Kano State Government Sacks School Principal

Sabo Muhammad Ahmad, Principal of GSS Dambatta has been relieved from his position for violating its directives on the Eid-el-Kabir break for students. Education Commissioner, Kano State Muhammad Kiru, who approved the immediate removal of the principal said he failed to retain the 300 students writing NECO examinations in his school in breach of a circular to keep students in school throughout the period. “This action is a portrayal of laxity, betrayal of trust reposed in...

OPEC+ to Boost Oil Production

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies known as OPEC+ have decided to boost oil production by 400,000 barrels per day. The group reached this agreement at the 19th OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting on Sunday. In June, OPEC+ had agreed to increase output in July, in line with the group’s April decision to return 2.1 million barrels per day to the market between May and July. However, the deal which was meant...

CBN Restricts Sugar Importation to Dangote, Flour Mills, BUA

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that the importation of sugar into the country has been limited to three companies. They are Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, BUA Sugar Refinery Limited, and Golden Sugar Company, which is owned by Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the director of trade and exchange department of the CBN, Ozoemena Nnaji on Friday, noting that the three companies “have made reasonable...

Senate Directs 59 Federal Government Agencies To Refund Over N300bn To The Federation Account

ABUJA — The Senate during plenary on Wednesday directed 59 Federal Government agencies to refund over N300bn funds allegedly misappropriated by them to the federation account. The Senate took the decision after considering the report of the Committee on Public Accounts on the annual report of the Auditor-General for the Federation on the accounts of the Federation for the year ended 31st December 2015 (Part Ii &1). It ordered that all monies illegally spent by...

Taraba State NUT Chairman Sack, Promoted

JALINGO, (Taraba State) — The chairman, Taraba State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Peter Julius has been tactically relieved of his position with the transfer from teaching line to administration. The decision of the government might not be unconnected with squabbles with the union leadership in the state which led to the closure of the State Secretariat of the union located along Donga road in Jalingo metropolis. The closure of the secretariat...

Supreme Court Stops FG From Ceding Oil Wells to Imo Government

The Supreme Court has granted an order of injunction stopping the Federal Government and its agencies from ceding oil wells at Akri and Mbede communities to Imo State Government. The order was granted on Wednesday to stop a purported implementation of the ceding of about 17 oil wells to Imo State, till a suit brought before the court by the Rivers State Government is determined. In the ruling, the Supreme Court restrained the Attorney General...

FEC Contracts N309bn Road Project to Dangote as Tax Credit

ABUJA —The federal executive council (FEC) awarded Dangote Industries, a contract to construct five roads of 274.9 kilometres on Wednesday. The contract which cost a sum of N309,917,717,251.35 is to be advanced by the company as a tax credit. The minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola indicated this during a briefing with the state house correspondents. A tax credit is an incentive given to taxpayers, usually subtracted directly from taxes owed or expected to...

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)...

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