The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu has assured that the 215 megawatt (MW) Kudenda power station in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State, which has reached 80 per cent completion, will be completed before the end of 2022. The…
Reports of hard drugs and its trafficking have begun to assume fixture of records again. For this calendar year, it is not much expected that the rate of substance abuse and drug trafficking might record any downward slope. This is…
Some residents of Nsukka in Enugu State have urged the Federal Government to invest more resources to the agriculture and energy sectors. They made the request in separate interviews on Wednesday. A banker, Mr Joseph Ugwu, said that more investment…
The Chartered Institute of Brokers (CIS) is backing the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to introduce charges on fixed income securities in Nigeria’s capital market. The CIS president, Mr Olatunde Amolegbe, said this in an interview with the journalists on…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) collected about N6.4trillion as taxes in 2021. Its Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami, gave the figure in Abuja on Wednesday at a public presentation and breakdown of highlights of the 2022 Appropriation Act. “We collected…
BUA Foods Plc (“BUA Foods” or the “Company”) says it has received approval to list on the Main Board of The Nigerian Exchange (“NGX”). A statment made available to Nigerian NewsDirect read, “BUA Foods has satisfied the listing requirements of…
By Seun Ibiyemi and Philemon Adedeji The Nigerian equities market continued trading with positive sentiments on Wednesday with a growth of 1.05 per cent due to gains posted by Airtel Africa and 20 others. Thus, the All-Share Index advanced by 1.05…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted hazy and thundery weather conditions between Thursday and Saturday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Wednesday in Abuja predicted moderate dust haze over the northern region on Thursday. It further predicted…
Refugees from Southern Cameroon, a region regarded as an English speaking part of Cameroon, on Tuesday, staged a protest against the refusal of the Nigerian government to implement the judgment of Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court in…
Some retired soldiers under the Coalition of Concerned Veterans have protested the nonpayment of their pension arrears for over two years. The veterans who gathered at the Ministry of Finance headquarters, Abuja, insisted on getting answers to their demands, else…
