339 Companies Bid for 2020/21 Crude Oil Sales Contract – Kyari

BusinessNewsNigeriaOil & Gas339 Companies Bid for 2020/21 Crude Oil Sales Contract – Kyari

PilotnewsOctober 16, 2020

No fewer than 339 companies are bidding for the 2020/21 sales and purchase of the Nigerian crude oil grades. The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari disclosed this at the 2020/2021 Crude oil tender prequalification bid opening ceremony, on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the event marked another transparent process for the corporation. He said that in spite of the challenges posed by COVID-19, the Corporation had modified the...

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CSCED, UNFAO distributed Agrited Chickens To100 IDPs Female Headed Households in Sabon-Gari Song

BusinessNewsNigeriaPhilanthropyCSCED, UNFAO distributed Agrited Chickens To100 IDPs Female Headed Households in Sabon-Gari Song

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 16, 2020

Following the Boko Haram onslaught in the Northeast Nigeria that turned some widows to become head of the family as a result of killing of their husbands by the terrorists, the Center for social change and Economic Development in Nigeria CSCED in collaboration with Food and Agriculture organization FAO of the United Nations have distributed Agrited Chickens known as Noiler Pullets to one hundred (100) female Headed Households in Song Gari of Song Local Government...

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You Can’t Control Mineral Resources in Your States – FG Sends Message to States

BusinessNewsNigeriaYou Can’t Control Mineral Resources in Your States – FG Sends Message to States

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 16, 2020

The Federal Government on Thursday told state governments that they don’t have the power to control the mineral resources in their respective states. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, disclosed this at a sensitization meeting with state commissioner for justice, minerals and environment from the North-Central geopolitical zone. The issue of resource control had been put in the front recently, with Zamfara unveiling the state government plan to establish a gold reserve...

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9,000 Youths in Adamawa To Benefits From Survival Fund Programme

BusinessJobsNewsNigeria9,000 Youths in Adamawa To Benefits From Survival Fund Programme

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 16, 20203

The Adamawa State Commissioner for Entrepreneurship Development, Mr Iliya James said nine thousand slots were earmarked for Adamawa state under the Survival Fund programme of the Federal Government. The commissioner disclosed this during a meeting with Development partners and representatives of various small scale businesses in the conference hall, Deputy Governor’s office Yola and urged youths to enroll online to benefit. The Adamawa State Commissioner for Entrepreneurship Development, Mr Iliya James has challenged youths in...

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Senate Appropriation Committee to Begin Processing 2021 Budget Estimates Oct. 16

EconomyNewsNigeriaPoliticsSenate Appropriation Committee to Begin Processing 2021 Budget Estimates Oct. 16

PilotnewsOctober 16, 2020

The Senate Committee on Appropriation says it will begin the processing of the 2021 budget estimates on Oct. 16. Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Barau Jibril (APC Kano), made the disclosure while unveiling the timetable for processing of 2021 budget estimates by the National Assembly. He said the timetable was harmonised by the Senate and the House of Representatives appropriation committees. The Senate on Oct. 15, passed for second reading the N13.08 trillion appropriation estimates presented...

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MTN Group Gets Most Valuable African Brand Title

AfricaBusinessNewsMTN Group Gets Most Valuable African Brand Title

PilotnewsOctober 15, 2020

The MTN Group on Thursday said it has been named the most valuable African brand in the Brand Finance Africa 150 ranking in 2020. Its Group Executive, Corporate Affairs, Nompilo Morafo, said the award was ascribed a brand value of 3.3 billion dollars to the group. Brand value is the net economic benefit that a brand owner would achieve by licencing the brand in the open market. In its survey by Brand Finance, it said, “Over the last...

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Despite Court Order, Kwara Workers Begin Strike

JobsNewsNigeriaDespite Court Order, Kwara Workers Begin Strike

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 14, 2020

The Kwara State public service workers on Tuesday commeneced an industrial action to make their demand for the implementation of the ₦30,000 minimum wage known by the government as Labour leaders said they were never served any court injunction. Meanwhile, the state government said it has secured court injunction from the National Industrial Court, stopping the workers from going on strike, the state civil servants, however shunned their offices to comply with the directives of...

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FG Trains Youths, Women, to Combat Desertification

EnvironmentJobsNewsNigeriaFG Trains Youths, Women, to Combat Desertification

PilotnewsOctober 13, 2020

The Federal Government has put in place skill acquisition and entrepreneurship training, for youths and women to combat desertification and improve livelihood of communities affected by it. A statement signed by Mrs Pauline Sule, Head, Press and Public Relations, National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) in Abuja on Monday, said the programme is carried out by the agency. The statement said this became necessary following the devastating effects of desertification and land degradation...

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Salaries of Varsity Workers Who Have Not Enrolled in FG IPPIS Have Been Stopped

JobsNewsNigeriaSalaries of Varsity Workers Who Have Not Enrolled in FG IPPIS Have Been Stopped

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 11, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria has stopped the salaries of any federal university employee who have not enrolled on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System. The order of the Federal Government would take effect from November 2020. The FG gave the directive in its latest memo from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) with reference number OAGF/IPPIS/446/1/159. The memo is dated October 8 and signed by the Director of IPPIS,...

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FG Set to Relax Conditions Attached to Mining Loan

BusinessNewsNigeriaFG Set to Relax Conditions Attached to Mining Loan

PilotnewsOctober 10, 2020

Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, says the ministry is relaxing conditions attached on mining intervention loan meant for miners. Adegbite told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja that the conditions would be relaxed for artisanal miners to enable them access the loan which was domiciled with the Bank of Industry (BOI) NAN recalls that the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD) had signed a Memorandum of...

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