National Population Commission (NPC) has said that the 2018 National Population and Housing census will gulp N222 billion. Chief Eze Duruiheoma, Chairman of NPC unfolded the plan on Tuesday in Akwanga, at the review workshop of Phases 1 and 2 of Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) as well as training of the trainers for the 2018 […]
Continue ReadingMembers of the House of Representatives are of the opinion that an increase in power supply would reflate Nigeria’s ailing economy. Power supply in the nation has been poor, with over 160 million people rationing below 5,000 megawatts. The Nigerian government has blamed the situation on attacks on oil facilities in the southern part of […]
Continue ReadingThe Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that Boko Haram insurgency and rising inflation have left more than five million people in northeast Nigeria facing acute food insecurity. The UN agriculture agency has appealed for 25 million dollars through May 2017 to support irrigated vegetable production and micro-gardening in the dry season, as well […]
Continue ReadingNigeria is now ranked 50th in the world, in the latest FIFA ranking of footballing nations. The new ranking released saw Nigeria jump 10 places to be placed 50th, from its 60th position in October. At 50th, Nigeria is tied with Burkina Faso, which has one of the significant movements, from 67th last October. Senegal […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has fired a shot at President Muhammadu Buhari over the state of the economy, urging him to stop dwelling on the failings of past administrations and let the change he promised reflect in his government. Chief Obasanjo endorsed Buhari in the build-up to the 2015 election and has remained […]
Continue ReadingAs part of efforts to fulfil his campaign promise of creating 200,000 jobs in four years, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has promised that his administration would partner Guinness PLC in achieving that feat. Obaseki made the promise on Tuesday in Benin at the commissioning the Company’s N4.8 billion new Spirits production lines. According […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking during the swearing-in of Amina Augie and Ejembi Eko as justices of the supreme court on Monday, Mahmud Mohammed, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), said communications it received from the office of the Attorney-General of the federation made it suspend the judges under investigation. He said all courts in the country were empowered to […]
Continue ReadingThe Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has accused the federal government of aiming a jibe at the Biafrans and witch-hunting them, while Nigeria is gradually moving toward extinction. “The federal government is busy, chasing, witch-hunting and killing Biafrans and agitators, while the country is collapsing, and will soon go […]
Continue ReadingPlans by the National Assembly to amend the 58-year old Fiscal Responsibility Act had reached its final stages with the submission of the report upon which the amendment would be predicated. The report, which was presented to the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, by the Leader of the Senate, Ali Ndume, recommended that […]
Continue ReadingThe minister of state for aviation, Hadira Sirika has disclosed that the federal government will be floating a new national carrier soon. In an effort to speed up the establishment of the new national airline, the federal government will appoint a transaction adviser before Wednesday. He said the new national carrier will be a public private […]
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