The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the Finance Bill 2022 designed to support the implementation of the 2023 budget. Hajia Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, briefed State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over…
…CBN eyes grassroots awareness, enlightenment to push cashless economy Stronger reflections of the resistance of lawmakers in the National Assembly against the cash withdrawal limit of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) took a firmer position as the Senate on…
Meng Wei Kun and Xu Kuai (both Chinese nationals) standing trial before a Sokoto State High Court on a two count charge of conspiracy and attempting to bribe one Abdullahi Lawal, former Head of the Sokoto Zonal Command of Economic…
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday, received his counterpart from Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal with the aim to resolve the internal crisis rocking the party. Tambuwal is the Director-General of the campaign committee of the party’s presidential candidate,…
The Chairperson, Nigeria Association of Small Scale Industrialist (NASSI), Lagos Chapter, Mrs Gertrude Akhimien, has stressed the need for Micro-, Small- and Medium-Enterprises (MSME) to have access to unlimited grants for business growth and profitability. Akhimien said this during a…
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has given approval to fill all the vacancies created by medical officers who resigned to seek greener pasture abroad. The Governor, stated this while addressing opening session of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) National Executive…
The Kwara Government says the ongoing N2.4 billion Tanke flyover bridge will be completed by January 2023, to ensure free flow of traffic and stimulate economic activities. The State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Mr Rotimi Iliyasu, disclosed this on…
In the latest rankings released by FIBA, basketball governing body, after the FIBA 2022 Youths Events, Nigerian girls fail to make the top 100 teams in the world. The new system for the FIBA World Ranking Youth was launched earlier…
On Tuesday, the Senate approved N559,080,711,000 as the fiscal budget for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to drive continuous growth in the telecommunications industry. There are several examples of this telecoms growth in Africa. In South Africa, the wireless telecommunication…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has rewarded athletes that represented the state at the just concluded National Sports Festival with N33m. The athletes who made the state proud in Asaba won 70 medals, comprising 15 gold,…
