archiveOctober 2021

International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a fourth round of debt relief for 24 low income countries to cushion the effects of COVID-19, but Nigeria is still missing on the list. “This debt service relief helps free up scarce financial resources for vital health, social and economic support to mitigate...

Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says cannabis cannot be legalised in Nigeria because of the level of abuse involving the drug.  Marwa said this on Friday, while presenting an address as a guest speaker at the 2021 Ulefunta annual public lecture, organised by Aladetoyinbo...

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Friday disclosed that only 41 million Nigerians are taxpayers out of a population over 200 million. The Chairman of the Service, Mr Muhammad Nami said this in Abuja at the ‘Public Presentation and Breakdown of the Highlights of the 2022 Appropriation Bill.’ According...

  Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, declared support for the 2023 presidential bid of the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, when he inaugurated the SouthWest Agenda 2023 in Lagos. Tinubu, who celebrated his 69th birthday in March 2021 and command an arguably large following of...

The Federal Government has said that it spent N2.89 trillion on debt servicing between January and August, 2021. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this during the public presentation and breakdown of the highlights of the 2022 appropriation bill held in Abuja on Friday....

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday asked Nigerians not to despair in the face of myriads of challenges confronting the country. Obasanjo, who disclosed this during the opening of ‘Abeokuta Window on America’ at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, said his faith in a better...

The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has commended the efforts of the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, for their efforts towards securing the release of Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, from Army custody on Friday. This was contained in a statement signed by the AGN Director of Communications, Monalisa Chinda, on...

  As part of efforts to engage the student community in the campaign against cybercrime, the Ibadan Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, Kanu Idagu, has advised the youth to desist from cybercrime, warning that it could ruin their lives. He...

The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed will today give a breakdown of the 2022 Appropriation Bill. This comes a day after President Buhari presented the proposed budget before the National Assembly, tagged Budget of Economic Growth and Sustainability....

KEYNOTE SPEECH BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION, BOSS MUSTAPHA AT THE 5TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE GUILD OF CORPORATE ONLINE PUBLISHERS (GOCOP) AT SHERATON HOTELS, IKEJA, LAGOS STATE THURSDAY, 7th OCTOBER, 2021 PROTOCOL, It is a privilege for me to be here once again for the Annual...