archiveApril 2021

Nigerian States and Federal Debt Stock data as of 31st December 2020 reflected that the country’s total public debt portfolio stood at N32.92 trillion, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Nigeria’s total public debt showed that N12.71 trillion or 38.60 per cent of the debt was external while...

Gunmen have reportedly attacked a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, killing three policemen guarding him. According to The Daily Times report, the incident took place in his community, Isuofia, in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State during a meeting with the...

  as suspect gets N5m bail   Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has adjourned the trial of one Nanpan Salihu Yaniyang, who is being prosecuted for an alleged N17,449,000 (Seventeen Million Four Hundred and Forty-nine Thousand Naira) and $6,300 (Six Thousand Three...

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday evening presided over the tripartite committee meeting comprising Executive, Legislative and leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) at the State House, Abuja.Those in attendance included Senate President Ahmed Lawal, Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss...

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported  129 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 162,891. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country have tested 1,767,694 people...

Nigerian Air Force authorities said on Thursday morning that a fighter jet had disappeared while on interdiction mission in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency in North East Nigeria. The spokesperson for the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in the early hours of Thursday. Gabkwet said...