Nigeria, Senegal, Pakistan Sign Pharmaceutical Trade Agreements

Nigeria and Pakistan on Thursday signed trade agreements on affordable cardiovascular pharmaceuticals and other antibiotics at the ongoing trade exhibition by Pakistani companies in Lagos.  The agreements were signed on the last day of the 2nd Pakistan-Africa Trade Development Conference and Single Country Exhibition.  The Deputy Managing Director, Assene Laborex Eurapharma, Mr Renaud Beauchamp, after…

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Proposed N5,000 Transportation Grant: How Sustainable In Addressing Post-Subsidy Economic Hardships?

The federal government has announced that, it is planning to implement a N5,000 per month grant to 40 million vulnerable Nigerians for one year to cushion the adverse effect that the proposed removal of petrol subsidy may bring next year. The General Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mele Kyari has hinted that…

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President Buhari Orders Security Agencies To Be ‘Merciless’ With Highway Criminals

President Muhammadu Buhari has again directed security agencies to urgently address the resurgence of kidnapping and other crimes on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway and on other roads across the country. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said the president gave the directive while presiding over the meeting of the National Security Council, held at the Presidential…

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We Have Been Captured In Every Budget Since 2019 Never Been Paid, 2018 NASS 221 Recruits Allege

The National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) has been urged to address the demands of 221 National Assembly (NASS) staff recruited in 2018 who have allegedly been captured in every budget since 2019 but has never been paid. The 221 individuals demanded for the documentation and assumption of duties as legally employed staff by the commission…

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Ajaokuta Steel Coy Needs Special Funding For Reactivation- Sen. Al-Makura

Sen. Tanko Al-Makura, Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Mine, Steel Development and Metallurgy, has called for special funding towards reactivating the Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi. He stated this on Thursday while presenting the 2022 budget report of his committee to the Senate Appropriation Committee. Al-Makura (APC-Nasarawa) stressed the importance of the solid minerals…

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ICT Generates N8.13tn To Nigeria’s GDP In Nine Months

Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) sector has contributed N8.13tillion to real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the nine months to September 2021. According to data collated from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS’) reports the sector is composed of the four activities of telecommunications and information services; publishing; motion picture, sound recording and music production;…

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