archiveSeptember 2020

  Ticket racketeering has become a booming business among staff of Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), security personnel and individuals at the train stations in Kaduna and Abuja, a check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reveals. The situation has left passengers in quandary as most ended up stranded at...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as part of its policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic, introduces the Healthcare Care Sector Research and Development  Intervention Scheme (HSRDIS). The information is contained in the apex bank’s official website, www.cbn.gov.ng. The bank stated that the intervention was to help strengthen public...

  A Trade and Commercial Arbitrator, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, has urged relevant government agencies to improve their services to facilitate Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) as Nigeria celebrates her 60th Independence Anniversary. Kayode, who is also the President of Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), made the appeal on...

By Solomon Asowata As Nigeria marks its 60th Independence Anniversary on Oct. 1, it is imperative to appraise the contribution of the power sector to the socio-economic development of the country and actualising the dreams of its founding fathers. Some energy experts and stakeholders are of the opinion that until...

 The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that a former two-term governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko is plotting a third-term bid through Zenith Labour Party (ZLP). Mr Yekini Nabena, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of APC made the allegation in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Nabena said...

  Senate agreed the Electoral Act be reviewed Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, has said that the 2021 National budget would be presented to the joint session of the National Assembly next week. Lawan stated this on Tuesday after over two hours’ executive session behind closed doors. Giving a...

The Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) on Tuesday expressed worry over the spate of road traffic crashes and fatalities, calling for stakeholders’ collaboration to stem the tide. The National Secretary of RTEAN, Mr Henry Ejiofor, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that road users,...

Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, President, Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) says Nigeria requires an ideal and active National Planning Ministry or Commission to monitor and evaluate policy implementation for economic development. Kayode, who disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja...

A former staff of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Oreoluwa Adesakin, was on Monday, September 28, 2020, handed a cumulative 98 years in prison by Justice Muniru Olagunju of the Oyo State High Court for fraud. Adesakin, female, was found to have committed financial fraud against her employers to the...

  The President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives to seek approval for the Federal Government to reimburse five states for constructing roads on its behalf. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, read the presidential request at the opening of plenary on Tuesday. In the letter read by Gbajabiamila,...