Petrol Queues Resurface in Abuja Over Fear of Price Hike

BusinessNewsOil & GasPetrol Queues Resurface in Abuja Over Fear of Price Hike

PilotnewsMarch 12, 2021

ABUJA — Long queues have appeared in Abuja for the purchase of Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol, few days after normalcy returned to the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that long queues returned to retail outlets in Wuse, Gwarimpa, Wuye and Kubwa expressway on Friday, while other areas were not selling the product. Meanwhile, Alhaji Suleiman Yakubu, National Public Relations, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) advised the public...

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Reps Summons NLC to Hearing Over Wage Bill

EconomyLabourNewsNigeriaReps Summons NLC to Hearing Over Wage Bill

Beloved John (Staff Writer)March 11, 2021

The Nigeria House of Representatives has asked the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to submit its argument against the bill to decentralize minimum wage to the house public hearing. Garba Datti, the lawmaker who had initiated the bill which removes the power to negotiate minimum wage at the federal level urged the NLC to bring forth a constructive argument. The bill titled; An Act to alter the Constitution to transfer minimum wage prescription from the Exclusive...

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The House of Reps is Broke – Spokesperson

MoneyNewsPoliticsThe House of Reps is Broke – Spokesperson

Beloved John (Staff Writer)March 11, 2021

The Nigerian House of Representatives said that effectively carrying out its constitutional mandate has been a tedious task due to the unavailability of funds. Indicating that the National Assembly is broke, the spokesperson of the House, Benjamin Kalu, while addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday said, the 2021 budget of the National Assembly should be reviewed upward to enable it to cope with the situation. “Yes, the House is broke. I have said it before...

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Kebbi Commences Training Of Health Workers For COVID -19 Vaccination

HealthJobsKebbi Commences Training Of Health Workers For COVID -19 Vaccination

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 11, 2021

Kebbi State Government in conjunction with the Primary Healthcare Development Agency has commenced the first phase of training of Health workers involved in Covid-19 Vaccination. Declaring the training held at the Conference Hall, Ministry of Health, Gwadangaji, Secretariat, Birnin Kebbi, the Commissioner for Health and Chairman Kebbi State Taskforce on Covid-19, Alhaji Jafar Muhammad said the exercise was a prerequisite for the provision of Covid 19 vaccine by the Federal Government. “Kebbi State Government has...

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CBN to Appear Before Senate Over Missing $9.5m

Crime & SecurityMoneyNewsNigeriaCBN to Appear Before Senate Over Missing $9.5m

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 9, 2021

Officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are to appear before Senate Committee on Public Accounts on Tuesday, over the alleged disappearance of $9.5 million interest which was accrued from Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) investment. According to the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, the principal sum deposited, tenor and rate of interest of the investment were veiled in secrecy. The PPT is a tax applicable to upstream operations in the oil industry....

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Young Lady Develops App For Reporting Rape Cases

BusinessScience & TechnologyYoung Lady Develops App For Reporting Rape Cases

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 9, 2021

The founder of Shamrock Innovations Kano Ms. Saadat Aliyu has developed Android application ‘Helpio App’ for reporting sexual abuse. Ms. Aliyu who is a woman and youth-centric tech innovation hub in Kano said the ‘Helpio App’ was launched on August 6, 2020 on the play store and that any person can visit the play store on Android phone and install the app. “I started learning IT skills from my brother when I was in junior...

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Northerners Resumes Supply Of Foods To South West

BusinessFoodNational SecurityNigeriaNortherners Resumes Supply Of Foods To South West

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 6, 2021

Following the suspension of strike by members of Foods and Cattle dealers Association transportation of foods to the South West through Kwara State previously blocked Jebba and Niger border axis have resumed. The blockage of food to the South was a means deployed by the North to send a subtle warning to other parts of Nigeria to stop the harassment and intimidation of the Fulanis. The Coordinator of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Kwara...

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Emefiele Woos Investors, Promises CBN’s Support

BusinessInvestingNewsNigeriaEmefiele Woos Investors, Promises CBN’s Support

PilotnewsMarch 5, 2021

LAGOS — The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has advised indigenous and multinational firms to consider the opportunities that Nigeria offers and begin to set up their manufacturing lines in Nigeria. Emefiele gave the advice at the Local Manufacturing Contract Signing of Oral-B Toothpaste, between Procter and Gamble Nigeria and Colliery Cosmetics, on Friday in Lagos. According to him, Nigeria should be the first port of destination for anybody...

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Fish Sellers In Borno State Losses N500m Weekly

BusinessEconomyNewsFish Sellers In Borno State Losses N500m Weekly

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 5, 2021

The chairman, Borno Fish Producers and Marketers Association Alhaji Abatcha Mandalama have said members of the Association lose about N500 million in fish business every week due to the lingering Boko Haram insurgency in the state. The high cost to the Boko Haram terrorists that have prevented fishermen from fishing in the Lake Chad axis. Mandalama disclosed this in Maiduguri, the Borno state explained that prior to the Boko Haram insurgency, over 30 trailer loads...

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Federal High Court Kano Convicts Ponzi Scheme Operator, Orders a N110m Refund to victims

Crime & SecurityMoneyNewsFederal High Court Kano Convicts Ponzi Scheme Operator, Orders a N110m Refund to victims

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 4, 2021

The Federal High Court Kano has convicted one Maryam Abu Shinga on one-count amended charge of retention of proceeds of crime and ordered her to pay the sum of N110, 000,000 in restitution to victims. The convict was said to have lured her victims into a phony gold mining investment where she represented that the investor stands to earn 300% profit. She claimed that if an investor invests N500, 000, such investor could earn one...

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