Farmers Move To Increase Cocoa Production In Abia As Ikpeazu Assures Continous Partnership
Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria Thursday flagged off the free distribution of the Cocoa GAP Handbook in Abia State. Speaking during the event, the CFAN National President, Comrade Adeola Adegoke, said the farmers’ focus was to increase Nigeria...
Reps Probe Petrol Subsidy Under President Buhari, Allege $7 Billion Diversion
The House of Representatives has set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the petroleum products subsidy regime under President Muhammadu Buhari. The lawmakers asked the committee to carry out the probe from 2017 to 2021. This followed the adoption ...
Refineries Can’t Start Working Now — Kyari
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has said the country’s moribund refineries cannot be quickly restored. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday when he appeared before the House of Representatives ...
Buhari Jets Out To Portugal, To Take Part In UN Ocean Conference
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, June 28, depart Abuja on a State Visit to Portugal at the invitation of President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The President, who will hold official talks with his Portuguese counterpart will be conferred with ...
How Nigeria Spent N896.7bn On Debt Servicing In Q1’22
Nigeria spent N896.7 billion on domestic and foreign debt servicing in the first quarter of 2022, Q1’22 , representing a 12 per cent year-on-year (YoY) decline from N1.02 trillion spent in the corresponding period of 2021. In its External and Domes...
Inflation Rises To 16.82% In April 2022 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said inflation rate rose to 16.82 percent in April 2022, representing a 0.90 percent rise when compared to 15.92 per cent recorded in March 2022. The bureau also said that the composite food index rose year...
UK Uncovers Fresh $23.4m Abacha Loot
The National Crime Agency (NCA) in the UK says it has recovered $23,439,724.98 loot believed to have been siphoned out of Nigeria in the 1990s by the associates and family of former Head of State, General Sani Abacha. According to a communique issued...
Over 5,000 Debtors Owe FG N5.2trn, Says Finance Minister
Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has said the Federal Government will enforce the recovery of N5.2 trillion debt owed by over 5,000 debtors through various Ministr...
BUA Chairman, Alhaji Abdulsamad Vows Not To Increase Products’ Price During Ramadan
The Chairman, BUA Group of Companies, Alhaji Abdulsamad Isyaku Rabiu, has promised Nigerians that the company will not increase the price of its products now or during the upcoming Ramadan period. BUA’s representative in the northern region, Alhaji Muhammadu Adakawa, disclosed this during a press briefing held in Kano to address the recent increase of prices of products by some...
President Buhari Suspends Proposed Removal Of Petrol Subsidy Indefinitely
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of the planned removal of petroleum products subsidy until further notice. This was disclosed to State House Correspondents on Tuesday by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Chief Timipre Sylva at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to the Minister, the executive will propose an 18-month extension to National Assembly for the implementation of...
