archiveFebruary 1, 2021

The plan by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to print more local currency to finance the 2021 national budget has attracted fair comments from a former Vice President of Sierra Leone, Mr Sam Sumana. There have been calls from diverse opinions in the country in support of currency printing...

  A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Minister of Information and Culture Prince Tony Momoh is dead. Prince Momoh, a veteran journalist, served as a Nigerian minister during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida between 1986 and 1990. He was among the founders of the...

A town planning consultant, Mr Olutoyin Ayinde has urged the federal and state governments to give priority to urban renewal projects and put in place physical development plans that could mitigate the impacts of climate change. Ayinde, the National President, Nigeria Institute of Town Planners (NITP), gave the advice at...

China will continue to provide COVID-19 vaccines to other countries, especially the developing ones, in a timely manner within its capacity and contribute to the building of a community of health for all, official said. The Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Wang Wenbin, disclosed this on Monday at a daily news briefing...

A new PwC survey showed an overwhelming 92 per cent public support for Nigeria’s Finance Act 2020 According to a press statement PwC, On the changes to existing laws from the Finance Act, the majority of respondents were most excited about the reduction of minimum tax from 0.5 per cent...

  Malam Farouk Salim, Director-General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has warned gas plants and dealers against under-dispensing of oxygen and other medical gases as the nation grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. Farouk, who gave the warning in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said inadequacy in volume...

  The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has raised an alarm over the increasing rate of exposure, infection, and fatality to COVID-19 among health workers especially resident doctors in Nigeria. The national president of the association Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa disclosed this in Owerri, the Imo State capital at the end...

  The Debt Management Office (DMO) has offered for subscription two years and three years Federal Government Savings Bonds at N1,000 per unit. A circular on the official website of DMO states that the two years bond with Feb. 10, 2023 as due date would attract an interest rate of...

 U.S. President Joe Biden has withdrawn 73 budget cuts worth a combined 27.4 billion dollars, proposed by Donald Trump during the final week of his presidency, according to a letter addressed to Congress leaders. “I am withdrawing 73 proposed rescissions previously transmitted to the Congress,” Biden said in the letter....

Popular Afro Juju musician, Oluwashina Akanbi Peters better known as Sir Shina Peters, has been ordained a bishop of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church. The legendary singer, was ordained at a ceremony in a Cherubim and Seraphim Church in the Iju area of Lagos on Saturday. The singer shared a...