BBNAIJA 2020 TO BOOST NIGERIA’S ECONOMY BY ‘AT LEAST N2BN’
The 2020 edition of the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality TV show will boost the Nigerian economy by about N2 billion, according to a financial analysis by industry insiders. TheCable…
TENANTS NOW TO PAY 6% STAMP DUTY -says FIRS
THE Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has directed landlords and property agents to charge six percent Stamp Duty on all tenancy and lease agreements. The landlords/ property agents are to…
FG APPROVES N75BN YOUTH INVESTMENT FUND
The Federal Government has approved the establishment of a N75bn youth investment fund. The decision was taken at the virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by the…
OYO TO ISSUE N100BN BOND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
Oyo Executive Council on Tuesday approved issuance of a N100 billion private bond to facilitate execution of what it described as “priority projects” that will further drive economic development in…
NDDC GATE: REMOVE AKPABIO NOW -Prof. Sagay advises Buhari
Professor Itse Sagay, the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council Against Corruption PACAC, has advised President Buhari to sack the Minister of the Niger Delta Ministry, Godswill Akpabio, following the…
NDDC SPENT N4.2B IN ONE DAY -Akpabio tells Reps
Contract splitting is rampant in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Niger Delta Affairs Minister Godswill Akpabio, said on Monday. According to him, the management of the agency indulges in…
WE GAVE INDIGENES N340M TO HELP INSPECTORS ‘IDENTIFY” PROJECTS -NDDC Director
The Executive Director of Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, says the NDDC gave N340m to indigenes to help inspectors to identify projects within their locality. Ojougboh said…
FARMERS SEEK PROBE OF N144BN AGRIC LOAN •Action attempt to hoodwink people -says Obaseki’s Spokesman
Edo State Concerned Farmers Association (ESCFA) yesterday asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and anti-graft agencies to probe Governor Godwin Obaseki over an alleged fraud and embezzlement of N144…
NATONAL ASSEMBLY INSISTS KEYAMO WON’T HANDLE RECERUITMENT FOR 774,000 JOBS
The senate and house of representatives say the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) will handle the recruitment of 774,000 citizens under a special works programme. The senate and the house…
ACTING NDDC MD WILL NO LONGER APPEAR BEFORE PROBE PANEL -Gbajabiamila
Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, says Kemebradikumo Pondei, acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), will no longer appear before the panel probing him.…