High interest rates, unfavourable economic climate and insufficient power supply have been identified as the major constraints to businesses in the country. The Statistics Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria said these in its ‘January 2020 business expectations survey report’. Part of the report read, “Respondent firms identified insufficient power...
Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim says the agency is opening up new visters of partnership that will embrace more institutions and donors towards tackling the crimes of trafficking in human beings which is on the rise. The DG stated...
orders Task Force to enforce sanity Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has warned petroleum marketers and fuel station owners to desist from hoarding products and creating artificial scarcity in the state. The Governor said the warning became imperative after observing the persisting queues at fuel stations in the...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Offences Related Commission (ICPC) has concluded investigation on the claim that the Osun State government is owing Local Government retirees and has exonerated the State government. Some aggrieved persons had petitioned the commission, alleging that the administration of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has refused to...
Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State on Wednesday in Abeokuta assented to the state’s 2021 Appropriation Bill of N338. 6billon. The bill tagged “Budget of Recovery and Sustainability”, comprises recurrent expenditure of N162 billion (48 per cent of the total budget) and a capital expenditure of N177 billion (52 per...
Nigeria has recorded its second coronavirus death as cases in the country increased to 111. This was confirmed by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Monday. He made the announcement during the Presidential Task Force Briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja. Details later…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has lamented the wanton destruction of private and public assets as hoodlums under the guise of the #EndSARS protests looted and razed important government infrastructure and business premises in the state. Sanwo-Olu, who led some members of his cabinets to the vandalised sites across the...
The Federal Government on Tuesday restated it commitment to improve passport application process for Nigerians at home and in diaspora, as it launches the new enhanced passport. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, gave the assurance on Tuesday at the official Rollout of the Enhanced e-Passport at the Nigerian High...
President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Monday to attend the G-20 Leaders' Summit in New Delhi, India, on the special invitation of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. On the sidelines of the Summit, the President will participate in and deliver keynote addresses at both the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says his administration is revolutionizing agriculture to make Nigeria self-sufficient in food production and a net exporter of agricultural products. Speaking when he received a delegation from the Global Tijaniyya Movement, led by Khalifa Muhammad Mahe Niass, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Sunday, the...