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The official website of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has been compromised by hackers. This was disclosed by the Bureau in a post on its X (formerly Twitter) handle on Wednesday night. It, however, said efforts were ongoing to ...

By Hilary Owowo It comes as a modest boast that Pastor Umo Eno, is the first Governor of Akwa Ibom State to hold an academically earned Doctoral degree, a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree, not a Honorary degree. This degree ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is ramping up preparations to introduce its single currency, ECO, following a consensus reached during its 65th Ordinary Session. This announcement was made in a communiqué released after the 66th ordinary session ...

The Federal Government has announced the renaming of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) to Yakubu Gowon University. Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris revealed the decision to State House correspondents on Monday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over ...

The House of Representatives has urged the federal government to increase local funding for Tuberculosis (TB) to ensure Nigeria abides by all commitments towards ending the disease by 2030. The lawmakers also asked federal government to ensure that TB treatment ...

State Governments across Federation owe the federal government a total of N16.6 billion, Finance Minister Wale Edun has said. He revealed this to State House correspondents after Thursday’s National Economic Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja. In his presentation on the ...

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has reaffirmed its commitment to preventive mechanisms against corrupt practices in its internal operations and interface with stakeholders as well as transparency in local content implementation processes. The executive secretary of the ...

Indigenous oil company Oando Plc, has said that with the support of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) it expects a robust oil production will increase to over 100,000 barrels of oil per day and 1.3-1.4 billion cubic feet ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has urged banks to strengthen their corporate governance principles and risk management framework to enhance investors’ confidence in the ongoing recapitalisation exercise. The director-general of SEC, Dr. Emomotimi Agama stated this at the yearly ...

The  African Guarantee Fund (AGF) and Nigeria’s Bank of Industry (BOI) have signed a $50million Loan Portfolio Guarantee framework in a bid to provide financial and business support services to enterprises in the country. The agreement that was signed at the Africa Investment Forum ...