Tag: Deadline
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72 hour ultimatum: Striking doctors yet to formally reach us on new demands – FG
The Federal Government on Sunday night said it has not received any official communication from resident doctors on their minimum demands for an end of their 56-day old strike. The government however, assured that it would make its position known to the doctors once it received such communication from the striking doctors’ umbrella body, the…
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Congestion: Reps give Customs two-week deadline to reduce 18 cargo clearing stages to four
The House of Representatives Committee on Customs has given the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) two weeks to reduce its 18 cargo clearing stages to four, so as to decongest the nation’s ports.
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SERAP gives Buhari, NBC 24 hours to withdraw gag order on reporting of terrorist attacks
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to use his leadership position “to urgently instruct Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to withdraw the directive containing a sweeping gag order banning journalists and broadcast stations from reporting…
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FG sets 2022 deadline to end HIV transmission in Nigeria
The Federal Government has announced that the country is set to end the transmission of HIV by 2022, having achieved a critical milestone of getting it under control. The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Gambo Aliyu, made this known during a courtesy visit of the Namibian High…
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Again, APC shifts deadline for membership registration, revalidation exercise
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has extended the deadline for its nationwide membership registration/revalidation and update exercise. This was announced in a statement on Thursday by the National Secretary of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Senator John Akpanudoedehe. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the party had in February extended the exercise…
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EFCC chair, Bawa gives bankers deadline to declare assets
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, says from June 1, 2021, all bankers in the country must declare their assets in line with the Bank Employees Declaration of Asset Act. Bawa stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President…
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Niger youths give government 48 hours deadline to rescue Kangara students, others
Youths in Niger State on Saturday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the state government to rescue 41 persons abducted from the Government Science Secondary School, Kangara, and 21 commuters abducted along Minna-Zungeru road. Briefing journalists at the Abdulsalami Youth Centre in Minna, the youths, under the aegis of the National Youths Council of Nigeria, decried…
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FIRS extends, announces new deadline for tax debt payments
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has extended the closing date of its waiver of penalty and interest window on tax debts owned by individuals and businesses from June 30, 2020 to August 31st, 2020. Executive Chairman, FIRS, Mr. Muhammad Nami, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday by Director, Communications and Liaison Department, FIRS,…
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Output Cut: Nigeria gets Monday deadline to submit compensation plan
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has given Nigeria a Monday, June 22, 2020 deadline to submit a schedule of the oil production cut compensation plan. The Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) of OPEC+ on Thursday, noted that Nigeria and three other members have till Monday to lay plans on how they will comply…
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COVID-19: CBN announces new deadline for MfBs’ N200m recapitalisation
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set April 2022 deadline for tier-1 Microfinance Banks (MfBs) to achieve N200 million minimum capital base. The announcement was contained in a CBN circular, signed by Director, Financial Policy and Regulations department, Kelvin Amugo. It said: “The Central Bank of Nigeria in consideration of the impact of the coronavirus…