The Chartered Institute of Supply Chain Management (CISCM ) and Chartered Institute of Warehousing and Material Management 2017 induction ceremony was held in Abuja yesterday. The induction ceremony which was hosted by Milat Business School Abuja, witnessed the presence of Prominent personalities and Captains of Industry .
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), on Monday in Abuja, said it generated N3.233 trillion in 10 months, an amount that represented 79.35 per cent of its collection target for 2017. The Executive Chairman of FIRS, Tunde Fowler, disclosed this at interactive session for review of 2018–2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), organised by House of Representatives Committee on Finance and Appropriations. The FIRS boss who briefed the joint committees on key strategies for achieving the objectives of the 2018 budget, said FIRS justification for…
The Niger State Governor, Alhaji Sani Bello has solicited for the support of Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) in developing investment profile for the state’s agriculture and tourism potentials for prospective global and local investors. The Governor made the request yesterday at a meeting with the management team of the commission led by its Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Yewande Sadiku at NIPC corporate headquarters in Abuja. Governor Sani-Bello said the state was soliciting for the expertise of the commission in helping to profile and prepare feasibility reports…
Abuja Electricity Distribution Company Plc (AEDC) has said it did not declare any Force Majeure over the Eligible Customer policy in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, contrary to what was widely reported in some of the Nigerian newspapers yesterday, November 22nd, 2017. In statement signed by Oyebode Babs Fadipe,Head, Corporate Communications Abuja Electricity Distribution Company(AEDC) Plc, the Management of the Company said it came to it as a shock when its name was listed in some of the newspapers as one of the DisCos that have declared Force Majeure on…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has drastically cut rice importation and moved Nigeria very close to achieving self-sufficiency in rice, a major staple food in the country, in just two years. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister -quoting figures from the Thailand Rice Exporters Association said rice importation from Thailand, which supplies the bulk of the parboiled rice being imported into Nigeria, dropped from 644,131 Metric Tonnes to about 21,000 MT between September 2015…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun for the allocation of 23% to education in the 2017 Budget of the state. The Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday presented a N345.42 billion Appropriation Bill to the state’s House of Assembly. The education sector took the lion share of the budget with N79.246 billion, representing 22.9 percent of the total budget. MURIC in a statement signed by its Director,Professor Ishaq Akintola, considered the allocation as bold, visionary and progressive huge step forward in…
Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has expressed optimism that the 700 Megawatts Zungeru Hydro- electricity Generation Project will be delivered as scheduled by December 2019. Former Chairman Senate Committeee on Power, Senator Philip Aduda also said that the nation’s fourth hydro-electricity generating station would grossly improve power supply when completed in the next 25 months. Governor Sani-Bello and Senator Phillip Aduda gave these assurances shortly after an unscheduled inspection to the power plant in Zungeru, Wushishi Local Government area of Niger state. The Governor who expressed satisfaction at the…
A Non Governmental Organisation, Save The Consumers has said that it will mark this year World Toilet Day in some selected Communities in Niger State and Federal Capital Territory. In a statement released in Abuja by the Executive Director of Save The Consumers, Dr Aliyu Ilias, the NGO would mark the 2017 World Toilet Day with Government Girls Arabic School, Dikko, Gurara Local Government, Maje Central Market, Suleja Local government both of Niger state,and People with Disabilities ,at Agwan-Guragu ,Karamajii , FCT, Abuja, Ilias said ” the practice of defecating in…
Google has resolved to change its logo to a doodle in honor of the late Chinua Achebe, who is considered to be one of Africa’s greatest storyteller. He would have been 87 on Thursday. Born in Ogidi to an Igbo family of Nigeria, West Africa in 1930, Achebe was the son of an evangelical priest. In love with reading and writing, he completed English studies at the University of Ibadan in just four years instead of five, which was the standard. Achebe was disappointed in the European interpretation of African…
The Chief Executive Director, Customer Service Award Ltd (CSAL),Dr Aliyu Ilias has said that one of the gains of recession was improved service delivery from both public and private sector. Ilias said this at the just concluded 2017 Customer Experience Management Conference in Abuja. He said that the recession had caused improved customers service delivery as a result of competitions from service providers both public and private sector. He said that the recession had made money to be scare and people had to prioritize their needs hence the competition by service…