The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has promised to probe the corrupt allegations against the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla. This is according to a statement by the Director, Information, Press and Public Relations…
The Federal Government and Niger Government have reiterated commitment to ensuring food security and driving down food inflation. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari and Gov. Mohammed Bago of Niger stated this when Bago visited Kyari…
The 2024 budget provides a timely opportunity to focus on creating a viable environment for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. This sector which is contributing nearly half of the GDP and employing over 80 percent of the workforce,…
The Federal Government says plans are on to evacuate the dormant 30 Megawatts (MW) in the Kashimbilla hydropower plant to the national grid. The Kashimbilla hydropower plant has an installed capacity of 40 megawatts but only 10 megawatts is presently…
The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development is partnering with the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) to drive reforms in the sector. Its minister, Dr Dele Alake has said. Alake disclosed this while receiving a delegation of EITI led by…
The 2024 budget provides a timely opportunity to focus on creating a viable environment for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. This sector, which contributes nearly half of the GDP and employs over 80 percent of the workforce, has…
…As gross statutory revenue drops to N875.382bn …Mining sector contributes N2.8trn to Nigeria’s GDP in Q1 …FG receives N138.672bn from exchange difference revenue By Sodiq Adelakun The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) announced that it distributed a total sum of…
The Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated Global Fund Grant Cycle-7 on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Resilient and Sustainable System for 2024-2026 implementation periods. Prof. Ali Pate, the Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Federal Ministry of Health, said the…
The federal government has announced that the upcoming Student Loan Scheme will be fully automated, eliminating the need for human intervention. The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Students Loan Board, Akintunde Sawyerr, made this assurance during a…
…Considers tapping domestic dollar savings The Federal Government has revealed its intention to obtain a loan facility of $1.5 billion from the World Bank. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun stated this in an…
