Lagos State Govt Amends Pension Laws, Raises Workers’ Savings To 18%   The Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, has signed into law the amendment of the Lagos State Pension Reform Law which increased the contribution rates under the Contributory Pension Scheme to 18 per cent. A...

Illegal Mining Highest In Niger, Five Other States In Nigeria Niger State is the leading destination for illegal mining of solid minerals in Nigeria, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative announced on Thursday. NEITI further stated that five other states including Plateau, Ebonyi, Imo, Enugu and...

Abia, Kano Get TCN's 450MVA Power Transformers The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has installed and inaugurated a 300MVA 330/132/33kV power transformer in its Alaoji Transmission Substation in Abia State. It has also delivered a 150MVA, 330/132/33kV power transformer from the port in Lagos to Kumbotso...

Gov Dickson Inaugurates N60bn Bayelsa Airport The Bayelsa State Government has opened its over N60bn international airport. The airport, known as Bayelsa International Airport, was opened on Thursday with an inaugural flight by the Governor, Seriake Dickson, from Abuja, at a few minutes past 2.00pm followed...

Three Foreign Airlines Begin Flight Operations Into P/H Airport   Three foreign airlines have commenced flight services into the recently inaugurated Port Harcourt International Airport. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, on Monday, announced that Air France, Lufthansa and Cronos Airlines from Malabo, Equatorial Guinea had commenced...

Dangote feeds 30,000 IDPs in Zamfara In yet another massive intervention, the Aliko Dangote Foundation Monday officially launched a major philanthropic programme in Zamfara State, doling out food items running into several millions of naira to support victims of insurgency. The farmers-herders clash and sporadic attacks...