FG Releases N336b Capital Funds To MDAs In First Quarter Of 2017

http://ift.tt/2xuXPxc Buhari LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has, to date, released N336 billion from the 2017 Budget to Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies for the funding of capital projects in the first quarter of 2017. The balance of N14 billion is being processed, pending resolution of some formalities within the agencies concerned. Power, Works…

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One Killed, Car Burnt As Nigerians Clash Over Biafra In India

http://ift.tt/2xJk6qN LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The secessionist struggle in Nigeria is spilling blood on Bengaluru’s roads, with students taking sides over the issue and clashing repeatedly. Times of India reports that the police are now looking at getting the students concerned deported. In the latest in this series of attacks and counter-attacks over the Biafra secession…

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Stakeholders Protest Introduction of Consumption Tax Law In Delta

http://ift.tt/2xKb6BG Okowa LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protest greeted Delta State Consumption Tax as some people who simply identified themselves as stakeholders, on Tuesday, threatened legal action against the state government. The state government recently, through the Internal Board of Revenue (DBIR), introduced the tax as a new law under the State Occupancy, Restaurants and Departmental Stores…

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UNICEF Advocates Four Weeks Paid Paternity Leave In Nigeria

http://ift.tt/2yrH571 LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH(NEWSRANGERS)-The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday recommended six months paid maternity leave and four weeks paid paternity leave to ensure healthy development of young children. UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Mohammed Fall, disclosed this at the National Early Childhood Development conference (ECD) in Abuja with the theme” “Investing early in Nigerian…

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Anambra PDP Gov Primary: Ifeanyi Ubah To Approach Court For Redress

http://ift.tt/2y45P9a Ubah LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH ( NEWSRANGERS)-The Managing Director of Capital Oil, Mr Ifeanyi Ubah, says he will “definitely” challenge the result of the Peoples Democratic Party’s primary for the Anambra governorship primary. Mr Ubah said this when he and his lawyer, Mr Oluyede Ajibola, appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. A former Secretary to…

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