Mohammed converts three ex-commissioners to special advisers

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One of the opposition parties in the country, the Labour Party (LP) Ebonyi, on Tuesday, encouraged Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State to invest more in agriculture and the building of industries, noting that if properly utilized, these sectors could tackle the economic hardship facing the state. The Secretary of the Ebonyi State chapter of…

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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Tuesday, revealed that it received 573,519 applications for the 2024/2025 recruitment exercise, barely a week after the portal was opened. This development follows the recent announcement by the Minister of Finance, Mr Olawale Edun, that the recruitment of 3,927 officers had been approved for the NCS. In an update,…

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The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has urged stakeholders in the Niger Delta region to shun politics, unite, and support the Commission in developing the Niger Delta communities. The NDDC Executive Director of Finance and Administration, Boma Iyaye, made the appeal when he spoke at a stakeholders’ Interactive Forum on the Borokiri-Okrika Bridge Project in…

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The Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy has kicked against the moves by the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) to collect all revenues on behalf of the six Area Councils of the FCT in 2025. The group, in a statement, maintained that the move to collect taxes on behalf of the Area Councils…

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Nigerians are still lamenting the high cost of food commodities 180 days after the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, promised a crash in prices. Kyari made the promise in a post he shared on X on July 10, 2024, where he unveiled measures that would bring down food prices in the…