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  • N450 Unremitted Revenue N793 million More Recovered

    As the Federal Government intensifies efforts to recover unremitted operating surpluses by Agencies and increase Independent Revenue, an additional sum of N793 million has been recovered from three Federal Government Agencies by the Recovery Committee set up two weeks ago by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun. The Committee was tasked to recover unremitted […]
  • Turkish investments in Nigeria exceed N240bn – Envoy

    The Turkish Ambassa­dor to Nigeria, Mr. Ha­kan Cakil, has affirmed that Nigeria remains his country’s strategic partner in sub-Saharan Africa for the past 50 years. He dismissed as spuri­ous allegations that 50 Nigerian students are being detained in Turkey following the post-failed coup crackdown. Cakil, who is 15 months old in Abuja as the country’s […]Read More
  • Ex-Militants to Buhari: Probe Amnesty Office

    Muhammadu Buhari Threaten Protest over Non-payment of Stipends Former Niger Delta militants currently enrolled in the Presidential Amnesty Programme have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the Amnesty Office, which they alleged has become a cesspool of corruption since Brig-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd) took over as its coordinator in 2015. The former militants under the […]
  • Aisha Buhari flags off food distribution for returnee IDPs in Borno

    Aisha Buhari Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari has flagged off the distribution of foods and household utensils to returnees from Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camps to fast track their resettlement in their communities. Mrs Buhari who was accompanied by the wives of the Chief of Air Staff, that of former Inspector General of […]
  • Adeosun Hosts IMF Director, Says FG is Committed to Infrastructure Development

    The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has told the visiting Director, African Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr. Abebe Aemro Selassie that the Federal Government is leaving no stone unturned in its bid to make infrastructure development a priority. Taking the visiting IMF chief through some of the initiatives of the current […]
  • NIMASA Will Enforce Safety Standards in the Oil & Gas Sector – Dr. Peterside

    The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has assured stakeholders of it’s resolve to ensure that safety standards are not compromised in the operations of the nation’s maritime industry. This assurance was given by the Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside at the 10th Oil Trading and Logistics (OTL) Expo held at the […]
  • NNPC, Police Pledge Collaboration to Curb Attacks on Oil and Gas Facilities

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have pledged to work more closely together to tackle the incessant attacks on oil and gas facilities across the country. The two agencies made this commitment on Wednesday when the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, visited the Inspector General of […]