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150 Nigerians sent to China to study railway engineering – Amaechi

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2019

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Monday, October 21, announced that the Federal Government has sent over 150 Nigerians to Chinese universities to study railway engineering. Amaechi who disclosed this while defending his Ministry’s budget before the National Assembly’s joint

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Customs bursts Adamawa syndicate rebagging foreign rice as local

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2019

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has identified and arrested members of a syndicate that took up the activity of importing foreign rice and rebagging it as local rice. The Adamawa/Taraba Command of the NCS which achieved the feat, also seized 150 bags of foreign rice concealed under 300 bags of beans in a truck conveying […]

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FIRS opens non resident tax payers’ offices’

Daily Dispatch October 21, 2019

A non resident tax payers office has been opened by The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) . According to the Communications manager,the office is dedicated solely to the administration of taxes for Non-Resident Persons. The creation of the office is contained in a Public Notice signed by the Executive Chairman, FIRS, Tunde Fowler. According to […]

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Nigeria’s border closure hurting Benin, Niger economies- IMF declares

Daily Dispatch October 21, 2019

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the sustained closure of the Nigerian land borders is hurting economies of Benin Republic and Niger Republic. Mr. Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director, African Department (IMF) stated this at a press briefing during the launch of Economic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa at the ongoing World Bank/IMF annual meetings in […]

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FG disburses N62.7m to 3,829 women in Jigawa

Daily Dispatch October 21, 2019

The Federal Government has disbursed over N62.7 million to 3,829 vulnerable women in Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa, under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme. Alhaji Abubakar Dan-Barde, Cash Transfer Unit’s Co-ordinator in the area, disclosed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Guri on Monday that each of the beneficiaries received N10,000 as […]

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Read what Dangote Refinery did to 200 Lekki youths

Daily Dispatch October 21, 2019

About 200 youths from Ibeju-Lekki community in Lagos State have graduated from various skills acquisition programme organised by Dangote Petroleum Refinery as a way of transforming society and providing employment opportunities for the youths. The programme was put together by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and facilitated by the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and