BUSINESS

FIRS sole collector of stamp duty- FG

Daily Dispatch February 17, 2020

The federal government has finally put to bed the controversy over who will collect stamp duty has finally been rested. Henceforth, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will be the sole collecting agency of stamp duty in the country. Before now, the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) had

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FG discovers one billion barrels of crude oil in North-East

Daily Dispatch February 12, 2020

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said about one billion barrels of Crude oil have been discovered in the Northeastern part of Nigeria. Sylva made the disclosure at a news conference to end the 2020 Nigeria International Petroleum Summit, in Abuja on Wednesday. “The figure we are getting, the jury is […]

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Osun Government To Boost Cashew Farmers, Promises Maximum Support

Daily Dispatch February 11, 2020

By ABIODUN JIMOHHappy days are back again for cashew farmers as Osun State government has expressed its readiness to render any form of assistance solicited for by their association in the state.Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Hon Adedayo Adewole stated this in a statement made available to Daily Dispatch by ministry press officer, Segilola […]

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Breaking: N441 trillion e-payments executed in 2019 – CBN

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2020

Over N441trillion e-payment transactions were executed in 2019, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) stated on Monday. According to a table of e-payments released by the CBN, titled “industry e payment figures for January to December 2019”, over 90 billion transactions were carried out within the year valued at ₦441,905,957,714,981. This is made up of […]

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AfDB disburses $2.5million beneficiaries of 2019 TEF entrepreneurship programmed

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2020

Tony O. Elumelu, CON, has congratulated the African Development Bank (AfDB), and AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina, on their commitment to African entrepreneurship, with the disbursement of $2.5million seed capital to the AfDB-sponsored beneficiaries of the 2019 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. $2.5m was released on Sunday, with the remainder expected to be disbursed to the

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Ebonyi Airport: Group blasts Ezza-Ezekuna stakeholders over plight of farmers

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2020

The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora (AESID) condemned in strong terms the content of the communique issued by those it described as apologists of the state government from Ezza extraction under the auspices of Ezza-Ezekuna Stakeholders, threatening the peasant farmers whose ancestral lands had been forcefully acquired by the Ebonyi state government for