archiveSeptember 14, 2021

Fitch Ratings, a credit rating agency, has upgraded Lagos state ratings from AA+ (nga) to AAA (nga) for good standing in terms of its debt sustainability. Advertisement Rabiu Olowo, commissioner for finance, Lagos, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Olowo explained that the lifting of Lagos ratings to AAA...

 The Redeemed Christian Church Of God (RCCG), Ondo Province 6, Akure, has empowered no fewer than 1,500 youths in the province in different skill acquisition programmes. The 2-day training took place between Monday and Tuesday at the Rock Of Ages of RCCG Parish, Oke-Aro, Akure. The News Agency of Nigeria...

  The Senate has received two executive bills transmitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to control the proliferation of arms and regulate the importation and exportation of explosives in the country. They are: the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons Bill 2021; and Explosives Bill 2021. The transmission of both...

  A bill for a law to impose and charge Value Added Tax (VAT) on certain goods and services, provide for administration of the tax and for related purposes on Tuesday scaled second reading at the Ogun State House of Assembly. Deji Adeyemo, Clerk of the Assembly, read the bill...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed to the national cabinet on Tuesday that he was self-isolating after contacts with several Coronavirus-positive people. He added that one of them was inoculated against the Coronavirus but did not manage to get a booster shot timely. “I had to postpone my visit to...

The Management of 9mobile has denied that its Executive Director of Regulatory and Corporate Affairs, Abdulrahman Ado is not the same as ‘Abdulrrahman’ Ado ‘Musa’ purportedly designated along with others by the United Arab Emirates as terror financiers. Some Nigerians were included on the list said to have been ratified...

  The Federal Government has inaugurated a nine-member Project Implementation Committee (PIC) for the partial commercialisation of four pilot River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs).Inaugurating the committee on Tuesday in Abuja, Mr Suleiman Adamu, the Minister of Water Resources, said that the RBDAs were strategic players in the actualisation of national...

demands quick implementation of PIA President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the issue of insecurity remains the biggest challenge that must be prioritized and tackled headlong by constant engagement between the Executive and Legislature. Lawan stated this on Tuesday in a speech delivered to welcome Senators back...

Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced two final year students of two tertiary institutions in Ilorin to various jail terms for offences bordering on cybercrime. The convicts are Oyewale Wasiu Adetunji and Adebayo Ibrahim Abiodun, who are students of Kwara State University,...

 Dr Titus Okunrounmu, an economist, has advised the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redouble its efforts towards promoting growth and development. Okunrounmu, also a former Director, Budgeting Department of CBN, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...