Nigerian economy has remained on a steady path throughout 2021 – FG
Dec. 31, 2021 …N1.53 trillion VAT generated The Federal Government has said recovery of the Nigerian economy has remained on a steady path throughout the year 2021. This was disclosed…
Lagos Assembly passes 2022 N1.758trn budget
Dec. 30, 2022 The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday evening passed the 2022 budget estimates of N1.758 trillion presented by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The budget was passed at…
Our strategic plan to boost manufacturing activities in the country is on course – Buhari tells MAN
Dec. 29, 2021 …Promises to address forex supply to manufacturers for importation President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to take appropriate measures to improve access to foreign exchange for importation of…
No looting at Next Supermarket, no life lost – FEMA
December 27, 2021 There was no looting at Next Supermarket, Abuja, which was engulfed by fire on Sunday, says Director-General of FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Alhaji Abbas Idriss in…
FG reiterates commitment to make Nigeria leading Sugar producer, approves US$73m, 10,000 hectares of plantation
Dec. 26, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari commenced the week under review with the inauguration of a US$ 73 million intervention fund for irrigation to boost the Sugar backward integration programme,…
Pipeline fire throws part of Lagos into darkness; won’t affect petroleum products supply – NNPC
December 25, 2021 The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd. says Friday’s pipeline fire in Iyana-Odo/Baruwa axis of Lagos State will not disrupt the supply of petroleum products across the…
How Three-year-old Titan Trust Bank seeks to acquire 104-year-old Union Bank
December 24, 2021 Titan Trust Bank which seeks to acquire 104 years old Union Bank of Nigeria Plc was registered on December 11, 2018, according to details from the Corporate…
Divestment: Titan Trust Bank acquires 89.39% stake in UBN
Dec. 23, 2021 Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc on Thursday announced a proposed divestment of majority shareholding interest in the bank to Titan Trust Bank Ltd. The UBN Company…
AstraZeneca vaccine booster works against Omicron, Oxford lab study finds
Dec. 23, 2021 A three-dose course of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is effective against the rapidly-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant, the pharmaceutical company said on Thursday, citing data from an Oxford University…
NNPC records N203bn from petroleum products sale in July, drop in pipeline vandalisation
December 23, 2021 The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd. says the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), its downstream subsidiary made a sum of ₦203.73 billion from the sale of…