Tag: November
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FAAC: FG, States, LGs share N609.95bn revenue in November
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) distributed N609.95 billion to Federal, States and Local Governments as revenue generated in November. This is N77.25 billion more than what it shared in October, Ahmed Idris, the Accountant-General of the Federation said. Mr. Idris said that after the cost of collection deductions by FIRS, Customs and DPR, the…
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Stop paying us December salaries in November, Cross River workers tells Ayade
…demands immediate payment of unpaid pensions, other entitlements of workers in the state The Cross River State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday blasted Governor Ben Ayade for paying the December salaries of workers in the state earlier than scheduled (on November 30). The union also berated Ayade over the non-payment…
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1,295 Nigerians returned from Libya in November – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says a total of 1,295 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya in November after being stranded in the volatile North African country enroute Europe. The Nigerians returned in various batches between Nov. 6 and Nov. 30 with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union…
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Anambra 2018: Buhari endorses Nwoye, to attend mega rally in November
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Tony Nwoye in the forthcoming polls in state at the Presidential Villa. The President assured that he would personally make out time to attend the final campaign rally scheduled for November 2017. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission…
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Nigeria Police TV channel hits airwaves in November
…To employ over 5,000 Nigerians The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the proposed Nigeria Police Broadcasting Service, Ediri Jerry Wesley has said the channel will hit the airwaves nationwide beginning on November 28. According to Wesley, the TV will begin with a fund-raising ceremony at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. Speaking in an interview with journalists…
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Kwara won’t use card readers for November council polls – KWASEIC
The Kwara State lndependent Electoral Commission on Friday said it would not use card readers for the forthcoming council polls in the state. The commission’s Chairman, Dr AbdukRahman Ajidagba, announced this at a meeting with representatives of registered political parties in his office in Ilorin on Friday. The chairmanship and councillorship elections into the 16…
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Biafra: Governorship election won’t hold in Anambra in November – Nnamdi Kanu
…Says FG should build more prisons to jail ‘biafrans’ The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday warned that the governorship election in Anambra scheduled for November this year may not hold if the Federal Government fails to recognise the Republic of Biafra. Kanu, who spoke at his father’s…
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Test running of Abuja light rail to commence mid-November – FG
The Federal Government on Monday said test running of the Abuja Rail Mass Transit would commence by middle November. This was revealed in Abuja by Malam Muhammad Bello, the Minister, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Bello disclosed this when he received a delegation of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) led by its President,…
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November inflation rate may increase to 18.45% – FSDH
FSDH Research, an investment analyst company on Thursday said the November 2016 inflation rate (year-on-year) might increase further to 18.45 per cent. The figure represented an increase of 0.12 per cent from 18.33 recorded in the month of October 2016. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is expected to release the inflation rate for the…
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Lagos releases N941m to 228 pensioners in November
The Lagos State Pension Commission said it paid 228 retirees a total of N941m in November. The pensioners, the commission added, were from the state civil service, local governments, and State Universal Basic Education Board, teaching service and pensions office and other parastatals of government. “This administration has from August, 2015 to date paid a…