Food imports exceed exports by N2.23tn in 12 months
The total international trade in agricultural goods in the country stood at N3.24tn in 2021, with the import value…
Shell demands $1.15bn outstanding cash-calls, other debts
Managing Director of SPDC and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Mr. Osagie Okunbor, stated this in his…
UK prevents use of private jet linked to Russian oligarchs
British transport minister Grant Shapps said on Saturday he has prevented the use of another private jet that has…
Fed Govt new borrowings rise by 278.03% in six years
The Federal Government’s new borrowing allocations rose by 278.03 per cent or N4.03tn between 2015 and 2021.
…
Nigeria issues new travel guidelines on COVID-19
A new international travel guideline has been issued by the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19,…
FG grants three-year tax relief to 33 companies, bars 10 firms
The Federal Government approved the application of 33 companies seeking pioneer status under the Industrial…
CBN imposes heavy sanctions on banks over mutilated notes
The Central Bank of Nigeria has expressed concern over the increasing amount of mutilated banknotes deposited with…
77.1 million identity numbers issued as NIN-SIM registration ends today
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued 77.1 million unique National Identification Numbers…
US Embassy in Abuja begins interview waiver for visa renewals
The United States Embassy in Abuja says it will begin processing certain non-immigrant visa renewal applications…
World Bank suspends Nigerian firm, MD for bribery
THE World Bank has sanctioned SoftTech IT Solutions and Services Ltd., a Nigerian information technology solutions…
Russia-Ukraine war: Oil hits $114, OPEC laments seven million bpd loss
Brent, the crude against which Nigeria’s oil is priced, moved up in price to $114/barrel as at 4.34pm Nigerian…
Ogun launches N900m fund for business
OGUN State government has launched a N900m loan programme for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises operating in the…
Police salary increment: Reps summon minister, accountant general, others
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Police Affairs has invited the Minister of Finance, Budget and National…
NAICOM bars undercapitalised insurers from new businesses, orders claims…
The National Insurance Commission has stopped some insurance firms from taking new businesses.
It also placed a…
Poor Nigerians to hit 95.1m in 2022, says World Bank
THE World Bank has said that poverty reduction stagnated since 2015, with more Nigerians falling below the poverty…
Exports to India in Q4 2021 valued at N875 billion – NBS
In a statement obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the largest exported commodity to India was…
Marketers disagree with depot owners over petrol price hike
THE Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has criticised private depot owners over the recent…
Ukraine resumes evacuations after Russian ‘provocations’
Ukraine said Tuesday it had reopened humanitarian corridors and evacuated civilians from war-scarred regions after…
In China’s Shanghai, Bankers And Traders Sleep In Offices To Beat Covid…
More than 20,000 bankers, traders and other workers are bedding down in office towers in Shanghai's Lujiazui…
JUST IN: NRC suspends train operations along Abuja-Kaduna route indefinitely
The Nigerian Railway Corporation has suspended train operations along the Abuja-Kaduna route indefinitely.
The…
HURIWA condemns Buhari’s silence on Kaduna airport, rail attacks
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria on Tuesday condemned what it described as the silence of the…
Buhari, govs, others congratulate Tinubu at 70
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.); the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan; Speaker of the…
Russia-Ukraine war: Soaring shipping costs may worsen inflation in Nigeria,…
THE International Monetary Fund has said rising shipping costs as a result of the ongoing war between Russia and…
Telcos warn of disruptions in 11 states over Kogi’s clampdown
THE Kogi State Government through its Kogi State Internal Revenue Service agency has shut down a number of…
‘Infrastructure funding deficit to hit $100b
Nigeria’s infrastructure funding deficit will grow to $100 billion in the next five years, the Infrastructure…
FG establishes SDGs innovation hubs to boost states’ social financing
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, announced the establishment of six Sustainable Development…
Fed Govt to reduce wheat importation
The Federal Government (FG) plans to deploy measures to reduce wheat importation into the country.
Government…
Russia-Ukraine crisis: EU begs Nigeria to close gas supply gap
With oil exports from a critical pipeline on Russia’s Black Sea Coast fully halted last Wednesday, the United…
FG’s borrowing from CBN rises by 96.54%, hits N18.16tn
The Federal Government’s total borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria through Ways and Means Advances has…
Cross River decries N34m federal allocation for March
The Cross River State Government received only about 15 per cent of its statutory allocation from the Federation…