archiveOctober 2021

  The Bayelsa government plans to borrow N43.57 billion to augment the N310.7 billion proposed for the 2022 fiscal year as the state’s debt profile hits N169 billion. The borrowing plan is contained in the 2022 Appropriation Bill of Bayelsa. Checks on official records by the News Agency of Nigeria...

says state will continue to re-engineer agribusiness devt Oyo State Governor, ’Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, said that his administration will continue to re-engineer agribusiness development in Oyo State, with a view to expanding the economy of the state. The governor, who was speaking at the Oyo State 2021 Agribusiness Summit,...

President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, on Tuesday, lamented that a paucity of energy was negatively affecting the growth of Nigerian industries. Adesina made the comment while speaking at a meeting organised by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) in Abuja. “Today, no business can...

The Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Bello Hassan (FCA) has pointed out that the Corporation’s coverage limits of N500,000.00 per depositor per commercial, merchant and, non-interest bank, primary mortgage bank and mobile money operator, as well as N200,000.00 per depositor per microfinance bank, remain the...

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has commended an integrated waste management project of Kano State government which will transform waste to power, organic fertilizer, and other uses. Prof. Osinbajo made the commendation of the Public-Private Partnership during a visit on Monday to the Presidential Villa by a delegation led...

Members of South-West Governors Forum on Tuesday met in Lagos State to discuss issues of interest to the region. But for Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo state who was represented by his deputy, Mr Rauf Olaniyan, all the other five governors were present at the meeting which started at 4.30...

The Federal Government said on Tuesday that it has set a 2022 timeline to finalise harmonisation of salaries of civil servants in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the country. Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, said this at the Head of Service physical engagement/interview session...

  The World Bank has lamented that Nigeria’s per capita income is at the ame level as it was 40 years ago. Shubham Chaudhuri, World Bank’s country director for Nigeria, who lamented that country’s per capita income was at the same level as 1981bared his mind while speaking on Monday...

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) is set to host the Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, at the inaugural Nigerian Capital Market Conference on Tuesday, 30 November 2021. Themed “The Future Ready Capital Market: Innovating for Nigeria’s Sustainable Recovery”, the flagship Conference will bring...

  REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE CHAIRMAN, INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC), PROF. MAHMOOD YAKUBU, AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE INTER-AGENCY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON ELECTION SECURITY (ICCES) ON THE ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION HELD AT THE INEC CONFERENCE ROOM, ABUJA, ON MONDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2021 The NSA and Co-Chair of ICCES...