archiveOctober 2021

    The Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s revised submission of the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework.   The revised submission was received and referred to the Committee on Finance on Tuesday for expeditious consideration ahead of Thursday’s budget presentation to the National Assembly by President Buhari.   Consequently,...

The   Healing Heart Foundation, an NGO, has advised older people to pay attention to their health by adopting healthy lifestyles and diets to reduce risks of ailments associated with aging. The Founder of Healing Heart Foundation, Mrs Sophy Mbanisi, gave the advice in Lagos on Tuesday during a programme organised...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the National Assembly would mount more pressure on revenue generating agencies to ensure that they remit N1 trillion naira in revenues annually to enable the federal government fund its budget. Lawan stated this in his remarks after the chamber approved President...

Over 500 Nigerians have lost their jobs and stranded four months after the United Arab Emirates stopped granting or renewing Direct Employment Visa for Nigerians in the Western Asian country. It was gathered that while many of the affected persons had returned to Nigeria, hundreds of them are still in...

  The House of Representatives has summoned the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, over alleged award of a coastal shipping contract to a foreign company. Rep. Legor Idagbor, the Chairman, House Committee on Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring, issued the summons on Wednesday,...

The World Bank says Nigeria’s economy is expected to grow by 2.4 per cent in 2021 owing to support by the service sector. The Bretton Woods Institution said this on Wednesday in its October edition of Africa’s Pulse, the bank’s twice-yearly economic update for the region. It is titled: “Climate...

The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths have continued to decline globally, with 3.1 million new cases and just over 54,000 new deaths, reported over the last week, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Compared to the previous week, this represents a nine per cent decrease in cases, while...

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) plans to borrow N6.25 trillion to finance a portion of the 2022 budget to be presented to the National Assembly on Thursday, the Minister of Finance and Budget, Mrs Zainab Ahmed,has said. “The resultant deficit of N6.258 trillion which will be financed by new...

  The Publisher of Realnews, Maureen Chigbo, has emerged as the new president of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) for the next two years. She takes over from the publisher of The Eagle Online Mr. Dotun Oladipo after he served out two terms. Maureen was elected the fourth...

  This year's Felabration, a one-week annual festival of music and art commemorating the late Afrobeat Legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, will be bigger and better with Rite Foods Limited as the sponsor, taking into cognizance the legacy the music icon has left behind for posterity. Felabration, which holds yearly from...