Latest News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 16th October 2019
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Royal Exchange grows GWP to over N14bn in 2018
Royal Exchange Plc has said that its gross written premium grew from N12.8 billion to N14.7billion in the 2018 financial year representing a 15 per cent increase.
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President Buhari commiserates with flood disaster victims
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with victims of natural disasters, especially floods that ravaged some states, particularly across the Southwest and Southeastern parts of the country.
The President made his feelings known in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday.
According to the Nigerian leader, this phenomenon is not peculiar to Nigeria as it is evident in other parts of the world.
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9 kidnapped kids: Ganduje promises justice for victims
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has promised to ensure that justice is done for the nine children and victims of kidnapping from the state.
Abba Anwar, the chief press secretary to the governor made this known in a statement in Kano on Tuesday.
Ganduje quoted the governor as saying that the suspected kidnappers already arrested and who were said to have allegedly participated in the heinous act, along with their accomplices would be prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to others.
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E2%80%95-danbatta-ncc/ We’re deploying strategies to ensure children protection online ? NCC
By Emmanuel Elebeke
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Professor Umar Danbatta says the Commission is deploying lawful facilities to ensure the protection of children from harmful online practices.
Prof. Danbatta stated this in his remarks at a joint ITU-DBI workshop held on Tuesday in Abuja.
He said there was a need to protect children and bring them up in a manner that online contents and brought up in a manner that will make them insulated from harmful online contents.
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Insurance consumers should investigate before taking up a cover — NIA
Director-General of the Nigerian Insurers Association, NIA, Mrs Yetunde Ilori, has urged the public to always do a thorough investigation on any insurance cover before purchase to avoid possessing fake insurance.
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Minimum Wage: FG, Labour Meeting ends in deadlock
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja
The negotiation meeting between the Federal Government and the organised labour on the Consequential Adjustment on the new minimum wage was last night adjourned to today.
Already both the Federal Government and the organised have adjusted their positions on the Consequential Adjustment.
While the federal government has offered to make consequential movement of workers from Grade Level 7-14 to 17 percent from its initial 11 percent and 12 percent for Grade Level 15-17 from 6.5 percent, the organized labour also shifted its position of 29 percent for consequential movement of GL-7-14 to 25 percent and 20 percent for GL15-17 from 25 percent.
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Nigeria scores 96.4% in aviation security -Sirika
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday in Abuja, received briefings from the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, as Nigeria scored 96.4 per cent in improved security in civil aviation.
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Bayelsa guber: I’ll correct PDP’s mistakes, if elected – Lyon
Chief David Lyon, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, has promised to correct all the mistakes of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government if elected as governor.
Lyon, who pledged to be a servant leader, if elected, gave the promise on Tuesday during the launching of the APC governorship campaign organisation at the David Lyon Campaign Office in Yenagoa.
He said that the PDP government in the state had impoverished the people in the past years, adding that people must all unite to send the party packing to come Nov.
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Ndume faults N100bn budgetary allocation to defence
Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Sen. Mohammed Ndume, has faulted the N100 billion budgetary allocation to the defence sector.
He said this while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Oct. 8, presented the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N10.33 trillion to a joint session of the national assembly.
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Out of the figure, the defence got an allocation of N100 billion.
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Making case for visual art resale right in Nigeria
When a panel of discussants comprising representatives from the stakeholders, policy makers and curators in the art industry came together on a platform engineered by Ben Enwonwu foundation to deliberate on critical issues concerning the industry, one important area of focus was how visual artists in Nigeria can benefit from the resale of their original works.
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