niger State,as some suspected Cattle rustlers numbering about 100 and heavily armed with sophisticated weapons invaded the village, killing Six people among whom were four Fulanis and two …

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Niger State government generates N31.6 bn from all sources in 6 months Olabode Adaramola The Niger state government said it has so far generated over N31.6 billion from all sources between January and June this year. This disclosure was made yesterday by the state House of Assembly Committee on Finance which investigated the financial position of the state government for …

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ECOWAS must Eradicate Maritime piracy to grow it’s economy – NIMASA DG The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside has charged member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to eradicate the scourge of piracy in the sub region in order to the economy. The DG who stated this …

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NDIC Decry Okereke Onyuike’s merger call with AMCON FRIDAY EKEOBA The management of Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has decried the merger call by the erstwhile Director General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Prof Ndi Okereke-Onyuike. The NDIC said the organisation mandate and scope of operations are far beyond such narrow scope as was ignorantly painted by Okereke Onyuike, …

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Electricity, housing prices push inflation rate to 18.3% – NBS  The National Bureau of Statistics has said that the Consumer Price Index which measures inflation rate has increased from 17.9 per cent in September to 18.3 per cent in October. The bureau in a report on Monday, attributed the increase in inflation rate to pressures recorded in some sub-index such …

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Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun Advertisement FG spends N750bn for infrastructure development in five months, says Minister As part of measure to reposition Nigeria’s economy, the Federal Government in the last five months mobilized not less than N750 Billion for infrastructure development. Speaking in Lagos on Saturday at the 2016 Wealth Creation Platform organized by KICC International, the Minister of …

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NCPC Holds Maiden Security Orientation For 2016 Pilgrimage To Israel, Rome and Greece The Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) held a two day security Orientation for security personnel and staff of the Commission who will be participating in this year’s pilgrimage.   The event which took place at the Conference Hall of FCT Christian Pilgrim Welfare Board, WUSE Zone 5, …

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