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The Federal Government has brokered peace in the face-off between the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, after two days of conciliation meetings. A statement issued in the early hours Today by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed that the matter was […]
After a peace meeting, the Dangote Group has agreed to redeploy the workers sacked by its subsidiary, Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The resolution was announced Today by the ministry of labour and employment in a statement on the outcome of the reconciliation meetings held on Monday and Tuesday. Aliko Dangote, founder of Dangote Group, and representatives […]
As Nigeria marked its 65th Independence Anniversary Today, the Social Democratic Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo, warned that the nation cannot prosper while millions of its citizens remain trapped in poverty and fear. The Federal Government had declared Today, October 1, a public holiday to commemorate the country’s independence from Britain in 1960. […]
Social media personality Ayomiposi Oluwadahunsi, known online as “Mandy Kiss,” has been unveiled as a brand ambassador for Lagos State Kick Against Drug and Substance Abuse. In a viral video on Tuesday, Lagos Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr Mobolaji Ogunlende, conferred the ambassadorship on Mandy Kiss, at an event organised by LASKADA. He […]
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate has announced the start of implementation of the new pension increments for pensioners under the Defined Benefit Scheme, saying the adjustments will be reflected in the September 2025 payroll cycle. In a statement signed by Management and posted on its X handle, PTAD said the increase package includes a fixed […]
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested four suspects for armed robbery and kidnapping, and recovered one pump action gun and one black Toyota Camry car with registration number: SMK 835 FC during their arrest. In a press statement released on Tuesday, the spokesman for the Anambra State police, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said operatives of […]
The Federal Government has said that all income earned in Nigeria, including money made by ‘runs girls,’ is taxable under the law. Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, stated this in a now-viral video from a tax education session by the Redeemed Christian Church of God, City of […]
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said Nigeria’s sweeping new tax reforms will exempt essential sectors including food, education, agriculture, and shared transportation from value-added tax (VAT), in what it described as the most significant fiscal transformation since independence. The Executive Chairman of the FIRS, Zacch Adedeji, disclosed the reforms during an interview marking […]
Nigerians have to pay additional money to get premium motor spirit, popularly known as petrol, as the feud between Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, remains unresolved. This is as the closed-door meeting on Monday among the Federal Government, Dangote Refinery and PENGASSAN ended in a deadlock. […]
The National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies has expressed outrage over the continued insistence of three international airlines on selling tickets exclusively in United States dollars in Nigeria, describing the practice as both disrespectful to the country’s sovereignty and damaging to the naira. Speaking with the news media on behalf of the association, NANTA President, […]
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