archiveJanuary 20, 2022

Translations of the Nigerian Constitution into Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa will be launched on Thursday 3 February, 2022. Also, another book, I Love My Country, will be presented to the public. The brain behind it is Prince Ade Ajayi Foundation (PAAF) Centre for Constitutional Literacy and Civic Education. This will...

  The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that the weekly number of Covid-19 cases in Africa has “dropped considerably” and the number of deaths has also fallen, for the first time since the peak of the fourth wave sparked by the Omicron variant. WHO stated this in a statement...

The Benue Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, January 20, 2022, arraigned the duo of Francis Orterse and Tertsea Kema on separate charges before Justice A. I. Ityonyiman of the Benue State High Court, Makurdi. Orterse was arraigned on one count of dishonestly obtaining...

The Debt Management Office (DMO) says its just concluded Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bond auction for January was oversubscribed. DMO, which made this known in a statement on Thursday, stated that the auction received a total of 160 bids, revealing some minor adjustments in the bonds offer during the...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is now a proud father of a Brigadier General in the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN). The retired General decorated his son, Adeboye Obasanjo, with the new rank after the recent Nigerian Army (NA) promotion. Although the decoration is usually done by the spouse and a...

As part of the Buhari Administration’s plan to take 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in ten years, the World Bank supported COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus also known as NG-CARES, will also leverage on existing job creation, wealth creation and poverty reduction programmes at the community level. These...

The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday said that decision on the removal of the subsidy on petroleum will be made in June when the provision for its payment in the 2022 budget expires. NEC said though conversation on subsidy removal has been going on it was yet to take...

  Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has deepened its collaboration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to undertake innovative initiatives that will drive the development of the Nigerian capital market. Flowing from a shared mandate to deepen liquidity in the market, increase domestic and foreign participation, and position the Nigerian...

Determined to consolidate the gains of the previous subnational surveys on Nigeria’s business climate, the National Economic Council (NEC) rose from its first meeting for the year, firmly supporting the second iteration of the Subnational Ease of Doing Business Report which is to be launched in the second quarter of...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Kaduna State to commission some projects in the state. The President was received by the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, among other dignitaries....