Monthly Archives: August 2020

NDDC boss: N’Assembly forced us to pay for contracts not executed to get budget approval

Kemebradikumo Pondei The acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei, weekend, listed some of the contracts the commission was allegedly coerced to pay by the National Assembly before its 2019 annual budget could be harmonized. He alleged further that some Lawmakers, especially members of adhoc Committees …

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FirstBank To Explore COVID-19 Opportunities — Adeduntan

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has promised its stakeholders that it will optimally maximise the opportunities from the disruptions occasioned by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the economy to their advantage. Dr Adesola Adeduntan, FirstBank Chief Executive Officer, gave the assurance on Thursday at the bank’s Virtual Corporate Customers forum …

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COVID-19: CACOVID launches N23b food palliative for 1.7m households

Nigeria’s Private Sector led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) yesterday formally announced the flag-off of a nationwide distribution of multi-billion naira food palliative and other relief items to mitigate the adverse effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic on vulnerable Nigerians. The food relief materials for which the private sector operators are …

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No fire incident at our headquarters in Abuja – WAEC

The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has debunked reports in some online media that fire gutted its headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. A statement signed by Demianus Ojijeogu, head of public affairs, WAEC Nigeria, said there was no fire incident at the council’s headquarters or any of its offices in Nigeria. According to …

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JUST IN: Sanwo-Olu Reverses Ambode’s 2018 Land Use Charge

  Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reversed the amendment of the Land Use Charge effected by the administration of his predecessor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode in 2018. Specifically, the government cancelled the 2018 land use charge and reverted to pre-2018 land use charges. The decision was announced today at …

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United Bank for Africa Provides $200 Million for Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry – Timely Financing For Post COVID Economic Growth

Acts as Facility Agent Bank for Nigerian Commercial Banks in the $1.5 Billion Facility to Boost Nigerian Oil Production and Government Revenue Lagos, 05 August 2020…// The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services group, has acted as Facility Agent Bank for the Nigerian Commercial Banks …

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PPMC announces new prices for petrol, diesel, kerosene

The downstream subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) has fixed the ex-depot price of premium motor spirit, known as petrol, at N138.62 per litre. PPMC disclosed this in a memo signed by its Manager, Sales, Mohammed Bello, in Abuja on Tuesday. The ex-depot …

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