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  The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to provide equipment for kidney dialysis centres at subsidised rates in all federal government health facilities in the country. It also mandated its Committees on Health Institutions and Healthcare Services to liaise with relevant stakeholders with a view to...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja signed the 2020 appropriation bill of N10,594,362,364,830 into law. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the budget was increased from N10.33 trillion to N10.594billion by the National Assembly. NAN observed that N560.47 billion of the total budget is for statutory transfers while...

  Nigeria’s inflation rate rose by 0.24 per cent to stand at 11.85 per cent in November, its highest level since May 2018. The data released on Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown. “The consumer price index, which measures inflation, increased by 11.85 per cent (year-on-year)...

Chairman of Dangote roup, Aliko Dangote, has said that Nigeria has the capacity to export sugar to other countries considering the friendly investment atmosphere the present administration is providing for investors. Speaking in Numan, where the Dangote Savannah Sugar Company is located during its inspection with Minister of Industry, Trade...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) said it has secured a temporary forfeiture order to seize 60 houses belonging to a Deputy Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ms Adenike Ishola. ICPC stated this in a statement it posted on its website...

  Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on Monday lamented that over $400 billion has been stolen from Nigeria by public officials and their foreign collaborators. The minister, who is leading Nigeria’s delegation to the eighth session of the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations...

The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is set to approve the$30 billion loan request by President Mohammed Buhari, despite expressed concerns over the country’s rising debt profile. The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, on Monday said with sufficient information supplied by the Federal Government to back...

Manchester City have drawn Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League, while Chelsea will face Bayern Munich in a repeat of the 2012 final. Defending champions Liverpool have been drawn to face Atletico Madrid, while Tottenham will face RB Leipzig in the first knockout round. Champions League...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N37 billion for the renovation of the National Assembly complex. The amount, which is included in the 2020 budget, is however not part of the N128 billion allocated for the National Assembly for next year, but it is part of the 2020 budget of the...

It is quite phenomenal how in recent years, both ecommerce players and retailers have used Black Friday to sweep thrifty shoppers off their feet. So much that the shopping event is no longer restricted to a single-day shopping spree but has rather taken over the entire month to become Black...