First Bank: Ibukun Awosika Commends Adeduntan Removal
Ibukun Awosika, the former chairman of First Bank Nigeria Limited, says decision to end the tenure of Adesola Adeduntan as the bank’s managing director was taken in the bank’s best…
Ngige, Disagrees With NBS Over Employment Statistics
The Ministry of Labour and Employment and National Bureau of Statistics have tackled each other on social media over alleged confusing employment statistics. Our correspondent learnt that the Minister of…
FG Faults World Bank Report On Power Consumption In Nigeria
As the Federal Government spends nothing less than $1.5b to meet the shortfall in the nation’s electricity sector, Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, Ahmad Rufai Zakari, Monday said…
Nigeria Loses $29 Billion Every Year Due To Poor Power Supply- World Bank
The World Bank has stated that businesses in Nigeria suffer an annual loss of $29 billion as a result of an “unreliable” power supply, saying the situation has resulted in…
Customs Seizes 42 Drums Of Explosives From Benin Republic
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), yesterday, intercepted 42 drums of calcium carbide smuggled into the country from the Benin Republic. Security experts…
BREAKING: Senate Approves N257bn 2021 Budget For Customs
The Senate on Tuesday approved N257billion 2021 budget for the Nigeria Customs Service. However out of this, N2billion was earmarked for welfare incentive for retiring staff and another N180million for…
Association Urges Increased Funding To Cashew Farmers To Boost Production
The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN), has called for increased funding to cashew farmers to improve the productivity of the crop. The group’s Secretary-General, Mr Sotonye Anga made the…
Lagos, Rivers, FCT, Delta Generate Nigeria’s 52.67 Per Cent IGR In 2020
With the generation of 32.08 per cent, 8.97 per cent, 7.05 per cent and 4.57 per cent share of the 2020 Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) Lagos, Rivers, Federal Capital Territory…
N60bn Printing: Experts Disagree With CBN Gov
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, and a professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, have faulted the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele’s justification of…
Nigeria Ranked 25th Largest Importer Of Commercial Service In The World
The world trade organization(WTO) says Nigeria is the largest importer of commercial service in while Egypt emerges second in Africa and number 28 globally . This is contained in WTO’s…
