Worried by the ceaseless attacks the locales and the farmers in particular in Niger State and other parts of the country by bandits with its resultant effect in food security, the Emir of Kontagora, Alhaji Sa’idu Namaska has urged the bandits to cease
By Nduka Chiejina, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that transactions will be cheaper to conduct with Nigeria’s digital currency, e-naira. The Governor, Godwin Emefiele, spoke in Abuja at the end of the bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. He
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has commended the security agencies for bursting illegal oil bunkering syndicates operating in the State, describing the effort as a major breakthrough. He said by uprooting members of the syndicate from their base and dismantling their illegal
The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko, said the Authority would apply international standards and best practices in handling ships and cargoes at the country’s seaports. He said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos signed by Mr Olaseni Alakija,
The Federal Government has urged landlords of private property to start charging their tenants monthly, quarterly or half-year rents, instead of the current practice of charging one, two to three years of advance rents. It noted that in the post-COVID-19 era, most tenants
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2021 Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N982,729,695,343 into an Act. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu. According to the statement, the newly
The Sokoto State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has said that the party has the solution to all the myriad of problems bedevilling the country, adding that the PDP will bounce back in
– Says Appearing Different In Crowd is a Statement Our deputy Editor on Entertainment & Fashion had an interactive session with Jennifer Peters, the owner of Jennie Pete Essentials Clothing line. Bayero University graduate expressed her love for Crochet in fashion world, reeling
The World Bank Group on Sunday said it has spent $157 billion to fight COVID-19-related health, economic, and social impacts in 15 months. The multilateral institution said in a report that the fund spent between April 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, was
By Sanni Onogu, Abuja The Senate has urged the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) to recover the N76 billion from some agencies and pay it into the Special Funds Accounts of the Federation. It also urged the AGF against further withdrawals from the