Provoked  by Tuesday’s protest by National Assembly workers over non-payment of allowances and benefits, the House of Representatives, yesterday, resolved to invite the Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, to appear before its Finance Committee to explain the reasons for the non-release of 2018 budgetary allocations to the legislature and the judiciary.

The revenue of the states in the country will be further strained in the coming months owing to their rising debt portfolio and cost of servicing those debts.

THE Lagos State Government Service Commission, LGSC, has approved the programmers’ and Certification of Chartered Institute of Local Government and Public Administration of Nigeria, CILGPAN, for council Employees of Lagos state of curricular appreciation.

The Federal  Government has begun moves to dialogue with oil marketers over debts owed them, to avert a fuel crisis in the forthcoming festive season.

THE Bank of Industry (BoI), Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) and the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) are among corporate giants that have shown interest in participating in the Second Northern Nigeria Solid Minerals Fair and Workshop holding from 13 to 15 December at the Legbo Kutigi International Conference Center, Minna, Niger State. 

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Technology startup  618 Bees  has announced 10 Nigerian women as winners of its N15 million  NaijaWoman Hero  competition.

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode last week presented cheques to another batch of over 2,000 beneficiaries of the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) loan programme. 

FSDH Merchant Bank has projected inflation rate of 13 percent for 2019 fiscal year citing implementation of the new minimum wage, upward review of electricity tariff and likely removal of fuel subsidy as factors that will drive up prices next year

Google has announced winners of the maiden edition of its Google Impact Challenge in Nigeria, where 12 non-profits and social enterprises shared $2m in grant funding.

The Tony Elumelu Foundation says it will begin accepting applications for the fifth cycle of its entrepreneurship programme from January 1, 2018.

ABUJA— THE Senate, yesterday, approved a promissory note programme and bond issuance of N102.2 billion to Delta and Taraba states as refund for projects executed on behalf of the Federal Government.

President Muhammadu Buhari, has urged all Auditors-General to support the Federal Government’s fight against corruption in the country.

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, arraigned two oil marketers, Messrs Yusuf Kwande and Osahon Asemota, in an Ikeja Special Offences Court for allegedly stealing 6.4 million metric tonnes of Automated Gas Oil, AGO, worth $8.4million.

THE Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, CIIN, will confer the 2018 honorary Fellowship on a former chairman of Punch Nigeria Limited, Chief Ajibola Ogunshola, on December 6.