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Despite current Administration's drive to ease the burden of doing business in Nigeria, by signing new Executive orders and establishing the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council headed by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, the Corporate Affairs Commission yesterday commenced an indefinite strike over welfare related issues.

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has warned Nigerians resident in flood prone areas to expect more flood in the coming weeks as rainfall intensifies. The Head of Weather Forecasting Services Department, Ishiayaku Ibrahim gave this warning in an interview with Dailytrust.

The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) has revealed that unscrupulous elements have taken over the recently launched portal for online auctioning of seized items including cars. The Public Relations Officer of NCS, Joseph Attah who made this known in a statement issued on Saturday stated that the management has commenced re-programming of the online platform to make it inaccessible to fraudsters and fake bidders.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in its continuation with its intervention in the Forex market has injected $195 million as an effort to stabilise the market. The figures released by the apex bank show that it offered the total sum of $50 million to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) segment, while tuition fees, medical payments and Basic Travel Allowance (BTA), among others, got $45 million even as $100 million was offered to the whole sale segment.

Medview Airline on Sunday assured to its passengers on the Lagos-London route following disruption of their flights due to operational reasons, that the issues would be resolved tomorrow. The airline in a statement signed by its media consultant, Mr Obuke Oyibhota, assured the passengers that efforts were being intensified to airlift them to their destination.

To improve tax compliance, the Federal Government said tax offenders stands to enjoy 29 per cent waiver on overdue taxes if they take advantage of the recently-launched Voluntary Asset and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), according to News Agency of Nigeria.

Internet users in Nigeria reaches hit 91 million, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The NCC said internet users increased from 90,124,428 in April to 91,565,010 in May, an increase of 1,440,582. The telecommunications industry regulator made the disclosure in its Monthly Internet Subscribers Data obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has assured Nigerians that efforts were underway to crash the prices of foods across the country. The Minister stated this on Saturday in Ado Ekiti during a visit to Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD).

Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has stated that the federal government is set to take critical steps to advance leather production in Nigeria.

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