economy
NDDC contracts: representatives to sue Akpabio for civil libel and perjury
The House of Representatives has resolved to sue Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, for alleged perjury and...
Read moreFG approves N283.26bn, $18.12m for Customs boats, scanners
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved two contracts totalling N283.255bn and a foreign component of $18.12m. The Minister of...
Read moreElectricity: Nigeria installs first commercial underground mini-grid project in Makoloki
The country’s first rural commercial undergrid minigrid has finally been installed in Mokoloki, a rural community in Ogun State. The...
Read moreA 100% increase in the price of the train is unfair and insensitive – Shehu Sani
A former Kaduna Central district Senator, Shehu Sani has reacted to an increase in train fare for the Abuja to...
Read moreOoni gives hope to stranded Nigerians
The Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi and others have paid for a charter flight to bring back stranded...
Read moreThe value of electronic payments drops by N96b
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the total volume of payments across payment channels fell by 26 per...
Read more‘Impossible’ to remove Huawei from the UK within a decade – Telecom boss
The head of British (UK) telecommunications giant BT said Monday that it would be “impossible” to remove controversial Chinese giant...
Read moreForbes attributes to UNILAG a high level of entrepreneurial output
The University of Lagos, UNILAG, has been acknowledged as the third most productive school in educating entrepreneurs on the African...
Read moreNigeria loses N2.5t to fraud, forensic body says
From Vincent Ikuomola, Abuja The Society for Forensic Accountants and Fraud Prevention (SFAFP) has said N2.5 trillion is lost yearly...
Read moreNigeria’s debt hits N28. 63tr
Nigeria’s total debt portfolio stands at N28.63trillion as at 31st March, 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics has disclosed. Its...
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