Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said that the Senate will pass 11 Bills before the end of 2016 to tackle the current economic recession.Saraki spoke at a dialogue at the 22nd Edition of the Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja, on Tuesday. He said since the beginning of the year, the Senate had worked so hard […]
Continue ReadingThe Senate has invited President Muhammadu Buhari to brief a joint session of the National Assembly on steps being taken to guidethe nation out of recession.The resolution was reached on Thursday at the Senate when it concurred to a resolution of the House of representatives of September 22, inviting the president for the meeting. The […]
Continue ReadingThe National Economic Council, NEC, on Thursday in Abuja expressed support for the plans and proposals of the Federal Government to steer the country out of economic recession.Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi announced this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the NEC meeting, which was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking on the floor of the senate during a debate on the state of the economy, some senators on Wednesday kicked against the call by Business mogul, Aliko Dangote and some Nigerians for the sale of the nation’s assets as a means of surviving the current economic recession. The senators also called for constitutional amendment […]
Continue ReadingFirstNation Airways says it will resume operations on Sunday evening, one month after it suspended flights to enable the aircraft fleet undergo engine maintenance.The News Agency of Nigeria reports the airline made the announcement through its Twitter account which stated that it would resume flights by 4 p.m. on Sunday. The airline announced the suspension […]
Continue ReadingThe FirstNation Airways has postponed resumption of its flight operations, earlier scheduled for Sept. 15, by a few days.The airline had on Aug. 17 suspended operations to enable the aircraft in its fleet undergo engine maintenance. NAN, however, gathered from the airline’s ticket stand at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Lagos, that it might return […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari has saluted Nigerians for their steadfastness in spite of the difficult economic times confronting the country. Buhari, in his Eid-el-Kabir message to Nigerians released in Abuja on Sunday, gave the assurance that his administration would get the economy right. According to him, the Federal Government is “working round the clock” to address […]
Continue ReadingBy Reuben Abati There have been interesting arguments over Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun’s observation that “recession is just a word”, and NAN MD, Bayo Onanuga claiming that reports of hardship in the land is exaggerated propaganda. I think we need to break down the subject further from a layman’s perspective. Recession is a word, […]
Continue ReadingThe National Butchers Association of Nigeria (NBAN) in Niger on Thursday said that its members had reduced the number of cattle slaughtered from 200 to 60 per day.Alhaji Sale Mohammed, NBAN chairman in the state who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna, said that this was due to increase in running […]
Continue ReadingFirstNation Airways has promised its traveling passengers that the airline would return to normal scheduled flight operations by September 15, 2016.A statement by the Head, Corporate Affairs of the airline, Mr Rasheed Yusuff stated that the carrier’s current fleet was undergoing engine maintenance for safety operations, in line with global practice in the industry. It […]
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