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Ahmed Releases N1.2bn To Pay Teachers’ Salary

  The Executive Governor of Kwara state, AbdulFatah Ahmed has released N1.2 billion for the payment of teachers’ salary, as compared to the N706 million received in June. The state Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, gave this commitment during an interaction with...

FG to Encourage Production Of Selected Crops For Export – Ogbeh

The Federal Government said that it would continue to encourage the production of some selected crops in the country for export. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, made the pledge at a North-West Business Summit and...

JED Plc Disconnects Bauchi Govt Of N1.6bn Debt

Jos Electricity Distribution Plc. (JED), said it disconnected the Bauchi state government from its facilities because the government was owing it N1.6billion. Its Business Manager, Alhaji Aminu Mohammed said the company had no option than to disconnect the state from...

Nigeria Spends N598bn Importing Hardware Yearly, Says NITDA

Organisations in the public and private sectors spend an average of $2 billion (about N598 billion) to import Information Technology hardware into the country annually, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said. Acting Director General of NITDA,...

Revealed: NASS Padded 2016 Budget With N481bn

Despite strident denials by top officials of the National Assembly, it has been discovered that the legislators padded the 2016 budget to the tune of N481 billion. Documents obtained by Vanguard showed that apart from padding the budget with the...

ICT Has Potential To Increase GDP- Shittu

Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu says the Information and Communications Technology(ICT) Sector has the potential to increase the country's Gross Domestic Products (GDP). Shittu stated this in Lagos at the Second Edition of the 2016 Information Communication Technology and Telecommunication...
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