Anambra Assembly Summons Head of Service, Commissioner for Works, Cancels Employment Exercise

AWKA — Anambra State House of Assembly today, under the Motion of Urgent Importance resolved that employment exercises conducted by the state government for prospective workers at the yet to be commissioned Anambra Airport be canceled, with immediate effect. The Anambra Airport expected to be commissioned soon, we gathered, have employees who are already undergoing training at the Golden Tulip, Agulu Lake Hotel, in Anambra State. The House of Assembly also resolved that employment into...

Committee To Confiscate Livestock In Illegal Market In Abuja

ABUJA — The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Ministerial Committee on City Sanitation would seek forfeiture orders against livestock traders conducting businesses on major road corridors in the nation’s capital. Mr. Ikharo Attah, chairman of the committee who disclosed this on Friday while leading his team on a raid of an illegal ram market around Dutse Alhaji, said the administration had sacked the market in the past, vowed to confiscate rams found in any illegal market...

Enugu State Audit Sections in Both State And Local Governments Becomes Independent

ENUGU — In a bid to sanitize the system and make audit sections of Enugu State and her local governments’ independent, the Enugu State House of Assembly on Thursday passed a bill for the establishment of the State Audit Service Commission. The bill for a law to provide for the establishment of the Audit Service Commission, the office, powers and functions of Auditor-General of Enugu State, Auditor-General for Local Governments, and for connected purposes (HB.3)...

ND Western Says 10,000bpd Refinery for Completion in 2023

ABUJA — An indigenous oil and gas company, ND Western Limited says its 10,000 barrels per day refinery in Uturogu, Delta State will be completed by 2023. Mr. Eberechukwu Oji, Managing Director, ND Western Limited, made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen at the sidelines of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition on Thursday in Abuja. Oji said: ” The Front End Engineering Design for the project which is a Joint Venture with...

Unemployment: UNICAL VC Task Students On Skills Acquisition

CALABAR — The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has charged students of the institution to take entrepreneurial training seriously in order to be self-reliant after graduation. Obi gave the charge on Thursday in Calabar during a symposium organised by the Entrepreneurial Development Centre (EDC) to appraise students performance on skills acquisition. The event, which was held at the university’s International Conference Centre, had in attendance thousands of students from all the...

Cutix Plc Forecasts N1.83b Revenue For Q2 of 2022

LAGOS — Cutix Plc on Thursday estimated that N1.83 billion in revenue would be realised in the second quarter (Q2) of the Financial Year (FY) 2022. This is contained in a notice posted on the website of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd., titled: Cutix Plc: Second Quarter FY 2022 Forecast for the Period Ended Oct. 31, 2021. The notice was signed by Mrs. Ijeoma Oduonye, Chief Executive Officer and Mrs. Favour Oti, the Chief Executive Officer,...

DOMESTIC DEBT: Lagos, 14 Other States Recorded At Least 100% Debt Jump in Less Than Six Years

LAGOS — The cumulative domestic debts of Lagos and 14 other states rose 153.85 percent between December 31, 2015, and March 31, 2021; this was based on the data obtained from the Debt Management Office. According to the data, each of the states in question has in the record at least 100 percent jump in less than six years under review. The 15 states under review had a cumulative domestic debt of N1.68tn as of...

Gombe State Government Employs 22 Fresh Medical Doctors

Twenty-two indigenes of Gombe State who read medical science from the state university as medical doctors have been employed and integrated into the state civil service. Dr. Habu Dahiru state commissioner for Health explained that the 22 fresh graduates of medicine and other related courses from Gombe University were immediately employed to ensure that there is no gap in the health sector. “The development is aimed at bridging the dearth of health workers, especially medical...

Dangote Refinery, Others Can Buy Crude Oil in Naira, Petroleum Industry Bill

LAGOS —In the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill by the Nigeria National Assembly, holders of refinery licenses in the country can pay for domestic crude oil supply in naira. Companies holding the refinery licenses in the country included Dangote Oil Refinery Company, Waltersmith Refining & Petrochemical Company Limited, OPAC Refineries, Niger Delta Petroleum Resources, BUA Refinery & Petrochemicals, and Edo Refinery and Petrochemical Company Limited. The Senate and the House of Representatives recommended in the...

Tricycle Operators In Kano Are To Pay N100, 000 For Licence Permits

KANO — Managing Director of the Agency, Kano State Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA), Baffa Dan’agundi says the agency has increased tricycle license permits from N8,000 to N100,000. The agency has registered 60,000 for permits. Dan’agundi, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Kano said that the agency will enforce the payment of N100 daily. He explained that the payment will be made through Point Of Sale (POS) distributed by the Kano State Internal Revenue...

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