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World Bank building The World Bank has disclosed that Nigeria’s constant fiscal deficit has worsened the nation’s public debt stock, with 96.3 per cent of government revenue spent on servicing debt in 2022. This was according to the Macro Poverty Outlook for Nigeria: April 2023 brief released by the bank. …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won eight Assembly seats after Saturday’s supplementary elections in Kebbi State. The results were announced by the Collation officers of the eight constituencies at the respective collation centers. The constituencies are Arewa,Augie Gwandu, Jega,Kalgo, Koko Besse, Maiyama and Sakaba initially declared inconclusive after the Governorship and …

Controversial media personality, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky has expressed readiness to date a fraudster, sharing the basis on which that could happen. The ‘transgender woman’ claimed in an interview with OAP, Toke Makinwa that ‘she’ would easily date a fraudster as long the person is willing to part with money ceaselessly. Bob …

Court Two persons, Alice Tojare, 26, and Adebisi Seyi, 30, were on Monday arraigned before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly defrauding a man of N508, 000 through fake transfer. Seyi and Tojare allegedly defrauded one Ezike Samuel by doing fake money transfer to him after buying goods …

The governor-elect of Enugu State, Mr Peter Mbah, was never convicted for corruption as being speculated in some quarters. One of his lawyers, Chief Emeka Ozoani, stated this in Enugu on Monday during an interaction with some newsmen. Ozoani, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, further added that Mr Mbah was …

Actress Bella Ebinum has questioned the school of thought that claims ‘women like money’ wondering if men ever could ever do things freely for women with ulterior motives. Responding to her query, Ebinum emphatically stated men could never do anything for women for free without desiring something it return. She also …

Tinubu and Buhari Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Sunday night said the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will be clearly different from President Muhammadu Buhari in running his government. Fashola, who spoke in an interview on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics, said Tinubu is very detailed and micro-manages more …

  Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has released its unaudited results for the first quarter ended March 31st, 2023, recording remarkable growth across all its major income lines.  The Bank’s result which was released to the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX)  on Thursday, April 13, 2023 showed …

  Despite the economic headwinds that characterised 2022, Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (DSR) will pay N18.22 billion as dividends to shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2022, while also targeting the production of over 170,000 tonnes of sugar next season. The dividend payout will translate to N1.50 kobo per …

EFCC officials on the prowl to arrest vote-buyers The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it arrested 12 people for alleged vote-buying in Saturday’s supplementary polls in Kano and Katsina States. The EFCC Kano Zonal Commander, Faruk Dogondaji, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview that …