The management of Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) says it has no plans to migrate Nigerian jobs outside the country. CNL’s General Manager Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Mr Esimaje Brikinn, made the clarification in a statement on Friday. Brikinn spoke following an allegation by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria that CNL planned to relocate jobs outside the country. He said, however, that the company was reviewing its manpower requirements in...
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) says it will downsize its workforce in Nigeria by 25 per cent across various levels in the oil firm, a development frowned at by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). The oil firm said the development followed the evolving negative operational environment in the energy sector. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that workers of the oil firm under the auspices of the PENGASSAN on...
The Nigeria Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has urged Nigerians to pay more attention to who is governor, who is local government chairman than who is president. The Minister gave this advice on Thursday while speaking at The Platform, an annual conference organized by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos. The virtual event was hosted by Poju Oyemade, it was to commemorate the country’s 60th Independence Anniversary. The former Governor of Lagos State...
The office of the Senator representing Adamawa Central in collaboration with Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has trained seventy Youths and Women in Adamawa Central Senatorial zone in various skills. Out of the number 36 were trained in Fashion Design while 34 were trained in Car painting. According to the Media Aide of the Senator, Hon. Usman Maulud Ibrahim, each of the beneficiaries was given Industrial Sewing machine and Big Car...
The federal government has removed the ban restricting Emirates Airlines flights into the country. The minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika disclosed this on Tuesday. The minister noted that the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will commence visa issuance to Nigerians based on some conditions. “UAE has written to state that they agree to issue visas to Nigerians, consequently decision has been reached to allow Emirates to fly into Nigeria. Commencement of the visa...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the proposed N13.09 trillion budget for the 2021 fiscal year. While addressing journalists after the FEC meeting on Wednesday, the minister of finance, budget, and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed that the budget is based on an exchange rate benchmark of N379/$ and crude oil production of 1.86 million barrels per day (including 400,000 barrels of condensate) at $40 per barrel. She noted that the capital expenditure is...
The Ogun State government has indicated interests in the collection of tax from the winner of the 2020 edition of the Big Brother Nigeria TV Reality Show, Olamilekan Agbeleshe, aka Laycon, few hours after Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) asked the musician to pay his tax to Lagos State. The agencies made this known while congratulating Laycon for his victory at the BBNaija. LIRS have tweeted, “Congratulations @itsLaycon winner @BBNaija Lockdown edition. More wins!! We...
The Senate president, Ahmad Lawan has said President Muhammadu Buhari will be presenting the 2021 budget to the National Assembly next week. He revealed this while giving his welcome speech at the end of an executive session on Tuesday. Lawmakers had resumed from their annual recess on Tuesday and proceeded into a closed-door session which lasted for over 90 minutes. Mr Lawan applauded the engagement of the Joint Committee on Finance and National Planning with...
The Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has urged the 2020 edition of the Big Brother Nigeria reality TV Show’s winner, Olamilekan Agbeleshe, popularly known as Laycon, to pay his tax. The agency said this while congratulating and commending Laycon for his achievement. The agency tweeted, “Congratulations @itsLaycon winner @BBNaija Lockdown edition. More wins!! We look forward to seeing you in Y2021 as you #payyourtax.” The 26-year-old Laycon emerged winner of the 2020 edition of the...
The Organized Labour, which was represented by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, has given reason for the suspension of its planned nationwide strike and protests. The organized labor made this known in a joint communique signed by its representatives on Tuesday. The communique was titled, ‘Text of the joint communique on the resolution of trade dispute between the Federal and the organized Labour represented by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and...
