The Federal Government has initiated moves to resuscitate the moribund facilities at the Omor-Adani Staple Crop Processing Zone to increase rice production under phase one of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme (ATASP–1). This followed resolution of the challenges between ...
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Methanol, other manufacturing firms ready for Delta, Okowa declares
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has said activities will soon begin at the Kwale Industrial Park (KIP) in Ndokwa West Council Area, as methanol and transmission tower manufacturing firms have indicated readiness to set up their plants in the state. ...
Read More »Leah Sharibu hasn’t apostatised as claimed by Boko Haram, says CAN
Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the North, Reverend Yakubu Pam, has said Leah Sharibu remains a worthy ambassador of Jesus Christ even in the midst persecution by Boko Haram terrorists on account of her faith. He ...
Read More »CBN’s CRR adjustment takes toll on equities, GTB, Zenith, Stanbic are top losers
Prices of banking stocks tumbled at the close of trading, as the impact of the recent Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) adjustment by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting continued to hit hard on ...
Read More »Labour condemns planned review of political office holders’ pay as cleric canvasses wage cut
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has condemned the plan by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to review the remuneration of political officeholders. The move, TUC said, was a conspiracy that must not be allowed to ...
Read More »Buhari seeks confirmation of Obiora, Akande, Nuhu
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Dr. Kingsley Obiora as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Prof. Adeola Akande as chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Both requests were contained in a ...
Read More »Senate to probe Omo-Agege’s alleged conviction in U.S.
Against speculations, the Senate has expressed its intention not to sweep the allegations of forgery and perjury against its number two officer, Ovie Omo-Agege, but to investigate him. At a media briefing in the National Assembly, Senate spokesman, Godiya Akwashiki, ...
Read More »Nigerian Army reopens Maiduguri/Damboa/Biu road
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has re-opened the Maiduguri/Damboa/Biu road in Borno State for motorists. The army closed the 187-kilometre road in November 2018 due to insecurity to lives and property. Opening the road yesterday, Buratai said ...
Read More »FG set to construct Port Harcourt, Maiduguri rail line, approves Bonny, Warri seaports
Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has disclosed that the Federal Government is ready to construct the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri lail line. He said President Muhammadu Buhari has also approved the building of two new seaports in Bonny, Rivers State and ...
Read More »FCTA begins payment of new minimum wage, clears N4b arrears
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disclosed that it has commenced payment of the N30,000 new national minimum wage to civil servants of the FCT. Director, FCT Treasury Department, Ismaila Ishiaku, made this known at a media briefing in ...
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