Kogi Govt. Directs Own Media to Cover MDAs at Minimal Costs

BusinessPress * MediaKogi Govt. Directs Own Media to Cover MDAs at Minimal Costs

PilotnewsJuly 18, 2020

Kogi Government on Saturday directed its owned media organisations to cover the activities of the state’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) at reduced costs. The State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, who gave the directives during a meeting with the management of state media organisations in Lokoja, said the directives were to enable the MDAs to project more of government programmes and activities to the people. Fanwo stressed that the management of...

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Nigeria Government Inaugurates WTO Campaign Team for Okonjo-Iweala

BusinessNewsNigeriaNigeria Government Inaugurates WTO Campaign Team for Okonjo-Iweala

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 17, 2020

The Federal Government on Thursday inaugurates a campaign team to develop strategies for Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as she prepares to contest for the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organization. The campaign strategy team was inaugurated in Abuja by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Richard Adebayo. The minister says it is vital to inaugurate the campaign team to ensure that the Nigerian candidate emerged as the DG of the WTO. The minister...

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Osun Suspends Salaries of Athletes and Contract Coaches of State-owned Clubs as COVID-19 Bites Hard

CoronavirusEconomyNewsOsun Suspends Salaries of Athletes and Contract Coaches of State-owned Clubs as COVID-19 Bites Hard

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 15, 2020

The Osun State government has notified the State’s sports council of its decision to stop the payment of salaries of athletes and coaches of state-owned clubs — Osun United and Osun Babes. The letter which was addressed to the acting General Manager of the State Sports Council, Rotimi Dunmoy, was also sent to the Secretary of Osun United, the Media Officer of Osun United, Tajudeen Amodu, confirmed, according to the Nation. “Payments to staffers on...

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How Gokada’s CEO Was Trailed and Murdered by a Masked Person – Police

BusinessLifestyleNewsHow Gokada’s CEO Was Trailed and Murdered by a Masked Person – Police

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 15, 20201

Investigators and witnesses have revealed more details about how a victim identified as Fahim Saleh, co-founder and CEO of Gokada, a Lagos-based motorcycle hailing technology startup company, was discovered brutally murdered in his condominium on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in New York on Tuesday. Mr Saleh’s sister found his body dismembered with a chain saw when she decided to go check on him after she did not hear from him for a whole day, according...

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Nigeria’s Unclaimed Dividends Hit N158.44bn in 2019

InvestingNewsNigeriaNigeria’s Unclaimed Dividends Hit N158.44bn in 2019

PilotnewsJuly 14, 2020

The total unclaimed dividend figure in the Nigerian capital market stood at N158.44 billion as of December 2019, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Data obtained exclusively by NAN from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) show that the figure is still on the increase in spite of e-dividend registration introduced by SEC in 2015. NAN reports that dividend is the distribution of a portion of the company’s earnings, decided and managed by the...

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Lagos Begs Doctors to Suspend Strike, Resumes Work

HealthJobsNewsLagos Begs Doctors to Suspend Strike, Resumes Work

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 14, 2020

The Lagos State Government has begged the striking doctors, under the aegis of Medical Guild, Lagos to suspend their strike. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Gbenga Omotosho, in a statement, assured residents of the state that services to all state-owned health facilities could still be accessed as negotiation is ongoing. The statement reads in part, “It is pertinent to note that the state government expresses extreme disappointment that the Guild continued with their warning...

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Health Workers Lodged in Hotels, Fed Three Times Daily

CoronavirusHealthJobsHealth Workers Lodged in Hotels, Fed Three Times Daily

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 13, 2020

…We didn’t sack health workers, only rotating them. The Lagos State government on Monday evening disclosed how it has addressed the grievances of COVID-19 health workers in the State and expressed disappointment that doctors under the aegis of Medical Guild, proceeded with a three-day warning strike despite resolving most of the issues and deliberating on unresolved ones. The West African Pilot News recalls that medical doctors employed by the State government had said on Sunday...

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FG Projects N11.86trn Expenditure for 2021

EconomyNewsNigeriaFG Projects N11.86trn Expenditure for 2021

PilotnewsJuly 11, 2020

The Federal Government has projected an aggregate expenditure of N11.86 trillion for 2021. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this while virtually presenting 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) held on Friday. Ahmed said the aggregate projected revenue from available sources for 2021 would be N6.98 trillion while the fiscal deficit was expected to be N5.16 trillion. “The 2021-2023 MTEF&FSP is the pre budget statement...

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FG, States Debt Portfolio Hits N28.63trn – NBS

EconomyNewsNigeriaFG, States Debt Portfolio Hits N28.63trn – NBS

PilotnewsJuly 11, 2020

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday that the total public debt portfolio of the Federal and State Governments as of March 31 stood at N28.63 trillion. The NBS made this known in its Nigerian domestic and foreign debt report released in Abuja. The bureau said that further disaggregation of Nigeria’s total public debt showed that N9.99 trillion which represented 34.89 per cent was external. It stated that the domestic debt was N18.64...

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Governors to Meet Osinbajo on Economic Sustainability Plan Implementation

EconomyNewsNigeriaGovernors to Meet Osinbajo on Economic Sustainability Plan Implementation

PilotnewsJuly 10, 2020

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says it will engage Vice President and Chairman, National Economic Council, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to facilitate states’ representation in the implementation committee of Nigeria Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP). The 36 state governors disclosed this in a communiqué issued on Thursday in Abuja by the NGF Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, after its 12th COVID-19 teleconference meeting. The governors also advocated for the need to revitalise Nigeria’s...

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