archiveOctober 2019

      The House Committee on Power has queried the ₦127 billion 2020 budget allocation to the Ministry of Power. The committee, chaired by Rep. Aliyu Dau (APC-Kano), queried the Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman and the Permanent Secretary, Mr Louis Edozien during the ministry’s budget defence on...

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2001 to 2019. Receiving governors of the states that make up the Commission, led by Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Thursday in Abuja, President Buhari said what is presently...

The Federal Government is considering introducing excise duties on carbonated drinks, according to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed. Ahmed gave the indication in an interview with newsmen on Thursday on the sidelines of the ongoing World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington DC, United States....

  FG, N2293.801bn; States, N186.816bn; LGAs, N140.864bn   The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N693.529 billion to the three tiers of Government for the month of September 2019. The amount shared comprised revenue from Value Added Tax (VAT), Exchange Gain and Gross Statutory Revenue. The...

  As Irona inaugurates committee Committee for the organization of Security Summit for the oil producing Local Government Areas of Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta in Imo State has been inaugurated, even as October 25, 2019 is fixed for the event. Deputy Governor of Imo State, Engr. Gerald Irona, who inaugurated the...

  Says this is a true Nigerian story of hope, honesty and unity   The coming together of communities in Hadari Emirate district in Kokona LGA of Nasarawa State to form a farming settlement for the production of livestock and crop products, under the auspices of the Nigerian Farmers Group...

Former Commissioner of Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Olusegun Banjo and his Energy and Mineral Resources counterpart, Mr. Olawale Oluwo in the administration of former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode have denied reports that they indicted Ambode before an ad-hoc committee of the State House of Assembly. The Accountant-General of Lagos State,...

  The Federal Government has restated that there was no going back in the increment of Value Added Tax (VAT). Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, made the declaration on Thursday. She spoke at the IMF Governor Talks session at the 2019 Annual Meetings in...

Says Gov’s integrity, welfarist approach working for Oyo Oyo State Coordinator of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Mr. Kunle Yusuff (MON), said on Thursday that the development initiatives and welfarist approach of Governor Seyi Makinde to governance was already attracting the attention of development partners. Yusuff, who is also the Senior...

  Do you still worry about the tediousness of folding your clothes after weekend laundry? A 12-year-old Nigerian girl, Fathia Abdullahi, has invented a fascinating robot to solve your problem. According to Face to Face Africa, Abdullahi began taking coding lessons when she was 11 and after 12 months, she...