archiveAugust 2017

The Buhari administration has reached out to the US government to step up its assistance in ensuring that corrupt officials don’t get a safe haven abroad for their loot, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. The Vice President, who made the call today during the visit of a US...

President Muhammadu Buhari said that he was delighted by the way the country’s economy was improving after receiving briefings from ministers and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)on Monday. The President had almost a two-hour briefing from the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma; the Minister...

No fewer than 22,000 farmers in Kebbi State are to benefit from the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) Anchor Borrowers programme aimed at increasing the cultivation of rice in Nigeria. The loan anchored under Nigeria Incentive-base Risk Sharing System for Agriculture Lending (NIRSAL) will be disbursed to beneficiaries by Sterling...

Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem of the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, has emerged as the 10th Vice-Chancellor of the University. The university’s Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Dr. Abdullahi Oyekan, made this known on Monday at a press briefing. Oyekan said the institution made...

The Federal Government on Monday declared Friday, 1st and Monday 4th September, 2017 as public holidays to mark Sallah celebration. Minister of Interior, Lieutenant Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (Retd), made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement. He congratulated Muslim faithful and urged all Nigerians to...

The Federal Government should commence immediate investigation and prosecution of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, over alleged N120 billion received from corporate organisations for special security services, anti-corruption group, United Global Resolve for Peace, (UGRP) said on Monday. The organisation described as "pathetic and quite disheartening" that the...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its report on Monday said inflation rate in Nigeria dropped to 16.05 per cent in July from 16.10 per cent in June. The Inflation dropped by 0.05 per cent in July, making it the sixth consecutive decline in inflation rate since January 2017....

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is organising a five-day capacity building programme for senior officials of Ghana Deposit Protection Corporation (GDPC) as part of the NDIC’s efforts to assist member countries in the West African sub region to comprehend the relevance of Deposit Insurance System (DIS) in ensuring financial...

No fewer than 1.705 million pilgrims have arrived the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform this year’s Hajj, according to Statistics released by the Directorate General of Passports. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the figure by the Saudi Gazette indicated that of the number, 1.602 million came by...

The Presidency has rejected insinuation that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been sidelined by a cabal in the Presidency since the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from his medical vacation. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, noted that there have been reports with no...