This was just as the upper chamber gave its approval for the service to review upward, its revenue target from N5.076 trillion proposed for the year 2020 to N7.61 trillion in 2021.
Author: Ifeoma Ekeke
Over the next five years, the $90 million President’s Malaria Initiative for States (PMI-S) will serve as the flagship activity for the global U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) in Nigeria. Since 2010, PMI has provided $712 million in investments, including the distribution of over 61 million insecticide treated bed nets (ITN), which are now in 43 per cent of all households, twice the rate before the intervention.
Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Fred Oladeinde disclosed this during a press conference on the achievements of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
NBS disclosed this in its latest report titled, ‘Selected Banking Sector Data: Sectorial Breakdown of Credit, e-Payment Channels and Staff Strength (Q4 2020).’
The arrest was carried out by a joint team from the Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Department of the Commission, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 in the Wuse area of Abuja.
The NLC in a communiqué issued at its recent virtual National Executive Meeting by the president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, stated that the demand was consequent on the incontrovertible evidence that the power sector privatisation has failed to achieve any of its objectives, which include improving the quality and quantity of electricity supply to Nigerians, shedding of power sector funding from the government and increasing revenue from power sector investment to the coffers of government.
A statement released by the Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, Ahmad Zakari, stated that it was unclear what empirical evidence the bank deployed to arrive at the figures.
The NBS disclosed this in its latest report, titled: “Selected Banking Sector Data – Q4 2020.”
This was disclosed by the commission on its February monthly report.
Amaka Onyemelukwe, Director, Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability, Coca-Cola Nigeria stated this while speaking during the maiden edition of the Business Day Diswaste conference themed ‘Corporate Citizens for Clean Cities”.
Under the joint cooperation arrangement, the ICPC is to set up a special extractive industry desk while NEITI is to feed the desk with information and data on extractive industry revenue process abuses, lapses and corruption issues.
NIPC disclosed this in its latest newsletter, stating that, “this follows the gradual return of investors’ confidence globally after the COVID-19- induced decline.
Construction work at the skills acquisition centre had been stalled since 2014 due to paucity of funds after it was conceived by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund to train and increase the competence and capabilities of Nigerians to meet the low-to-middle level human resources needs of the Nigerian oil and gas industry.
The partnership between the two has heralded the development and handing over of twenty-six (26) documented Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) manuals to the OHCSF and the Federal Civil Service by the Africa Initiative for Governance for all processes carried out in the office.
The report titled ‘Investment Climate and Exceptions to National Treatment’ stressed the impact of nationwide power shortages on businesses growth, with no immediate remedy on the challenge.
In her new role, Dr. Boyd will lead the Nigeria office, which is one of CDC’s largest country offices, and support CDC’s collective efforts in global HIV and Tuberculosis, global health security, malaria elimination, and immunization.
Dr Yerima Peter Tarfa, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, at the flagging off of the process in Abuja, stated that the Government of Nigeria had demonstrated the political will to ensure the achievement of Target 8.7 of the SDG, and “has shown enough readiness to address the challenges of the vulnerable groups, including eradicating Child Labour.”
According to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) monthly economic report, the government’s revenue fell below its benchmark, owing to the decline in non-oil receipts, resulting from the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on business activities and shortfalls in tax revenue.
NBS disclosed this in its latest report, titled “Transport Fare Watch – March 2021”.
The Public Relations Officer of the unit, Jerry Attah, disclosed this in a statement, which quoted the Customs Area Controller, Zone C, Compt. Yusuf Lawal, that while N1.280 billion was generated from seizures from contraband, N7.6 million was raised as DN for cargoes that exited the seaports.