The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has announced the donation of N50 million to traders of Kantin Kwari textile market affected by flooding in Kano. It’s reported that goods worth millions of naira were destroyed by floods at the market at the weekend. Mr Abubakar, who is a...
Lauds SecureID’s 20-year milestone in manufacturing, tech solutions Vice President Kashim Shettima has pledged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's dedication to the health and survival of Nigerian enterprises, describing them as catalysts for a sustainable economic future. He commended SecureID, the country's leading smartcard manufacturing company, for its two decades of...
Former military Head of State Gen Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (retd) has broken his silence since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country with a call for synergy between all the tiers of government to fight the further spread of the pandemic. Babangida said in view of the catastrophic...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday warned Multichoice Nigeria not to dare Nigeria by going ahead to hike the tariffs of it's products while the matter is yet being investigated. Inaugurating a seven-member adhoc Committee of the Senate headed by the Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Aliyu...
Tells exco he will reject requests outside budget Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has signed into law, the 2022 budget passed by the State Assembly with a figure of N269.6 billion. The Governor also signed two laws: Borno State Child Protection Act, and Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act. The signing...
The Nigerian Breweries Plc has paid N416 billion since 2016 to become the highest tax-paying firm in the manufacturing industry in Nigeria, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Kola Jamodu, has disclosed. Jamodu, who disclosed this during the commissioning ceremony of N56 billion expansion civil works at Ama Brewery...
Gov support families of slain soldiers with N60m, gives N5m each to those injured Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has again rallied public support for the security forces involved in counterterrorism operations, appealing to citizens to avoid giving out information on troops' movement. In a brief interview with reporters on...
plan multi-billion dollars funding window The Edo State Government is in talks with the Government of Canada to harness the huge potentials in the state’s mining and tech space to boost economic growth and development. The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, recently met with the Canadian Deputy High Commissioner...
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has rejoiced with Muslims across the country on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir festival, urging them to celebrate moderately in the wake of the rise in cases of the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor also advised Nigerians, especially Muslims to imbibe the lessons of sacrifice made...
The government of Oyo State has taken delivery of three truckloads of rice donated by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The Controller of Customs for Oyo/Osun Area Command, Comptroller Helen Ngozi, who made the symbolic presentation to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Ibadan on Monday, said that...