SENATE APPROVES BUHARI’s $5.513BN EXTERNAL LOAN REQUEST
The senate on Tuesday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s $5.513 billion external loan request to finance the revised 2020 budget. The approval followed the presentation and consideration of the report of…
NPA REMITTANCE TO FG HIGHEST UNDER ME -NPA MD, Hadiza Bala Usman
Hadiza Bala Usman, managing director of Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), says the agency’s remittance to the consolidated revenue fund is highest under her tenure. The consolidated revenue fund is an…
REDUCE FUEL PRICE TO N70 -PDP tells FG
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Federal Government to further reduce petrol pump price to N70 per litre. The government had embarked on phased price reduction in the…
NDDC PROJECTS: AKPABIO FAULTS NWAOBOSHI …says I never wrote any letter to you seeking Projects
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday refuted allegations by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter…
WE LOSE N2.5B MONTHLY TO ELECTRICITY THEFT -says DISCOs …Firm urges Fed Govt to criminalize theft
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) has called on the Federal Government and the National Assembly to criminalise electricity theft saying the firm was losing N2.5bn monthly to thieves…
FIRS MULLS CHARGES ON ATMs, WHATSAPP
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says Nigerians will pay stamp duties on WhatsApp messages, SMS, and messages via any electronic platform acknowledging receipt of funds. The revenue service, according…
FG SLASHES PETROL PRICE TO N121.50 PER LITRE
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has reduced the retail pump price of petrol to N121.50 per litre from the present N123.50. The regulatory agency announced the new retail…
AfDB: COLD WAR BETWEEN DEVELOPED WORLD AND AFRICA
International relations experts have likened the quest by the United States to dictate how the internal affairs of the African Development Bank (AfDB) are conducted as a cold war, which…
EASE OF DOING BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT, BUHARI’S LEGACY -Ondo Aspirant
Ondo aspirant: ease of doing business improvement, Buhari’s legacy by The Nation An aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the October 10 governorship election in…
FASHOLA: WE HAVE OVER 600 ONGOING ROAD PROJECTS NATIONWIDE
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has explained why road construction was suspended during the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19 across the country. Speaking with Funmi…