By Ayo Fadimu The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said the country needs to obtain loans to finance its infrastructural development if its desires to experience growth and development. Fashola, while speaking in Abuja on Sunday, to mark…
Following the Senate investigative hearing which gave the Fifth Generation (5G) technology a clean bill of health, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has taken a major proactive regulatory step by inaugurating a committee to develop the Information Memorandum (IM) for…
By Kayode Tokede The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the nation’s foreign reserves dropped by $424.8million in 10 days to $33.79 billion as at June 17, 2021 from $34.22billion it commenced in June. Nigeria’s foreign exchange buffer $33.79…
…Police escort killed, service disrupted By Bankole Taiwo & Seun Ibiyemi The abduction of four Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Chinese expatriates on the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge railway stopped work on Thursday, our correspondent gathered. Gunmen on Wednesday abducted four expatriates working…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Ogun State government has disbursed over N241m loan to 500 beneficiaries under the State Agricultural and Multipurpose Credit Agency (OSAMCA) scheme. Speaking while presenting the cheques to beneficiaries at a ceremony held on Thursday at the Oba’s complex…
By Kayode Tokede The board Capital Hotels Plc, owner of Sheraton Abuja Hotels has agreed to partner with 11 Plc to offer the right competition in the Abuja hospitality market, and resolved to sell 51per cent stake in Capital Hotels…
An economist, Prof. Akpan Ekpo, has queried World Bank’s prediction that Nigeria’s inflation rate is expected to rise to fifth highest in Sub-Saharan Africa by the end of 2021. Ekpo, a professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University…
There was tension on Thursday in Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State when armed bandits stormed Federal Government College, located in the tpwn, abducting many students and teachers. It was gathered that a security operative was shot dead during the operation which…
UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, on Wednesday joined the rest of the world to celebrate African children on the International Day of the African Child. The UBA Foundation has been focused…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured citizens of Federal Government’s presence in fighting terrorism to the end and ensuring that Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are fully returned to continue normal life. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam…
