Southern states dismiss blockade, North food traders insist on strike
Some southern state governments and farmers have dismissed the blockade by northern food suppliers, saying it is an opportunity for the South to boost its food production capacity. Officials of…
MTN Nigeria profit rises, revenue hits N1.35tn
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has reported a profit before tax of N298.87bn for the 2020 financial year, up from N291.28bn in the previous year. The telecommunications company, in its audited…
FG partners WITH firm to reduce Nigeria’s wheat import
The Federal Government on Sunday announced that it had entered into partnership with Crown Flour Mills to reduce the importation of wheat into Nigeria. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,…
Shell to boost Nigeria’s domestic gas plan
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited has keyed into the Federal Government’s goal of using the country’s proven gas reserves to increase economic activities for gas-based industrialisation of…
Fuel queues spread over looming price hike
The queues for petrol grew worse in some parts of the country on Sunday following the shutdown of many filling stations amid heightened expectations of an increase in the pump…
4$2.6bn contract: Reps fault plan to invite 50 expatriates
The House of Representatives Committee on Local Content has faulted the plan for the Brentex CPP, the consortium handling construction of the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline construction, to bring 50 expatriates…
Petrol price will definitely increase — Realink MD/IPMAN PRO
The Managing Director, Realink Oil Nigeria Limited and Public Relations Officer, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mr Ukadike Chinedu, speaks about oil sector issues, in this interview. What were…
Nigeria’s economy moving in right direction but slow – Amina Mohammed
Nigeria is moving in the right direction economically but its movement is not fast, the United Nations stated on Thursday. Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, said this…
$10.7tn spent on fuel subsidy in 10 years – MOMAN
Nigeria spent a total of N10.7tn on fuel subsidy in the last 10 years, the Chairman, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mr Adetunji Oyebanji, has said. Oyebanji, who was…
Vaccine: FG banks on supplementary budget, says $31bn loan not high
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Thursday, said the Federal Government would prepare a supplementary budget to be sent to the National Assembly to cater…















