NIGERIANS TO PAY MORE FOR ELECTRICITY IN JULY -FG insists…
Nigerians are expected to pay higher electricity tariff from July 2020, the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, insisted on Tuesday. Mamman disclosed this in his presentation at an investigative public…
DIASPORA REMITTANCES MARKET LIBERALISATION BECKONS
Capital inflows to the economy through diaspora remittances from Nigerians living abroad stood at $25 billion in 2019. But the World Bank has predicted 20 per cent dip this year…
NIGERIA GENERATES 2,943MW
The Nigerian electricity market generated 2,943.44mw at 6:00hours of 14th June, 2020, The Nation learnt on Monday. The System Operator (SO) of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) disclosed this…
REVIEW OF 2020 BUDGET NOT INTENDED TO INTRODUCE AUSTERITY MEASURES -Minister
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has assured Nigerians that the revision of the 2020 budget by the Federal Government was not intended to…
OBI’s DOLLAR INVESTMENT AS ANAMBRA GOVERNOR NOW WORTH N95BN -Otti
The former Managing Director of Diamond Bank, Dr. Alex Otti, has cleared the air of doubts in the minds of cynics who believe that the N75 billion savings the former…
OKONJO-IWEALA VOWS TO SERVE AS OBJECTIVE UMPIRE BETWEEN US, CHINA IF ELECTED WTO DG
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s candidate in the election for a new director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), says she is willing to listen to concerns raised by the United States…
BUHARI HAS ENDED BUSINESS AS USUAL IN NDDC -Ex-Militants
Niger Delta ex-militant leaders have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for ending “business as usual” in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by initiating the ongoing forensic audit of the commission’s…
COVID-19: 39.4 MILLION NIGERIANS MAY LOSE JOBS BEFORE 2020 ENDS -FG …Buhari commends Nigerians for adapting to new Realities
About 39.4 million Nigerians, representing some 33.6% of the population may be left without jobs by the end of 2020, as a result of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic. This was…
ABIODUN GETS ASSEMBLY’s NOD TO ACCESS N250BN LOAN
Ogun House of Assembly on Thursday granted an approval to Governor Dapo Abiodun to access N250bn loan facility – a three – year Medium -Term Expenditure Frame Work (MTEF) programme…
EFCC UNCOVERS 1000 GHOST WORKERS IN KWARA
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kwara Zonal Office, has uncovered 1000 ghost workers, allegedly smuggled into the payroll of Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB). The Zonal…