REHABILITATION OF AKANU IBIAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT -ENUGU REP SATISFIED WITH THE QUALITY OF WORK

The Deputy Minority Leader House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Toby Okechukwu, has expressed his satisfaction in the quality of work being done in ongoing refurbishment of the runway of Akanu…

THE COUNTRY LOSES $29bn YEARLY TO POWER SUPPLY – LAWAN

Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Monday June 15, revealed that Nigeria loses about $29 billion yearly to irregular and poor power supply. The Senate President who revealed as he declared open…

INCREASE IN poverty A SERIOUS RISK TO SECURITY AND DEMOCRACY – LCCI

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the worsening poverty in the country posed a great deal of risk to Nigeria’s democratic process and security. Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product,…

TRANSPORT SECTOR LOST N200BN IN THREE MONTHS

The nation’s transport sector lost about N200bn in three months as a result of the lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, transport operators have said. The National President, Public Transport…

OSIBANJO – 39.4 MILLION NIGERIANS MAY BE JOBLESS BEFORE YEAR ENDS

The Federal Government has raised the fear that except something urgent is done, about 39.4 million Nigerians may be jobless by the end of the year as a result of…

Nigeria Loses Billions Of Naira To Lack Of Value Addition To Products – Onu

The Minister of Science and Technolo­gy, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has stated that Nigeria loses billions of naira annually due to lack of value addition to her raw materials and products.…

SENATE ANGRY WITH CBN FOR NOT REMITTING $3.3BILLION FOREIGN TAX

The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has queried the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over unremitted $3.3billion from the $21.3billion collected by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) as foreign…

FG To Auction 57 Oil Fields

The Federal Government through the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has disclosed its intent to auction 57 oil fields under the June 2020 Marginal Fields bid round. The agency has…

CBN Directs Banks To Resolve Backlog Of Electronic Transactions Within Two Weeks

Banks have been directed to resolve all backlog issues relating to failed Automated Teller Machine, Point of Sale terminal and other electronic banking transactions within two weeks, starting June 8,…

Crop Production Accounted For Over 90 Per Cent Growth In Agriculture —NBS

THE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that crop production accounted for 90.54 per cent of overall nominal growth of the agriculture sector in the first quarter of this…