archiveJuly 10, 2021

  By Kadiri Abdulrahman The Federal Government approved the ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement in November 2020, and deposited the instrument of ratification on Dec/ 15, 2020, thus becoming the 34th State Party to ratify the treaty. AfCFTA is projected to benefit the country by...

Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, on Friday, hosted the leadership of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) led by its President, Bishop Francis Wale Oke. The meeting tagged 'Prayer Breakfast' and held at the Government House, Ibadan, saw the national officers of the body in attendance. Equally, zonal officers...

  The Plateau chapter of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has decried incessant and wanton destruction of crops on farmlands in the state. The union stated this in a communiqué issued on Saturday in Jos by its Secretary, Mr Peter Amine, at the end of its congress held on Friday...

The Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) has registered 186 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections from three states. The NCDC said this on its official website on Saturday morning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the figure represents an increase from the 146 cases recorded on Thursday...

 The Southern Kaduna Baptist Conference (SKBC) has called for immediate and unconditional release of 121 students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, abducted on June 5.President of the Conference, Rev. Donald Arak, made the call in a statement issued in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Saturday. Gunmen invaded the school...

 No fewer than 350 lives were lost to boat mishaps in Nigeria in 2020.The disclosure was made in Borgu, Niger State, on Saturday by Joseph Ityav, Chairman of the Governing Council of the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC). He was speaking at Malale in Borgu local government area...

A turnover of 1.348 billion shares worth N12.140 billion in 21,581 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 1.021 billion shares valued at N14.145 billion that exchanged hands last week in 17,565 deals. The Financial Services Industry (measured...

The immediate past Director-General of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Dr. Muda Yusuf, has expressed concern over excess borrowing by the Federal Government in the midst of dwindling revenue. He observed that a large portion of the domestic borrowing was through ways and means which has serious...

The Federal Government made N3.42 trillion and spent N3.34 trillion on debt servicing in 2020. Analysed data by BudgIT revealed that the Federal Government funded salaries, overhead, and capital expenditure with loans and the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Support. In 2020, N5.37 trillion was projected as total revenue by the...

*VP chairs inaugural meeting of National Steering Committee on Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy *Governors, Ministers in attendance How the Buhari administration plans to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in ten years will not be based on a business as usual approach, but a very simple, common-sense strategy...