Nigeria Hits 18.17% Inflation Rate – NBS Reports
Nigeria's inflation rate rose from 17.33% recorded in February to 18.17% in the month of March. In the latest report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the Headline index increased by 1.56% in March 2021, this is 0.02% points higher than the rate recorded in February 2021 (1.54 percent). Food inflation, a closely watched index spiked to 22.95% from 21.79% recorded in the...
Economic Crisis: Group Asks FG Not To Sack Workers
A group is known as The Alliance for Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) has asked the federal government, FG not to use budget cuts as an excuse to sack workers. The federal government had revised the 2020 budget due to the crash in the price of oil and other effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy. In a statement, Adewale...
Buhari Seeks Approval From House Of Reps To Reimburse 5 States N148bn
The President, Muhammadu Buhari, has written to the House of Representatives to seek approval for the Federal Government to reimburse five states for constructing roads on its behalf. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, read the presidential request at the opening of plenary on Tuesday. In the letter read by Gbajabiamila, Buhari sought “approval of the reimbursement of N148.14bn through the issuance of...
NNPC Will Cease To Exist In Six Months – GMD Mele Kyari
The General Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mele Kyari has revealed that the Corporation will cease to exist within 6 months. His comments are coming a day after President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill. Speaking on Arise TV on Monday, he disclosed that the corporation will be transformed into a private company. READ...
FG Moves To Regulate Prices Of Goods As Hardship Bites Harder
The federal government has said plans are in the works to establish a National Commodity Board as a solution to the escalating food prices in the country. The commodity board will be expected to assess and regulate food prices, as well as maintain a strategic food reserve for stabilizing prices of crucial grains and other food items. Vice President Kashim Shettima...
I’ll Do My Best To Support The Survival Of Enyimba Automated Shoe Company, SP Ahmed Lawan Assures (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
The Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan has said as the number three citizen of the country, he will do all within his capacity to ensure that the Enyimba Automated Shoe Company (ENASCO) survives and achieve the aims of its establishment. The Senate President assured that the Senate will henceforth, will begin move to stop Federal Government Agencies from importing boots...
Yahaya Bello Lauds Buhari For Recognising Kogi As Oil Producing State
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has expressed the state government’s appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari recognizing it as one of the Oil-producing states. This is contained in a statement by Mr Onogwu Muhammed, Chief Press Secretary to Bello on Wednesday. ”Gov. Bello conveyed his thank you message to Mr President during his visit to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. ”Kogi was...
WTO Won’t Harm Nigeria’s Economic Diversification, Okonjo-Iweala Tells Buhari
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has allayed fears that embracing the free trade policy of the world body would harm Nigeria’s economic diversification drive. Fielding questions after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja on Monday, she affirmed that special and differential treatment could be applied to prevent vulnerable countries...
Emefiele Responsible For Economic Rot, Nigerians Should Be Patient — Akpabio
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, says the current administration led by President Bola Tinubu met the Nigerian economy in a mess which he claimed was caused by policies carried out by former governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele. The Senate President spoke during a thanksgiving service by Senator Barinada Mpigi in Koroma, Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State...
Nigeria’s Economic Problem Generational, Tinubu Working Hard To Tackle It — APC
Felix Morka, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Publicity Secretary, has said that the economic problems the President Bola Tinubu-led administration is working to tackle were created generationally. Morka stated this while commenting on the hardship Nigerians are facing as a result of some economic policies introduced by President Biola Ahmed Tinubu in an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. He said...
