December, 2023

• 28 December

  NSCDC arrests 22 suspected illegal miners in FCT

  

  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Capital Territory Command, has arrested 82 suspected vandals and 22 illegal miners from August till date.The FCT Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr. Olusola Odumosu, gave the figures during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja Odumosu said …

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• 28 December

  Dangote Refinery Receives Third Crude Shipment Of 1 Million Barrels, To Start Diesel and Aviation Fuel Production Mid-January 2024
  

  

  In a big boost towards achieving Nigeria’s energy refining capacity and security, Nigeria’s Dangote refinery has received its next one-million-barrel crude oil cargo from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (STASCO), bringing the total to three million barrels at the facility’s Single-Point Mooring.Media investigation by The Commerce Africa that …

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• 27 December

  Ondo Gov, Rotimi Akeredolu, Dies After Long Health Battle

  

  Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, is dead,The Commerce Africa has learnt. The governor, aged 67, died on Wednesday morning after a prolonged health battle.Akeredolu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), ex-president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and ex-Attorney General of Ondo State, was a second-term governor before his death. …

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• 26 December

  Ethiopia becomes Africa’s latest sovereign default

  

  Ethiopia became Africa’s third default in as many years on Tuesday after it failed to make a 33-million-dollar “coupon” payment on its only international government bond. Africa’s second-most populous country announced earlier this month that it intended to formally go into default, having been under severe financial strain in the …

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• 25 December

  Christmas: End killings now, Kukah tells Tinubu

  

  The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese,  Mathew  Kukah, has charged President Bola Tinubu to find a way to put a permanent end to the killings of Nigerians by whatever means or name. Kukah, in his Christmas message with the theme, “Time to Reclaim Nigeria’s Greatness,”  and made available to our …

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• 21 December

  N-Power Beneficiaries Receiving Arrears, Says Betta Edu

  

  The Federal Government has resumed payment of arrears to beneficiaries of the N-Power programme. The beneficiaries were being owed some months’ salaries by the former President Muhammadu Buhari administration. However, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, said the payment of arrears to beneficiaries which was started …

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• 20 December

  African Development Bank Group’s international staff to leave Ethiopia over serious diplomatic incident

  

  The African Development Bank has decided to withdraw all its international staff from Ethiopia immediately. The office will remain open under an Officer-in-Charge. These measures will not affect nationally recruited staff from Ethiopia who will continue their work and remain in the full employment of the Bank. The Bank will …

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• 20 December

  ASSBIFI identifies those behind Naira scarcity

  

  The Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions, ASSBIFI, has blamed panic withdrawals by bank customers, and activities of ignorant and unscrupulous persons hoarding the Naira Notes for unethical gains for the unending cash crunch across the country. In a statement titled “Scarcity of Naira notes”, President …

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• 20 December

  FG targets 2025 to fully digitalize the civil service

  

  The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, said the plan to fully digitalize all processes in Ministries, Departments and Agencies by 2025 will lead to an automatic cut in the cost of governance. She also said that MDAs having been given the opportunity to ensure …

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• 20 December

  FG Moves NIMC, Border Commission, Others To OSGF

  

  The federal government has moved the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and Galaxy Backbone Ltd (GBBL) to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The new changes were contained in a document by the Cabinet Affairs Office named “Mandate of Ministries, Departments and Agencies and Schedule …

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