archiveSeptember 14, 2021

Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria and seven other banks have provided a total of N15.5billion to assist SCOA Nigeria Plc for the importation and supply of MAN Platform Trucks and equipment to Julius Berger Nigeria for construction of 380km Abuja-Kaduna-Kano roads and many others across the country. Specifically, Heritage Bank availed...

  The Senate has received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari to consider and approve an external loan to fund projects captured under the 2018-2021 borrowing plan. The letter dated 24th August, 2021 was read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. Buhari in the letter explained that...

Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has reacted to the death of Asian Preacher, Dr. David Yonggi Cho. Yonggi Cho was the cofounder of the Yoido Full Gospel Church in South Korea. The popular minister of the gospel died on Tuesday morning at the age...

  The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), says proper management of household medical wastes is key to stopping further spread of the COVID–19 virus. Mr William Tsuma, Prevention and Recovery Advisor, UNDP, who made this known while addressing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, said mismanagement of COVID-19-elated wastes can cause...

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has described the sit-at-home in the South-East, ordered by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as counter-productive Kalu, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, said that it is not the right thing...

 Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Tuesday approved the appointment of the Deji Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, as chairman of Ondo State Council of Obas.This is contained in a statement issued in Akure by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Richard Olatunde. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the appointment of...

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) announced that it had stopped airlines and ground handlers from growing their debts on the mandatory five per cent Ticket Sales Charges (TSC) and Cargo Sales Charges (CSC). The Director General, NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, made this known during an interactive session with the...

The Kano State House of Assembly has ordered Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje to remove the Chairman of the State Revenue Board, AbduRazak Salihi, within 48 hours for violating the constitutional provision of the nation and disrespect to the legislative chambers. The Chairman was said to have refused to disclose the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the approval of the Senate to obtain $4 billion and €710 million loan to address critical projects approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The request was contained in a letter read Tuesday by the President of the Senate, Dr Ahmed Lawan, at the resumption...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that InfraCorp Plc, the N15tr Infrastructure Fund which will boost funding for capital projects, will be launched in October. This was disclosed by the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday in Abuja at the annual banking and finance conference organised by the...