Business
Why we met with Buhari- ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has dismissed media reports that its meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari was solely to discuss the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, which it had rejected, and still rejects.
ASUU, in a communique iss [...]
FG sets February as implementation of 7.5% VAT
The Federal Government says it would commence implementation of the 7.5 per cent value added tax, VAT, on February 1, 2020.
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this while inaugurating the Board of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, on Thursday i [...]
NEPZA wants 27-year-old Act amended
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, NEPZA, says it would pursue amendment of the 27-year-old Act establishing the agency to bring in more investment and create jobs.
Acting Managing Director of NEPZA, Mr Bitrus Dawuk, who disclosed this in chat with newsmen in Abuja, said the amendme [...]
FG, States, LGCs share N716.298bn for December, 2019
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, has disbursed a total sum of N716.298 billion as federal allocation to the Federal, State and Local Governments for the month of December, 2019.
A statement by the Director of Information, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Plann [...]
Idu Industrial Centre converts to Abuja furniture enterprise
Plans have been concluded by the Federal Government to convert the Idu Industrial Centre located in Abuja to furniture and wood enterprise cluster.
Director General of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, Dr Dikko Radda, who disclosed this in an interview with [...]
NDPR expands capacity to 5,000 bpd
The Niger Delta Petroleum Resources Limited, NDPR, has consolidated on the capacity of its diesel topping refining plant by expanding it with an additional 5,000 barrels per day.
NDPR, a subsidiary of Niger Delta Exploration and Production Plc, NDEP, pioneered modular refinery efforts in the co [...]
SON tasks concrete pole producers on standards
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, has called on concrete poles manufacturers to fully adhere strictly to the stipulated standard in pole’s production or be ready to face the full wrath of the law.
The Organisation, which frowned at unfair trade practice and cutting of corners be [...]
NNPC posts N13.23bn trading surplus October 2019
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, says it recorded trading surplus of N13.23 billion in October 2019.
The corporation said in a statement by its Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Samson Makoji, that the surplus amount represents an increase of 54 [...]
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