Malam Yusufu Abubakar, the Acting Executive Chairman, Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIERS), said that his agency collected N17.5 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2020. Abubakar made this known to members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says it has released the sum of N756.51 billion to 3,734,938 small holder farmers, cultivating 4.6 million hectares of land, to boost the Federal Government’s food security initiative. Mr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor,…
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, says the Nigerian capital market is a credible platform for medium to long term finance for economic development. Ahmed said this at a webinar organised by the Securities and…
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi, has said that 20,000 workers would be employed to work on railway stations along Kaduna-Kano modern railway. Ameachi stated this on Thursday in Kano at the ground breaking ceremony of Kano-Kaduna railway line. He…
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is not directly responsible for the economic and insecurity misfortune in the country, Sen. Andrew Uchendu has said. He blamed the current hardship in the country to poor policies and programmes of successive administrations starting…
Financial experts have commended the National Assembly for passing the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law after 20 years of its agitation. They made the commendation in separate interviews with the newsmen on Friday in Ota, Ogun. Reports said that…
The Federal Government says it will continue to engage and collaborate with the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) and the private sector to transform the economy and improve the welfare of Nigerians. President Muhammadu Buhari said this at the launch…
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has promised to protect indigenous manufacturers and consumers through a more robust and effective market surveillance. Mr Olanrewaju Onipede, Coordinator of SON in Anambra gave the assurance in an interview with the Newsmen in…
Over 50 communities in Enugu State and two communities in Ebonyi have been thrown into darkness following the vandalization of the Amechi–Awgu 33KV mainline, which supplies electricity to the affected communities. Mr Emeka Ezeh, the Head, Corporate Communications of Enugu…
The Association of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria (ACMAN) said the final quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) development of 0.11 percent would help unfamiliar speculation and improve the nation’s credit score globally. The ACMAN president, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, said this…
