The Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, has announced the integration of the Incentive Monitoring and Evaluation Platform (IMEP) into the Import Duty Exemption Certificate (IDEC) programme, thereby allowing for enhanced monitoring and evaluation of revenues from imports into the country. A statement issued by the ministry’s Director, […]
The Federal Government has announced plans to commence the loan disbursement process for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and manufacturers under the Presidential N200 billion Intervention Fund scheme. President Bola Tinubu launched the scheme on October 17, 2023, to cushion the effects of the removal of petrol subsidy on entrepreneurs. The Minister of Industry, […]
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has expressed its readiness to collaborate with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in its current reforms and privatisation programme of the Federal Government. The Acting Director-General of the Bureau, Mr. Ignatius Ayewoh, made this remark when he recently paid a courtesy visit to the President of the labour union, […]
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has inaugurated a 10-member Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) in furtherance of its anti-corruption drive aimed at ensuring transparency and fairness in all areas of operations. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the corporation, Mr. Bello Hassan, in his remarks during the ACTU inauguration ceremony maintained that the initiative […]
Dangote Refinery’s management has announced a further reduction in the price of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) diesel from the N1000/litre earlier reported last week to N940/litre for customers buying 5 million litres and above from the refinery. In a statement signed by the company’s Head of Communications, Mr. Anthony Chiejina the management maintained that the […]
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has opened discussions with Nasarawa State Government and Bobtrack Tractors, a division of Saint Bob Motors Limited, on the manufacturing and assembling of tractors in the North-Central geopolitical zone. A statement issued on Monday by the agency’s Director, Information, Segun Ayeoyenikan, on the multibillion Naira project […]
Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, has said that the Federal Government is planning to increase the nation’s power generation from 4000 megawatts to 6000 megawatts by the end of this year. Adelabu, who gave this hint on Monday when the members of the Senate Committee on Power visited his ministry, said that the plans […]
The Federal Operations Unit Zone C of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reported that it seized contrabands worth N7.6 billion between January 25 last year and April 19th this year. The outgoing Controller of the Zone, Comptroller Kayode Kolade, who gave these figures in his farewell message during a brief handover to his successor, […]
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Monday disclosed that over 1,500 people had so far benefitted from the ongoing surgeries under the Free Surgery Intervention Programme of his administration. The governor, who disclosed this while monitoring the sale of discounted rice to civil servants at the State Secretariat, Oke-Mosan Abeokuta, maintained that thousands of […]
The Federal Government has ordered the resale of electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) now under the management of banks and the Asset Management Company (AMCON) within the next 90 days to reputable power operators as part of its current drive to improve power supply nationwide. The order was given by the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, […]