archiveSeptember 17, 2024

Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde will, on Wednesday, flag off the project for the upgrade of the Ibadan Airport, Alakia to an international airport. The flag-off comes a few weeks after the governor inaugurated an 11-man committee set up to oversee the delivery of the project. The committee is headed...

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the headline inflation rate eased to 32.15% in August 2024, relative to the July 2024 headline inflation rate of 33.40%. This indicates that the August headline inflation rate showed a decrease of 1.25% points when compared to the July headline inflation rate....

United Capital Group, a leading financial services group in Nigeria, has successfully spearheaded the issuance of the inaugural Domestic FGN US Dollar Bond, raising over US$900 million. This groundbreaking transaction marks Nigeria’s first-ever domestic US dollar-denominated bond and demonstrates United Capital’s expertise in the capital markets. The bond, which offers...

  Nigeria has beamed light on its planned energy reforms aimed at enhancing energy security and attracting investment, with the ambitious goal of closing the energy access gap for 100 million citizens. Olu Verheijen, Special Adviser to the Nigerian President on Energy, laid out the plan at the inaugural US-Nigeria...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) urged the government to tackle the issues of insecurity, economic hardship, and social division. This call is contained in a message by the CAN president Daniel Okoh in Abuja, felicitate Muslims celebrating the Eid-ul-Maulud, the birth of Prophet Muhammad. Archbishop Okoh called on Nigerian...

  Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday called on African countries to pool their resources together toward forming stronger pan-African economic ties. The traditional economic concept of Pan-Africanism has usually entailed the call on African people – in the African continent or the Diaspora – to pool their resources in...