As the implementation of its Economic Sustainability Plan, ESP, continues, and in furtherance of its commitment to support small businesses to cushion the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Buhari administration has commenced payment to beneficiaries of the payroll support scheme track under the MSME Survival Fund. The MSME...
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday declared that for any economy to grow and create jobs, an equally vibrant and successful small and medium enterprise sector was also needed, adding that it was for this reason that he recently signed the Business Facilitation Bill into law. President Buhari spoke at State House,...
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, declared that plans are ongoing to connect fibre optic cables to all public schools, educational institutions, health centres, government and para-public offices by mid-year 2021. Sanwo-Olu disclosed this while speaking at the second edition of Art of Technology 2.0 held at...
The Supreme Court has ordered the circulation of the old naira notes alongside the new ones until December 31. In a unanimous judgment, a seven-member panel of justices presided by Justice Inyang Okoro on Friday held that the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...
Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has congratulated the newly elected chairmen of the 11 local government councils, their deputies and the 114 councillors, with a call on them to see their election as a call to service at a very critical time. The Governor, in a statement following...
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has embraced the idea of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) to include Niger state as one of the states to be used as case studies in their research for this year. Speaking during a visit by officials of the Institute...
His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, Kauran Bauchi today presented the sum of N213, 914, 559,427 as proposed budget for the 2021 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. Presenting the proposed budget at the floor of the house, Governor Bala said N93,197,...
The Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed that the recent redesign of some denominations of the naira has supported security agencies in combating banditry and ransom taking in the country. Besides, the apex bank noted that the policy has led to relative stability in the exchange rate, adding that the...
His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed has today pledged to continue to work together with relevant stakeholders and groups against Gender Base Violence. The Governor was speaking when a team of campaign against violence led by Her Excellency, the State First Lady Hajiya Aisha Bala...
as HoS requests list of potential candidates from varsities The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the automatic employment of First Class graduates of Edo origin in all Nigerian universities into the state's civil and public service. The approval was conveyed by the Edo State Head of Service,...