BUSINESS

VAIDS: Fake tax officials on the prowl – Kemi Adeosun

Daily Dispatch March 4, 2018

The Honourable Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has advised tax payers to demand for written notice when they receive phone calls from tax officials. She gave this advice in response to the activities of some fake tax officials alleging to be officials of the Voluntary Assets and Income

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Arik Air, Presidential Air Fleet sign MoU on pilots training

Daily Dispatch March 4, 2018

Arik Air in a statement signed by its Media Consultant, Mr Simon Tumba on Sunday in Lagos, said the agreement was signed by the Commander of PAF, Hassan Abubakar and the Airline in Lagos. According to the terms of the agreement, Arik Air will provide pilots of PAF rated on the aircraft Line Training and […]

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NNPC shocked: 2,201 petrol stations in Nigeria’s border towns

Daily Dispatch March 4, 2018

There are 2,201 petrol stations in Nigeria’s porous border towns and coastal frontiers, with a combined fuel tank capacity of 144.9 million litres. The shock discovery has made the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to  sound the alarm bells that an unprecedented cross-border smuggling of petrol to neighbouring countries is ongoing,  making it difficult to […]

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NBS: Nigeria’s economy recorded N22.1 trillion trade in 2017

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2018

The National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday released Nigeria’s trade statistics for the 2017 fiscal period with the country recording an increase of N5.5tn in trade from N17.3tn in 2016 to N23.1tn. The bureau in the report said total imports stood at N9.5tn, adding that this was 8.5 per cent lower than the N8.8tn import […]

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Freed UNIMAID Lecturers Ready To Resume Oil Exploration – VC

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2018

The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) has defied incarceration of its lecturers that lasted over eight months by restating its willingness to align with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to resume oil exploration activities in the Chad Basin. UNIMAID Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ibrahim Njodi, revealed this on Friday when he led three lecturers and the

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Nigeria to issue N150 billion green bonds in 2018

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2018

Following increased calls for climate funding, Ahmad Salihijo, a technical assistant to the Minister of Environment, said the ministry planned to issue N150 billion green bonds to the public. Salihijo revealed this in a panel discussion on Making Climate Finance Work for Women and Non-State Actors organized by Climate Wednesday in the just concluded social […]