Akwa Ibom House of Assembly passed the state’s N700 billion 2023 budget into law on Thursday in Uyo. The budget is made up of N344.005 billion recurrent expenditure and N355.995 billion capital expenditure. The House increased the Executive’s proposal by…
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and U.S. Eximbank have signed $500m Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost trade and investment, especially to help revive and strengthen African airlines through re-fleeting. President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank,…
Flight delays and probably cancellations may be a topic for discussion this yuletide if nothing is done about the apparent infrastructure deficit, case in point: lack of counters for domestic airlines to check in passengers especially at the Abuja Airport.…
Nigeria’s foremost luxury car customisation and detailing company, Twincustom Nigeria Ltd has unveiled a range of customised bespoke car models in Lagos, Nigeria. The cars, remade by hand to suit the high automotive tastes of the targeted users by the…
After a decade-long push towards safer garment factory in Pakistan, the International Accord was finally announced on Wednesday, cheered on by 187 brand signatories, Pakistani unions and NGO witness signatories. The new agreement is modelled on the Bangladesh Accord, which…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has inspected the ongoing 37-kilometre Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line project. The Chairman, House Committee on Transportation, Mr Temitope Adewale made this known during an one-the-spot assessment of the project between Oyingbo…
Some experts have advised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to review its monetary policy tools in order to tame the rising inflation. Dr Muda Yusuf, founder, Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprises (CPPE), advised the CBN to resist…
Headline inflation rate increased to 21.47 per cent on a year-on-year basis in November, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has said. It made the declaration in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for November 2022 released in…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted sunshine and haziness from Friday to Sunday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Thursday in Abuja predicted sunny and hazy atmosphere over the northern region during the forecast period. According to the…
Dennis Udo-Udoma, Uyo No fewer than six out of 18 registered political parties in the country are to appear before the Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ), Akwa Ibom State Governorship Debates slated for Sunday January 26, 2023. The debate,…
