An elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai has expressed support for the clamour for Igbo presidency after the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari lapses in 2023. In an interview, he argued that the emergence of a Nigerian President from the South-East geopolitical ...
Read More »Imo raises panels to probe housing projects under Okorocha, ex-gov denies holding govt’s boats, property
The Imo State Government has inaugurated five committees to audit projects for 32 housing estates, resources that accrued to the state’s Housing Corporation and how they were spent during former Governor Rochas Okorocha’s administration. Also to be considered by the ...
Read More »Nigeria will experience recession without private sector participation, Rewane warns
Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane, has said Nigerians were wasting their time if they depended on government to manage the economy and liberate them from poverty. He said any country’s economy solely run and dominated ...
Read More »Economist tasks Federal Government on cheaper ways of financing budgets
Nigeria’s consistent reliance on loans with interests, especially from the international market has been identified as a major reason for the poor state of the nation’s economy. Director of International Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance, Bayero University, Kano State, ...
Read More »Group moves to reclaim jobs from Southerners in North, faults Rivers, Lagos over demolishion of mosque, ban on Okada
A Coalition of Northern Groups (CNGs) has hinted that it had concluded arrangements to reclaim job opportunities in the North occupied by southerners in the northern part of the country. CNG’s Spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Sulaiman, said a portal had been unveiled ...
Read More »Why agric promotion policy is not successful, by experts
Experts have attributed the failure of the agricultural promotion policy (APP) to achieve the desired impact four years after its launch to inadequate infrastructural facilities. According to them, when policies are not backed up by infrastructure such as good roads, ...
Read More »Experts advocate embedded power plants to boost electricity generation From Matthew Ogune, Abuja
IN line with the Federal Government’s effort to diversify sources of power, energy experts have stressed the need for investment in embedded power generation. Embedded generation is the term used to describe the process of generating electricity at a specific ...
Read More »Lagos State, NGO plan free surgery for 100 residents
Lagos State Government and a non-governmental organisation, Benjamin Olowojebutu Foundation (BOF), will be carrying out free surgery on 100 residents with lipomas, breast lumps, hernia and fibroid. This is to mark Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s 100 days in office. The Commissioner ...
Read More »Tallen promises to advance women for national development
Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has promised to defend the course of the gender for national development. Describing her appointment as divine, the former deputy governor of Plateau state maintained that she never lobbied for the post. Tallen, who ...
Read More »Social security nets for all on merit, FG insists
The National Social Investment Office (NSIO) has pledged a level-playing field for all Nigerians in the execution of the Social Intervention Programmes (SIPs) of the Federal Government. The Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment, Mrs. Maryam Uwais, gave ...
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