archiveJanuary 2024

  The Director of the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE), Dr. Muda Yusuf has stated that monetary policy tool of interest rate hiking has been ineffective in tackling inflation in Nigeria Yusuf stated this during an interview with Arise TV on the outlook for the manufacturing sector...

An economist, Mr. Ndubisi Nwokoma, has called on the federal government to implement immediate measures to provide relief and ease the burden of rising costs and economic hardships on Nigerians. Nwokoma, the director of the Centre for Economic Policy, Advocacy and Research (CEPAR), made the call recently in Lagos. He...

  Governor Seyi Makinde presented over 15,000 free reflective jackets to “okada riders” in Ibadan on Thursday, aiming to enhance security, safety, and decrease motorcycle-related crimes in the state. The move, according to the governor, is a follow up to an earlier registration of the operators in the state. Speaking...

Governor Seyi Makinde presented over 15,000 free reflective jackets to “okada riders” in Ibadan on Thursday, aiming to enhance security, safety, and decrease motorcycle-related crimes in the state. The move, according to the governor, is a follow up to an earlier registration of the operators in the state. Speaking on...

  commences automation of government services delivery   Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has harmonized into a single bill the multiple taxes and levies collected by different government ministries, departments, agencies across all business sectors, formal and informal. The Governor’s new initiative was informed by the need to put...

  The Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has come under fire from a soldier for ordering the arrest of his colleague and three other motorcycle riders for riding against the flow of traffic on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. The unidentified soldier criticized Sanwo-Olu for labeling a soldier “useless” in front of...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have besieged the Head office of the Dangote Group of Companies in Lagos State. The Punch correspondent gathered that the search, which commenced at the company’s head office in Lagos around 3 p.m. on Thursday is still ongoing as of the...