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Unity Bank Plc reported a growth of 6 per cent in its Profit After Tax (PAT) for third quarter 2020 unaudited report to N1.573 billion compared to the N1.482 billion recorded in the same period in 2019. The performance was contained in the unaudited results for the nine-month period ended...

The Naira lost marginally to the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos on Monday, exchanging at N382 to a dollar, lower than N380 to a dollar traded on Friday. The Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at the parallel market at N622 and N575, respectively. At the Bureau De...

Nigeria’s per capital income in 2020 could decline to its lowest level in 40 years, the World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri, has predicted. Per capita income or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given country or area in a specified year. It...

*Presents N266.6bn 2021 Appropriation Bill to House of Assembly *Education gets 21% *'Our plan is to increase IGR to N102bn in 2021' ...as Speaker, lawmakers laud gov Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Monday, presented the 2021 Appropriation Bill to members of the Oyo State House of Assembly, declaring...

The Lagos State Government says it is running an all-inclusive government toward achieving quality road infrastructure delivery and seamless inter-connectivity, to eliminate gridlock in the state. The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Works and Infrastructure, Mrs Aramide Adeyoye, said this on Monday, at a stakeholders meeting with...

.as students pay thank you visit to Gov .gov hints at making school multi-campus Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde said on Monday that the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, can now fulfill its purpose as a university, following the termination of the joint ownership with Osun State....

Justice A.B. Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Minna, Niger State on Monday, November 23, 2020 adjourned till January 18 and 19, 2021 for continued trial of former Niger State governor, Muazu Babangida Aliyu and his then chief of staff, Umar Gado Nasko. Their trial could not hold today as...

  This will reduce impact of inflation on ordinary Nigerians N15Trn Infrastructure company in the offing VP explains reduction of import duties on cars, says govt will buy locally assembled vehicles In order to reduce the impact of inflation on Nigerians, the Buhari administration through the 2020 Finance Bill is...

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, presented a N266.64 billion Appropriation Bill for the 2021 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the budget proposal showed a 53.16 per cent increase over the revised 2020 budget. The 2021 budget...

 The Federal Government on Monday petitioned the Cable News Network (CNN), demanding “immediate and exhaustive investigation into its report on the Lekki Toll Gate incident to determine its authenticity and conformity to basic standards of journalism. In the petition addressed to Mr. Jonathan Hawkins VP, Communications, CNN Centre Atlanta, Georgia...