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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has begun the collection of project support loan facilities to some state governments for the execution of some projects under its intervention programmes. The credit facilities were given to some states to finance various projects across different sectors, including agriculture and manufacturing. “We’ve also …

Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State The presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, says that if elected, his administration will focus on blocking leakages rather than wasting time running after corrupt government officials. Obi said this on Wednesday night when he appeared on …

Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, on Tuesday, attended the monthly meeting of Afenifere held at the Isanya-Ogbo country home of its leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo where he promised to restructure Nigeria if elected president in 2023. Mr. Obi, while addressing …

Scores of people were burnt to death after a petrol tanker exploded in Ankpa, a town in Kogi state. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says no fewer than eight persons were confirmed dead, adding that the casualty figure may yet rise from the incident that happened on Wednesday. Stephen …

Adamu, Tinubu The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign has run into crisis, even before the official launch of the party’s campaign, as Abdullahi Adamu, the national chairman, has accused Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate of neglecting collective agreements. This comes on the heels of the release of of …

Falz   Falz, the Nigerian rapper, has called out the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for destroying “1.8 tonnes of cocaine” in Lagos.   On September 19, the agency seized cocaine “worth N194 billion” from a warehouse in the Ikorodu axis of Lagos. The NDLEA described the development as …

Lai Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture, has said that the government of Muhammadu Buhari is progressively decimating terrorists and insurgents in the country. Mohammed spoke at a joint press conference with Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, during a ceremony to mark the 2022 World Tourism …

As Nigeria targets five million metric tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas in the medium term, stakeholders and major players have said that the biggest constraints will be availability of cylinders for distribution of the product. The stakeholders spoke at the panel session of the World LPG Association India/Nigeria LPG Summit …

The presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 general elections has promised to ensure that national grid collapses will become a thing of the past if he is elected Nigeria’s president, Obi who was reacting to the national grid’s eight collapse in 2022, putting several parts of the country …

In order to harness the global digital economy estimated at $11.5 trillion (which translates to about 16 percent of the global economy), the federal government has said Nigeria’s digital economy will contribute 15% of the country‘s total gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025. Stakeholders in the Information and Communication Technology …