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The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Lagos Bus Services Limited (LBSL), Mr Idowu Oguntona, has announced that the company commenced deployment of the long-awaited contactless payment card called Cowry Card from Monday, March 22, 2021. The payment card was introduced by the Lagos Metropolitan Transport Authority (LAMATA) to ease the process of transportation payment and make daily commuting pleasurable and stress-free. This disclosure was made in a press release issued by Oguntona, o...

Revise the text of the Budget speech Updated: Updated: January 28, 2021 00:54 IST The Finance Minister must move to an expansionary fiscal stance that prioritises job creation, public service provision Share Article AAA The Finance Minister must move to an expansionary fiscal stance that prioritises job creation, public service provision It is that time of year in India, when all eyes and ears turn to the Finance Minister to learn what she will unveil in the annual Union Budget. But it is a mo...

Updated Jan 25, 2021 | 10:46 IST To increase effective demand in the economy and also economically empower the marginalized populations in rural and urban areas, the following measures are suggested for the forthcoming budget.  Representational image&nbsp New Delhi: In the context of the ensuing budget presentation on February 1, the size of fiscal deficit, apart from other indicators, will be keenly watched and commented upon by public finance experts. Fiscal deficit, a...

Share THE Acting Controller General of Corrections, John Mrabure, has lamented attacks on some custodial centres by hoodlums and inmates released with little or no resistance, vowing that this will no longer be tolerated. He pledged that critical attention by his administration would be given to the security of custodial centres across the Country. Mrabure, spoke in his maiden address to staff at the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Headquarters, Abuja, where he assured them that their welf...

From tax collections to disinvestment to fiscal deficit, the numbers are likely to be sharply lower than the projections in the last budget.The coronavirus

Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday revealed that 4,000 inmates had been released so far under the Federal Government Amnesty Programme to decongest custodial centres in the country. The minister revealed this in his address at the pulling out parade organised in honour of the Controller General of Corrections, Alhaji Ja’afaru Ahmed. Aregbesola commended the out-going CGC for his hard work and commitment to the service, saying the CGC “epitomised service, discipline an...

SC issues Interim Order preventing Royal Park murder convict leaving country Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) The Supreme Court yesterday extended its interim order until June 10 directing the Controller General of Immigration and Emigration to prevent Park murder convict Don Shamantha Jude Anthony Jayamaha from leaving the country using all airports. Supreme Court three-judge-bench comprising Justices Buwaneka Aluwihare, L.T.B. Dehideniya and Preethi Padman Surasena made this ord...

ABUJA – The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, said over 4,000 inmates have been freed nationwide so far under the Federal Government Amnesty Programme launched in 2020. Aregbesola said this during the inauguration of 53 operational vehicles purchased for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on Tuesday in Abuja. The minister said the exercise had gone a long way in reducing the number of inmates in the service nationwide. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Muha...

The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, said over 4,000 inmates have been freed nationwide so far under the Federal Government Amnesty Programme launched in 2020.

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