70 Cattle Burnt To Ashes In Ilorin

Accidents and SafetyBusiness70 Cattle Burnt To Ashes In Ilorin

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 5, 2021

A late-night inferno that started around 11 pm on Thursday at the popular Ipata Meat Market Ilorin has left butchers counting their losses with no fewer than 70 cattle burnt to ashes. The affected animals include 15 cattle, 15 sheep, 15 rams and 25 goats. Shops at the market were also razed in the process. It was gathered that the fire emanated from refuse collected by traders in the market which was later spread by...

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NLC Petitions FG Over El-Rufai’s Impunity, Threatens A Fresh Strike If Kaduna MoU Is Not Respected

JobsLabourNLC Petitions FG Over El-Rufai’s Impunity, Threatens A Fresh Strike If Kaduna MoU Is Not Respected

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 5, 2021

ABUJA — The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over the non-implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Kaduna State Government. The NLC also threatened a fresh nationwide strike in a letter addressed to President on Friday in Abuja. A copy of the petition made available to journalists showed that the NLC President, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, signed the letter. “Your Excellency, Mr. President, may recall that the first conciliatory...

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Naira Hits N502 to $1

EconomyNaira Hits N502 to $1

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 4, 2021

LAGOS — Amidst speculations hampering forex market operation, naira slid down at the parallel market to N502 per dollar. According to data on abokiFX.com, a website that collates parallel rates, the local currency closed at N499 to a dollar on Thursday and lost N3 at midday trading Friday. It also depreciated against Pound and Euro, trading N710 and N608, respectively. Earlier, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had made efforts to ease naira against other...

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Dangote Sugar Refinery Unveils New Packaging, Pledges to Meet Nigeria’s Demand

BusinessDangote Sugar Refinery Unveils New Packaging, Pledges to Meet Nigeria’s Demand

PilotnewsJune 4, 2021

KADUNA — The Dangote Sugar Refinery (DSR) says it is making concerted efforts to meet the country’s industrial and household sugar demands. Alhaji Abdulsalam Waya, the DSR Head of Sales and Marketing, Northern Region, made the pledge at a trade briefing and unveiling of a new sugar packaging, in Kaduna. Waya, who tagged the unveiling as “New Look, Same Great Quality”, gave the assurance that DRS was committed to meeting the sugar needs of households...

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Teachers Yet To Get New Special Salary Package, Nearly Seven Months After President’s Pronouncement

EducationJobsNigeriaTeachers Yet To Get New Special Salary Package, Nearly Seven Months After President’s Pronouncement

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 3, 2021

ABUJA — Nearly seven months after the pronouncement by President Muhammadu Buhari on the approval of a special salary scale for teachers, the implementation of the scale is yet to take effect. President Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, during the World Teachers Day celebration in October 2020 also reviewed upward their retirement age to 65 and said the approval was to take effect immediately. The president also approved the...

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Federal Govt, UNDP Set To Launch 20,000 Graduate Job Fellowship Yearly

EconomyJobsNigeriaFederal Govt, UNDP Set To Launch 20,000 Graduate Job Fellowship Yearly

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 3, 2021

ABUJA — Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, said the Federal Government, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and other private sector partners are set to launch a 20,000 yearly graduate job fellowship to be called the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP). Osinbajo said the 12-month job fellowship programme would be flagged off by President Muhammadu Buhari and urged business leaders, captains of industry, development partners, and the diplomatic community to support the program aimed...

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Senate Passes Bill to Stop Discrimination Between BSc and HND in Nigeria

EducationJobsSenate Passes Bill to Stop Discrimination Between BSc and HND in Nigeria

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 2, 2021

ABUJA — The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that sought to prohibit discrimination between the university degree and the High National Diploma (HND) certificate holders in the country. The bill which was sponsored by Senator Ayo Akinyelure passed the third reading during the plenary session on Wednesday. The Chairman of the Joint Committee that worked on the legislation, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, said the bill will free the HND Holders from stagnation and ensure balance...

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National Directorate Of Employment Trains 50 Graduates On Entrepreneurship In Kaduna

JobsLabourNational Directorate Of Employment Trains 50 Graduates On Entrepreneurship In Kaduna

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 2, 2021

KADUNA — No fewer than fifty graduates received training under the Start Your Own Business (SYOB) project of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Kaduna state. Sani Maiwada, NDE Kaduna State Coordinator said the SYOB is entrepreneurship development training for graduates of higher Institutions that obtained NYSC certificates. According to him, the government wants to see them being employers of labour at the end of the business training. “The essence of the training is...

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Aero Airline Commences Flight Operations in Bauchi

BusinessNewsAero Airline Commences Flight Operations in Bauchi

PilotnewsJune 2, 2021

BAUCHI — The Aero Airline, on Wednesday commenced its maiden commercial flight operations from Bauchi to Abuja. Speaking during the launching ceremony of the flight operations at the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport, Bauchi, Mr. Abdullahi Mahmood, the Managing Director of Aero Airline, said that the decision was as a result of the state governor’s resolve in revamping the economic activities of the state. He said Bauchi state was chosen due to the governor’s...

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Experts Welcome CBN Digital Currency Initiatives

EconomyExperts Welcome CBN Digital Currency Initiatives

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 31, 2021

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s plan to launch a digital currency in the country has been described by experts as a welcome development. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, last week Friday, disclosed that digital currency would be introduced in the country. “We are committed in the CBN and I can assure everybody that digital currency will come to life even in Nigeria.” The Head of the Economics Department, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Dr. Olalekan Aworinde, said...

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