EXPLAINER: Why the naira is falling and what next befalls the ailing currency
Nigeria’s naira is on the brink of breaching 1,000 per dollar after falling to an official record low of 999 last week, Refinitiv data showed, tracing its weakness on the…
Hard times: FG doles out N5bn to each state as palliatives
The Federal Government has approved N5bn for each state to enable them to procure food items for distribution to the poor in their respective states to cushion harsh effect of…
CBN, Osinbajo and devaluation of the naira, by Jackson Akpore
October 13, 2021 Not a few Nigerians were surprised at the outrage that greeted what has now been clarified as a mis-characterisation of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s submission at the…
NATION-BUILDING IS HARDWORK, SAYS OSINBAJO AT FORUM ORGANISED BY DIASPORANS, SAYS FG CAN’T GRAB LAND
The task of building a society desired by all Nigerians is exerting and requires the contribution of all Nigerians as the challenge for everyone is “to build, not to destroy,…
FG to enforce telecom Right of Way, ALTON proposes Executive Order
The Federal Government says it will revisit the National Economic Council Resolutions on Right of Way (RoW) in the telecommunications industry. The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, stated this in…
3,000 repentant bandits surrender arms in Zamfara
February 24, 2018 Over 3,000 repentant bandits have surrendered their arms in Zamfara following a peace deal with the state government, the state Deputy Governor, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala, has said….
Nigeria has a shortfall of 82,000 km of fibre network to achieve nationwide broadband
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the country needs more than 120,000 kilometers of metropolitan fiber networks interconnected across the country to achieve its goal of pervasive broadband penetration. Prof….