BUSINESS
Ikpeazu Vows To Complete Enyimba City Garment Industry This Year
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu on Friday performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the Aba Leather And Garment Industrial Cluster and the Enyimba City Garment Industry all located at Umunneato, Umukalika in Obingwa Local Government Area with an assurance to complete the Garment Industrial Cluster this year. According to the Governor, the Enyimba City Garment Industry is...
Gov. Sani Presents N458.3 Billion 2024 Budget To Kaduna Assembly
Kaduna State Governor Senator Uba Sani, yesterday presented a N458.3 billion budget for the 2024 fiscal year to the state’s House of Assembly for approval. The budget has N318.8 billion as capital expenditure and N139 billion as recurrent expenditure, reflecting a capital-to-recurrent ratio of 69.57 per cent to 30.43 per cent. Governor Sani said the budget prioritised capital spending in line...
Stock Market Loses N207 Billion Amid Easter Break
The Nigerian equity market experienced a decline during the holiday-shortened trading week, losing ₦207 billion in market capitalization as investor sentiment remained cautious amid ongoing earnings reports and dividend announcements. Trading on the Nigerian Exchange Limited was limited to four days as the federal government declared Friday, April 18, and Monday, April 21, 2025, as public holidays to mark the...
Fake Naira Notes In Circulation, CBN Warns Nigerians
The Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) has warned Nigerians to be wary of counterfeit naira notes in circulation amid reports of currency shortage in the country. In a statement released on Friday titled ‘Beware of Counterfeit Naira Banknotes in Circulation,’ the apex bank advised Deposit Money Banks, Financial Houses, Bureau de Change, and the public to be vigilant and implement necessary...
Governor Otti Flags Off EU-Funded Social Protection Project, Inaugurates State Council
....Governor Pledges to Tackle Poverty Holistically, Partners UNICEF, ILO to Strengthen Safety Nets for Vulnerable Groups Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has formally launched the Support for Sustainable and Innovative Social Protection Systems in Nigeria, an EU-funded initiative aimed at improving the lives of vulnerable groups across the state. The program was unveiled at the...
Appeal Court Dismisses Ex-NHIS Boss, Olufemi Thomas’s No-case Submission
A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Thursday, September 30, 2021, dismissed the application filed by Dr. Olufemi Martins Thomas, a former Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, seeking to stop the alleged $2,198,900 fraud charges leveled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Thomas was re-arraigned alongside one Kabiru Sidi, a...
Dangote Refinery Announces Fresh Date To Commence Fuel Supply In Nigeria
Dangote Refinery has announced July 10–15, 2025, as the new date to commence supply of Premium Motor Spirit (fuel) to the Nigerian market. The President of Dangote Group, Aliko, disclosed this recently during a tour of the 650,000 barrel per day capacity Refinery by the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The new date comes after the refinery had earlier announced...
We Inherited A Bad Economy, FG Says As Tinubu Insists On 50m Jobs
The Federal Government, on Monday, said it inherited a bad economy with an unacceptable high rate of unemployment. The government also assured Nigerians that the administration of President Bola Tinubu will not rely on borrowing and that he had pledged to be transparent, honest and accountable to the people. Meanwhile, the President has promised to create about 50 million jobs through...
FG Commences Skill Acquisition Training In South-East Zone
The Federal Government has commenced the training of youths and unemployed in the South-East zone, in various Skills as an alternative to white collar jobs. Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister for Labour and Employment, while flagging off the training in Owerri, Imo State capital, noted that Skills education would equip them with self-employment and self-reliant skills that would serve them...
Budget Office: Ben Akabueze Out, Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi In
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi as the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, following the expiration of the tenure of Mr. Ben Akabueze. Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement said Yabuku is an accomplished economist and was Chief Economic Adviser to late...
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