The Federal Government of Nigeria has proposed to spend N2.45trn on servicing of debt within the 2020 budget. President Muhammadu Buhari revealed this on Tuesday when he presented the 2020 budget proposal at the joint session of the National Assembly. Buhari noted that out of the N2.45trn local debts would take about N296bn. He stressed […]
Continue Reading
In line with global requirements of communications, Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications, said Nigeria was ready to deploy 5G network across the country to ease network flow. Pantami said this on Monday at the ongoing 39th Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) holding in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). GITEX is a global technology exhibition that […]
Continue Reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed that the loots recovered for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is still in its custody, stating that it was being kept “for safety purposes”. Ibrahim Magu, the acting EFCC Chairman, disclosed this when Professor Mohammed Sambo, NHIS Executive Secretary, paid an advocacy visit to the […]
Continue Reading
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Saturday published an article on President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to South Africa. Mr Shehu’s article entitled ‘Key Takeaways From President Buhari’s Visit To South Africa’ comes one day after the President returned to Nigeria on Friday after his three-day trip. In […]
Continue Reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Thursday, October 3, 2019 arraigned the duo of Brigadier General Tarelah Paul Boroh (rtd) and Hanafi Musa Moriki, before Justice O. O. Goodluck of the FCT High Court, Abuja on a nine count charge, bordering on criminal breach of trust to the tune of N974,768,466 and $1,914,000. […]
Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria returned to Abuja on Friday after a three-day official visit to South Africa. While in South Africa, the Nigerian leader held bilateral meeting with his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa. The two African leaders also co-chaired the inaugural meeting of the 9th Bi-National Commission at the seat of government, Union […]
Continue Reading
At the successful conclusion of the 9th Bi-National Commission of South Africa and Nigeria meeting in Pretoria, South Africa, which was elevated to the level of heads of state, both countries have agreed on issuing 10-year visas to businessmen, academics and frequent travelers. The agreement was reached in a meeting co-chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari […]
Continue Reading
Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos), comprising gas-fired and hydro stations, said they released an average of 3,216 Megawatts-hour of electricity into the national grid on Wednesday . This is contained in a daily energy report by the Advisory Power Team, office of the Vice President, a copy of which was obtained by the News Agency of […]
Continue Reading
Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr Chris Ngige, on Thursday held a closed door meeting with a delegation from the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The TUC national President, Mr Quadri Olaleye, who spoke with State House correspondents shortly after the meeting , said the union came […]
Continue Reading
Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/), in partnership with Teleperformance, has announced the opening of its first Small Business Group (SBG) Operations Centre in Lagos, Nigeria, which will provide outsourced support to all English speaking advertisers across Sub-Saharan Africa. The centre will support advertisers across the region through its Advocacy, Community & Education (ACE) programme, which aims to build […]
Continue Reading