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Nigeria’s ports record 59.5% increase in vessel calls

Despite the recessionary economic environment Nigeria recorded about 59.5 percent increase in vessel traffic at the various sea ports in 2016. Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, who disclosed this in Lagos said that 370 vessels called at the...

Autonomy: NULGE begins nationwide protest rally

The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, has commenced a nationwide protest to call for constitutional amendment by the National Assembly to grant autonomy to Local Government Areas, LGAs. The President of the NULGE, Ibrahim Kahleel, who disclosed this yesterday at a media briefing...

Premium Pension pays N118bn benefit to pensioners

Premium Pension Limited, PPL, has said it paid not less than N118billion benefits to pensioners since 2007 when it began operation following the Pension Reforms Act, PRA, 2004, with PPL which commenced business with an initial share capital of N500 million, now has shareholders’...

Federal pensioners in Ogun protest 14 months unpaid benefits

Retired workers who served the Federal Government in Ogun State, have taken to the streets to protest 14 months unpaid pension and gratuities. The Pensioners who stormed Nigeria Union of Journalists Secretariat, Ogun State armed with placards with various inscriptions, appealed to the government to...

Niger Delta : Presidency Gives Contractors 30 Days to Return to Site or Face Prosecution

The Federal Government has issued a new set of directives in its bid to accelerate the implementation of the Buhari administration’s new vision for the development of the Niger Delta. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, issued the directives at a recent meeting of the inter-ministerial...

Niger Delta : Presidency gives contractors 30 days to return to site or face prosecution

Niger Delta : Presidency gives contractors 30 days to return to site or face prosecution The Federal Government has issued a new set of directives in its bid to accelerate the implementation of the Buhari administration’s new vision for the development of the Niger Delta. Vice...