By Peter Egwuatu Banks’ Credit to Private Sector, CPS, rose Month-on-Month, MoM, by about 3.1% or N2.3 trillion to N75.5 trillion in July 2024 from N73.2 trillion recorded in June this year. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, shows that Year-on-Year, YoY, CPS rose 34 per cent to N75.5 trillion in July 2024 from […]
By Dickson Omobola Federal Government has condemned the upsurge in substance abuse among Nigerian youths, and called for a crucial response to the scourge. It said reports have shown that about 14.4 per cent of Nigerians between the ages of 15 and 64 have used psychoactive substances, with 10.6 million individuals currently suffering from drug […]
Bank of Industry, BOI, yesterday, urged Nigerian businesses with strong local content to begin to think beyond Nigeria. Speaking during the visit, he praised the company for its remarkable achievements in producing the Imose Zedon X-Pro laptops, mobile phones, and tablets locally. Olusi expressed his admiration for the company’s dedication to local content and encouraged […]
Hundreds of tricycle operators yesterday took to the streets of Kano State, protesting the hike in the pump price of Petrol. This came as the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol has been adjusted to as high as N1, 200 across some filling stations, as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, […]
By Charly Agwam Bauchi State government has received 134,280 bottles of Multiple Micronutrient Supplement, MMS, from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, BMGF, to treat malnutrition in pregnant women. The programme which is implemented by UNICEF, aims to combat anaemia in pregnancy.According to UNICEF, the MMS scale-up, launched in collaboration with the Government of Nigeria and […]
A middle-aged man has been electrocuted while trying to vandalise a Jos Electricity Distribution Company, JED, electricity transformer and cables installed near Queens Hotel, Ankpa Ward in Makurdi.It was gathered that the young man whose lifeless body was found between the upriser polls mounted by the transformer was killed while trying to vandalise the installation. […]
By Marie-Therese Nanlong The North Central All Progressives Congress, APC Forum, has berated a group led by the former Senate President, Ameh Ebute, for supporting the embattled National Chairman of the Party, Abdullahi Ganduje, ahead of the Party’s National Executive Council, NEC.Ebute’s group, under the auspice of the North Central APC Elders Forum, had on […]
By Kingsley Omonobi Chairman of Police Service Commission, PSC, DIG Hashimu Argungu, retd, said yesterday the commission would no longer be a rubber stamp for irregular means of promotion in Nigeria Police Force.He declared that merit, based on passing of prescribed examinations and other basic requirements, would now count for the promotion of officers and […]
The man who designed Nigerian flag, Taiwo Michael Akinkunmi, will be buried this week in Oyo state, where he lived. This is coming a year after he died, aged 87. The delay was because the Federal Government had promised a state burial for him. However, no plans have ever been made. And as they waited, Akinkunmi’s […]
Omokehinde Olowu, the Public Relations Officer of the NNPP recognized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has condemned the recent legal suit filed at the Ogun State High Court by a group claiming to represent the party. Oluwu described the plaintiff as an impostor, accusing him of falsely assuming the role of National Secretary […]