archiveMarch 2020

  The Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, said the provision of economic opportunities for tNigerians were top priorities for governors all over the country. Fayemi was quoted as stating this when he received the Czeck Ambassador to Nigeria, Marek Skolil, who paid him...

  The Federal Government on Tuesday says it has initiated 43 road infrastructure development projects in universities and institutions of  higher education in the country. Babatude Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, stated this at the formal handing of 1.79 kilometre road constructed by the ministry to the management of...

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) expects to rake in N4 trillion as tax revenue from the extractive sector of the economy this fiscal year, its Executive Chairman, Mr. Muhammad Nami, said on Tuesday. According to a  statement,  he spoke  in Abuja when a team of the Nigerian office of...

  Israel on Tuesday declared its readiness to help Nigeria tackle the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East. The Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Shimon Ben-Shoshan, who disclosed this during a visit to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, in Abuja, said his country was prepared to...

  The Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has warned that the Ndigbo will not fold their arms and allow Fulani herdsmen to continue to harass, rape and kill her people in their land. The President General of the Ohanaeze, Chief Nnia Nwodo, in an open letter to the Inspector-General...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday inaugurated a Joint Committee of the National Assembly and the Executive to ensure seamless passage of bills into law. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and some other Federal lawmakers and Justice minister, Abubakar Malami were at the...

The Senate on Tuesday considered a bill seeking to give legal backing to the Nigerian Army University, Biu. Sponsor of the bill, Senator Ali Ndume (APC – Borno South), said the University which was approved by the Federal Executive Council in 2018, has thirty nine academic programs in five faculties....

  says we’ll not waver in determination to grow IGR state set to launch Agribusiness Devt Agency we will weather the storm on PMS, he says   Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has told participants at the Nigerian-American Business Forum holding in Tampa, Florida, United States that huge investment...

The Nigerian domestic equities market on Tuesday rebounded by 1.70 per cent on renewed investors’ interest in high yield dividend stocks. Superficially, the All-Share Index, which opened at 25,816.57, inched 438.54 points or 1.70 per cent to close at 26,255.11. Consequently, the Month-to-Date return (+0.15%) turned positive, while Year-to-Date losses...

moves to regulate nuclear technology The Senate on Tuesday passed for a second reading a bill which prescribes a five-year jail term, with an option of fine of not less than five million naira, for any importer or exporter of any nuclear material or proscribed substances without a license from...