File Photo: President Buhari signing the bills into law President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N320 billion as the 2023 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) disbursement to tertiary institutions. The Executive Secretary, TETFund, Mr. Sonny Echono, said this at the Annual Strategic Planning Workshop organized for Heads of Beneficiary Institutions in …
Read More »FG To Disburse Over N371bn To 50 Million Nigerians As Subsidy Removal Bonus
Zainab Ahmed, Minister Of Finance, Budget And National Planning The federal government through the Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning says it has secured the sum of $800 million (N371,600,000,000) from the World Bank, as part of a subsidy removal benefit. The Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed while addressing newsmen …
Read More »NSIA, Vitol Sign Joint Venture Agreement For Carbon Avoidance, Removal Projects
Vice President Yemi Osinabo, SAN with L-R Michael Curran, Head of Environmental Products, Vitol, Richard Egan, Business Development (Africa), Vitol, Mrs. Zainab S. Ahmed, Hon Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning and Mr. Aminu Umar-Sadiq, MD & CEO, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority during the agreement signing ceremony at the …
Read More »Tinubu will appoint non-APC members to cabinet — Party chieftain
Bola Tinubu A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Nicolas Felix, on Tuesday said the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will appoint only talented people into his cabinet after taking the oath of office on May 29. Felix, who spoke in an interview on Arise Television on Tuesday, …
Read More »Sue MC Oluomo if you have evidence of attack – FPRO
MC Oluomo The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has stated that anyone with evidence against the Chairman of the Lagos State Parks and Garages Association, Musiliu Akinsaya, popularly known as Mc Oluomo, can file a case of attack against him. He made this known in his response to …
Read More »Capital importation dips as 27 states attract zero foreign inflow
… As capital importation dips 20% A total of 27 states attracted zero foreign investments in 2022, as Nigeria’s capital importation dropped by 20 per cent from the $6.7bn recorded in 2021 to $5.3bn in 2022. This disclosure is from Nigeria’s Capital Importation report published by the National Bureau of …
Read More »Court Orders Forfeiture Of N725million, Banana Island Property Linked To Former NIMASA Director-General, Akpobolokemi
The Federal High Court in Lagos State has granted an order of interim forfeiture of the sum of N725million and property located in the Banana Island area of Ikoyi, Lagos, allegedly diverted from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Both are to be temporarily forfeited to the Federal …
Read More »FG Approves 173 Digital Lending Apps
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has approved a total of 173 companies to provide digital lending services in Nigeria. This came as the deadline for the registration of the companies closed on March 27. Out of the 173 companies registered and approved by the Commission, 119 were …
Read More »Prophet Israel Genesis Greets Dr. Chris Okafor On His Birthday.
… Says He’s an Advocate, Ambassador of Christ The Shepherd in charge of Genesis Global, Prophet Israel Oladele Ogundipe, has congratulated the founder of Grace Nation, Libration City Church whose headquarters situated in Ojodu Berger area of Lagos State, Dr. Chris Okafor on the occasion of his auspicious birthday anniversary, …
Read More »‘It’s treason’ — FG warns Obi, Datti against ‘inviting insurrection’
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has warned Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), against inciting violence over the outcome of the presidential election. NAN reports that Mohammed spoke in Washington DC during his official engagements with some international media organisations on the just concluded 2023 …
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