Month: July 2020
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Eid El Kabir: NYCN President Tasks Muslims on COVID-19 Protocols
President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Solomon Adodo, has urged Muslim faithful in Nigeria to celebrate this year’s Eid-el-kabir festivities obeying all the protocols and guidelines stipulated by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The youth President who gave the charge in his Sallah message to Nigerian muslims as they mark the…
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Eld-El-Kabir: Sanwo-Olu felicitates with Muslims, urges moderate celebrations
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has rejoiced with Muslims across the country on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir festival. Sanwo-Olu, in his Eid-el-Kabir message released on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, urged the Muslim faithful to celebrate moderately in the wake of the rise in cases of the COVID-19 pandemic. He…
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Sallah: FIRS extends deadline for tax filing by 1 week
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has extended the deadline for filing of returns in some tax categories by one week. Mr Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmad, Director, Communications and Liaison Department of the service, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. Ahmad said the gesture was in the spirit of the festivities and…
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Nestlé Nigeria reports N141bn revenue, N22bn profit after tax in first half of 2020
Nestlé Nigeria Plc on Thursday announced its financial results for the half year ended June 30, 2020, recording a revenue of N 141.0 billion for the period January to June 2020. This is against a revenue of N 141.9 billion during the same period in 2019. The company reported a profit after tax of N…
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NEPZA, Farmcrowdy to partner on agric special economic zone
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority and Nigeria’s first Digital Agriculture Platform, Farmcrowdy, are discussing options for the establishment of an Agriculture Special Economic Zone for Nigeria. Farmcrowdy Founder, Onyeka Akuma as part of this, had visited the Managing Director of NEPZA, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba to present the company’s plans of adding value through agriculture…
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Edo 2020: Tambuwal, Obaseki, others call for violence-free campaigns, elections
The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governors’ Forum, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto and Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo have called on politicians to embrace peace in the forthcoming Edo gubernatorial polls. They made the call on Thursday in Benin after the party’s stakeholders meeting. They urged leaders of various political parties contesting the governorship…
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Canada’s PM makes rare appearance before House committee
Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, on Thursday made a rare appearance before a parliamentary committee to defend a contract awarded by his government. The contract borders on implementation of a student grant programme worth 674 million U.S. dollars (N256.7 billion). The House of Commons finance committee had summoned Trudeau to explain why his government awarded…
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Northern governors condemn attack on Zulum’s convoy
The Northern Governors Forum has condemned Wednesday’s attack on the convoy of Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, describing the act as callous and reprehensible. The Chairman of the forum and governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, made the condemnation in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham. He said the…
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COVID-19: NCDC urges preventive measures, records 481 new infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has called on Nigerians to take preventive measures against the Coronavirus during the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations as the country recorded 481 new infections. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. The health agency said that as Nigerians celebrate the festive period, they should remember…