We’ll sustain efforts to end child marriage, reduce number of out-of-school children – BuhariÂ
President Buhari Commissions Headquarters Building of Federal Ministry of Women Affairs in Abuja on 16th Jan 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja declared that the Federal Government will…
N3.26 trn local debt to mature this year – DMO
Patience Oniha, DMO boss The debt office said a total of 3.26 trillion naira worth of local debt would mature this year while it planned to issue a total…
Nigeria to introduce a 15-year debt maturity for the first time – DMO
Patience Oniha, DMO boss Foreign investors cut their participation in Nigerian government bond auctions last year, buying just 4.39% of all bonds issued compared with the previous year when…
Nigerian lady trafficked to Lebanon returns Friday – Abike Dabiri assures
Chairman NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa has revealed that Omolola Ajayi, the young Nigerian lady who was trafficked to Lebanon, will return home…
FAAC: State Govts receive N191.3bn for the month of December
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N716.298 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of December 2019. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Budget and…
Annual budget to henceforth be accompanied by Finance Bills, as VAT implementation takes effect Feb. 1 – Minister
Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning says the implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT) increase…
CSOs urge President Buhari to dismiss Sagay as PACAC Chairman
A coalition of 24 Civil Society Organisations (C24) has advised President Muhammed Buhari to relieve Prof. Itse, Sagay SAN, of his appointment as Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC)….
Immediate-past NDDC management awarded over N1trn ‘emergency contracts’ in seven months – IMC reveals
More revelations have emerged from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as the Interim Management Committee (IMC) set up to audit NDDC finances on Thursday released its latest findings. The…
Crowd funding platform, Giving.ng to feed 1,000 families in Nasarawa IDP camp
A Crow-funding Platform, Giving.ng, would deliver over 1,000 food hampers to families at Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Nasarawa State, North Central Nigeria, the organisation said. The…
Rice sufficiency: Lagos AFAN acquires 200 hectres of land for rice farmingÂ
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos State Chapter, says it has acquired 200 hectares of farmland for rice cultivation in Epe area of the state. Mr…