The Federal Government has commended the management of Nigerian Export Import Bank (NEXIM) for returning the bank to profitability and reduction in non-performing loans. Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, gave the commendation, in a statement…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says it has recruited 250 new cadets to man its various platforms in the Lagos-Bayelsa coastal corridor. The agency’s Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh made this known to journalists…
…begins construction of 600 units of 2-bedroom flats for beneficiaries By Deborah Christopher, Abuja The federal government on Monday said it has begun arrangements aimed at resettling persons displaced from their ancestral homes in Borno, Kano, Katsina and Edo states.…
By Saka Laaro, Ilorin. The Federal Governments has been urged to allow structured and guided importation of livestock feed ingredients and other raw materials to save the business from total collapse. This is contained in a Communique issued at the…
The Federal Ministry of Education has reiterated its commitment in ensuring that it developed a strategy to harvest all the technological potentials of Nigerian children. Mrs Elizabeth Adedigba, Director, Technology and Science Education Department, restated this commitment at the opening…
The Federal Government has said it is turning around the entire passport application process by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to Six weeks, so as to ensure seamless, transparent, as well as according human dignity to applicants and fulfil citizenship…
Prince Clem Agba Minister of State, Ministry of Budget and National Planning, on Thursday gave a breakdown of the COVID-19 expenditure in the country. Agba revealed this at the COVID-19 Transparency and Accountability Project (CTAP) Conference organised by Connected Development (CODE)…
The Federal Government said the decision of the United Kingdom to grant asylum to ‘persecuted’ members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is disrespectful of Nigeria as a nation. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, also…
By Omoregie Tina, Abuja The Federal Government has inaugurated five governing councils of federal universities, out of the number Four councils were dissolved for their inability to discharge their duties in line with the provisions of the law. The affected…
…records N485.51bn fiscal deficit …as Banks, others borrow N492.50bn By Kayode Tokede The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that the Federal government between December 2020 and January 2021 generated a sum of N1.64trillion from Oil and Non-Oil sectors.…
