480 INTENDING PILGRIMS FROM KADUNA STATE LEFT FOR SAUDI ARABIA
The airlift of intending pilgrims from Kaduna state North-West Nigeria is coming to an end as this Wednesday evening four hundred and eighty pilgrims left Kaduna international airport. The pilgrims...
View ArticleItaly earthquake: Mass funeral for 35 victims
A mass funeral has taken place in Italy for some of the 290 people killed in Wednesday’s powerful earthquake. Thirty-five victims from the town of Arquata were mourned at a sports hall in the regional...
View ArticleFed Govt earns N677.8b in second quarter, says CBN
Federal Government retained revenue for the second quarter of this year stood at N677.88 billion, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Economic Report for the second quarter released yesterday said....
View ArticleNigeria risks losing N218billion Abacha loot as Justice Minister Malami,...
One of the issues believed to have been discussed by President Muhammadu Buhari and the visiting U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, during a closed-door meeting last Tuesday was the return of...
View ArticleFinance minister: this is our worst possible time
The full picture of Nigeria’s economic gloom was laid bare yesterday. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released its indices which showed that the economy had contracted for the second...
View ArticleHalliburton scandal: EFCC traces N13.5b to private account
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered how $32.5million of about $200million fines from Halliburton Energy Services was allegedly paid into a private account. The cash was...
View ArticleNLC vows to resist further fuel price hike
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it will resist any further increase in the pump price of fuel by the Federal Government, saying the nation is yet to recover from the impact of the recent...
View ArticleInsecurity hinders fuel distribution- NARTO
The National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) said insecurity on the country’s highways occasioned by activities of armed robbers and kidnappers is hindering movement of petroleum...
View ArticleCBN Launches Credit Schemes for Farmers
As part of its developmental role, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (FMA & WR) established the Commercial Agriculture...
View ArticleFood vendors from Igabi LGA protest against alleged replacement
Food vendors engaged by Kaduna state government from Rigasa ward in Igabi Local Government Area, under the free school feeding programme, have staged a peaceful protest. The protesting women when...
View ArticleHow Fed Govt’ll tackle unemployment: Ngige
Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige says that the Buhari administration would tackle unemployment and underemployment through diversification of the economy. The minister said the government...
View ArticleObasanjo: PDP in coma, needs intensive care
Says Sheriff only carrying a dying baby •Factional chair asks him to ‘bring back party’s soul’ •Fayose dismisses meeting as plot to destroy PDP Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, at the weekend, proposed sending...
View ArticleEx- GMDs raise alarm over NNPC debt
The Group Managing Director of the National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru, and the former GMDs of the Corporation including the immediate past GMD and the current Minister of...
View ArticleSallah: El-Rufai calls for peace and goodwill
Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufa’i Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has called on Nigerians to uphold peace and show goodwill to one another. In a Sallah message issued in Kaduna, El-Rufai said that...
View ArticlePresident Buhari’s sallah message
Fellow Compatriots, as you celebrate the Eid-El-Kabir, I salute your steadfastness in spite of the difficult economic times the country is going through. The lessons of the Eid are piety and sacrifice...
View ArticleHerdsmen Who Go About Armed With Guns & Cause Violence Should Be Treated As...
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III Herders moving with guns and causing violence are not Nigerians, Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has said. “These are foreigners coming into...
View ArticleJonathan visits IBB, Abdulsalami in Minna
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday paid a private visit to former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd) and former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), at their...
View Article$15m unexplained wealth: SERAP gives FG 7 day ultimatum to prosecute Patience...
Patience Jonathan Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has a given the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami ( SAN) a 7 Day ultimatum to...
View ArticleNigeria can generate N20trn from cassava — Growers
The National President, Nigerian Cassava Growers Association, Pastor Segun Adewumi, says cassava can generate over N20 trillion for the country annually if adequately utilized. Adewumi said in an...
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