archiveSeptember 2023

  The Federal Government has secured $163 million loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to bolster wheat production in Nigeria. Vice President Kashim Shettima made this announcement during his visit to Argungu, Kebbi State, as part of a condolence trip to the family of the late Sheikh Abubakar Giro...

The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to grant Bureaux De Change (BDCs) digital autonomy to achieve exchange rate convergence. In a report released at the weekend, ABCON President,  Aminu Gwadabe, called on the apex bank to grant...

  Rite Foods Limited, a prominent player in Nigeria's fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, is thrilled to announce its resounding success at the 2nd edition of the BrandXchange Consumers Value Awards, an event dedicated to celebrating brand excellence. The awards include the following categories: Best Value for Money - Carbonated...

  rallies support of Ooni, others for Osun Governor Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has lauded Governor Ademola Adeleke for proving his critics wrong by being a dancing but hard-working Governor in the governance affairs of the state. During his address at the 16th Harvest Anniversary and Thanksgiving Service...

  US President Joe Biden has applauded President Bola Tinubu for his effort towards preserving the rule of law and democracy in Niger Republic. In a statement released by the White House during the second day of the G20 summit in India, the US president appreciated Tinubu for preserving the...

  Retail lender, Unity Bank Plc grew its deposits to N333.38 billion, representing a marginal increase of 2% compared to N327.42 billion recorded in H1’22 in its Half-Year unaudited financial statement submitted to the Nigeria Exchange Group Limited. The growth in deposits demonstrates incremental gains by the lender from its...

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun has assured investors that the government was working to expunge macroeconomic impediments to the stability of the exchange rate and inflation in the country. Speaking on the sidelines of the Group 20 (G20) summit in India on Sunday,...

  The Senior Pastor of The Fountain of Life Church (TFOLC), Taiwo Odukoya has been laid to rest. He died about a month ago in the United States. The preacher, whose church is headquartered in the Ilupeju area of Lagos, was buried, yesterday, in a private ceremony attended by family...

  says we’ll not accept another glitch   The Labour Party has demanded that the All Progressives Congress, APC, President Bola Tinubu’s legal team as well as the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, must come clean on the appearance of the imprint of the president’s legal team on the Certified...

Vice President Kashim Shettima has lamented that the Boko Haram insurgency had inflicted damage worth $9 billion on the Northeast. According to a statement by Olusola Abiola, the Director of Information at the Office of the Vice President, Shettima stated this while inaugurating the distribution of palliatives in the North...