NABTEB APPROVES BRIGHTENCE ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL COMPANY AS NATIONAL SKILLS QUALIFICATION (NSQ) TRAINING CENTRE
The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) has granted approval to Brightence Electronics International Company to operate as a National Skills Qualification (NSQ) Training Centre. According to a letter signed by Mr. Osaigbovo Pius, Director, Exams Development, the approval follows a comprehensive resource inspection that confirmed the centre’s compliance with NABTEB’s criteria for assessment […]
NLC storms Abuja DisCo, issues 48-hour shutdown threat over sack of 900 workers
Tension gripped the headquarters of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, yesterday as the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, staged a dramatic picketing of the facility, protesting the controversial disengagement of nearly 900 workers.It equally issued a 48-hour ultimatum to management to resolve the crisis or face a total shutdown of operations. Led by its President, […]
Atiku slams Tinubu, Senate over fresh $6bn loan
Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the Senate’s swift approval of President Bola Tinubu’s request for a fresh $6 billion external loan. PUNCH Online had reported that the Senate approved Tinubu’s request to secure fresh external loans totalling $6 billion, in a move aimed at plugging fiscal gaps and financing key infrastructure […]
Senate approves Tinubu’s $6bn loan request
The Senate has expeditiously approved the request of President Bola Tinubu to go for external loans totalling $6 billion.The approval came barely three and a half hours after the senate president, Godswill Akpabio, read the letter from the president, seeking the approval. The Senate approved the loans following the presentation and consideration of the report […]
Edun faults overdependence on foreign loans
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, on Tuesday warned that Africa and Nigeria cannot continue to rely on external borrowing while losing huge resources to illicit financial flows, insisting that domestic revenue mobilisation must take centre stage. Speaking at the opening of the 5th Session of the African Union […]
