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FG presses pre-2004 civil servants on pension verification

PenCom and the head of the civil service are pressing pre-2004 federal civil servants to complete a one-time online verification for their accrued pension rights.

Dangote pledges 95,000 jobs as refinery scales to 1.4m bpd

Aliko Dangote has pledged 95,000 skilled jobs as his Lagos refinery scales from 650,000 to 1.4 million barrels per day, set to overtake India's Jamnagar.

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FG presses pre-2004 civil servants on pension verification

PenCom and the head of the civil service are pressing pre-2004 federal civil servants to complete a one-time online verification for their accrued pension rights.

Dangote pledges 95,000 jobs as refinery scales to 1.4m bpd

Aliko Dangote has pledged 95,000 skilled jobs as his Lagos refinery scales from 650,000 to 1.4 million barrels per day, set to overtake India's Jamnagar.

Waltersmith doubles refining capacity to 10,000 bpd

Abdulrazaq Isa's Waltersmith Petroman Oil has doubled its refining capacity to 10,000 barrels per day after completing a Phase 2 expansion in Imo State.

Magaji urges FG to form farmer-herder prevention panel

AFAN President Mohammed Magaji has urged the Federal Government to set up a national committee to prevent farmer-herder clashes before they erupt across rural Nigeria.