The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed said the crash in oil price on Monday was a shock to the country.
Ahmed said this at a consultative roundtable meeting organised by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Abuja on Wednesday.
The roundtable has as its theme “Going...
A Chinese power generation firm, CCETC, has expressed its readiness to establish a power generation plant as well as an industrial park in Ogun State.
Chairman of the company, Mr Guo Xianda, disclosed this at the weekend during an extensive meeting between his team and the Ogun State Governor, at...
Leads three other Govs for a meeting with AfDB President in Cote d' Iviore
Governor Hope Uzodimma has pledged the commitment of Imo State to the highest standards in infrastructure and management that would be required to attract global, regional and national investors for the successful delivery of the...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said on Tuesday that the new case of Coronavirus came in through British Airways.
The affected person is a 30-year-old Nigerian lady, who returned from the United Kingdom on March 13.
The Ministry of Health said she is now at Mainland General...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday inspected the ongoing International Conference Center (IICC) in Ilorin.
The IICC is one of the several projects of the administration to refocus the local service economy along technology, innovation, conferencing and hospitality, tourism, creativity, and agribusiness.
The Governor, who was impressed with the pace...
Employees in the banking sector, who engage in fraudulent activities, may face heavier punishment if a bill pending before the House of Representatives succeeds.
It is the "Bill for an Act to Amend the Bank Employees etc. (Declaration of Assets) Act, Cap. BI, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004;...
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi said on Tuesday that participants at the recently held Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award have been exposed to a confirmed case of coronavirus.
The AMVCA 7 was held on March 14 at Eko Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Abayomi, who stated this in a...
The Hon. Minister of Finance, Budget & National Planning, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed says that the Federal Government will continue to support the use of technology to achieve set goals and objectives for the benefit of Nigerians. The Minister stated this during a courtesy visit to the Chief of...
Nigeria's 43 Cabinet Ministers have donated 50% of their March 2020 salaries to support the Federal Government's efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, quoted the Minister of State for Transportation,...
recovers 5,862kg drugs
A major drug kingpin operating the notorious Patey Lagos Island drug haven, in Lagos state, Mrs. Sherifat Kehinde Lawal has been arrested along with six other suspects by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who also recovered 5,862 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs...
