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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Northern Governors Agrees To Adopt Open Ranching

BusinessNorthern Governors Agrees To Adopt Open Ranching

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 30, 2021

KADUNA — The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) has agreed to adopt ranching and asked the federal government to release funds for the implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP). Plateau State Governor, Senator Simon Lalong and Chairman of the forum made this disclosure yesterday during the seventh Annual Lecture of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation in Kaduna, saying open grazing is unsustainable and initiated measures to end it. At the annual lecture yesterday, Lalong...

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Umahi Dissolves Govt. Boards, Commissions Other Aides

JobsPoliticsUmahi Dissolves Govt. Boards, Commissions Other Aides

PilotnewsMay 29, 2021

ABAKALIKI — Gov. Dave Umahi, of Ebonyi on Saturday in Abakaliki announced the immediate dissolution of liaison officers, government boards, commissions and other personal aides. Umahi announced the dissolution during a broadcast to mark the second year anniversary of his second term in office. The governor explained that the dissolution was to give members of the various boards, commissions and aides seeking to contest the 2022 local government council election in the state or the...

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NLC Vows to Shut Down Nigeria if Governors’ Proposed Petrol Price of N380 To N408 is Adopted

EconomyLabourNLC Vows to Shut Down Nigeria if Governors’ Proposed Petrol Price of N380 To N408 is Adopted

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 28, 2021

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reiterated its opposition to the proposal of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) that subsidy should be removed and petrol pump price would be sold between N380 and N408 per liter. The union described the governors’ recommendation as provocative, arbitrary and insensitive to the current economic realities in the country and the extreme hardship that Nigerians are going through, especially workers. The congress threatened that any increase by even one...

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