To reposition Nigeria’s economy and tackle insecurity at its roots, the National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the establishment of a Cotton, Textile and Garment Development Board, alongside new strategies for agribusiness expansion and livestock transformation projected to generate up ...
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BOOK REVIEW: I Dared To Be Different
BY Prof. Aniekan Brown BOOK REVIEW Title: I Dared to be Different: An Autobiography Author: Francis Osagie Erhabor Publisher: Verbatim Communications Limited Date: 2025 ISBN: 979-8-3154-6684-0 Foreword By: Solomon Ehigiator Arase, CFR, fdc (Former Inspector General of Police) Chapters: Seven ...
Read More »Concerns As Teachers In Some States Remain On N18,000 Salary
Teachers in some states of the federation who are still placed on the N18,000 and N30,000 minimum wages or below have cried out for help. Although 14 states were allegedly paying their teachers the old wages when the N70,000 national ...
Read More »Payment of N77,000 Allowance Begins End Of March – NYSC DG
…Fed Govt clears full-time HND graduates for national service The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Olakunle Nafiu, has said the payment of N77,000 allowance will start by the end of this month. He said the NYSC and ...
Read More »Coscharis Group Boss, Maduka Gets NICA’s Fellowship Award
Chairman of Coscharis Group, Dr. Cosmas Maduka, has been awarded the Honorary Fellowship and Award of Credit Using Entrepreneur by the National Institute of Credit Administration (NICA) in recognition of his outstanding business leadership. The prestigious award was in recognition ...
Read More »Fuel Scarcity Looms As IPMAN Gives 7-day Ultimatum Over N100bn Bridging Claims
…Seeks Tinubu’s intervention Nationwide premium motor spirit (petrol) scarcity looms in Nigeria as the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) over unpaid bridging claims. ...
Read More »FG, NLC Set Up Joint C’ttee To Review 50% Telecom Tariff Hike
The Federal Government has met with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) with a view to reaching a common ground on the recent 50 per cent increment on the telecommunication tariffs by the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC). The meeting, which was ...
Read More »Nigeria’s 2025 GDP Growth Could Reach 5.5% With Effective Policies – NESG
Nigeria’s economy is projected to achieve a 5.5 per cent gross domestic growth rate in 2025, contingent on effective reforms, according to Olusegun Omisakin, chief economist of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG). President Bola Tinubu emphasised that ongoing economic reforms ...
Read More »Abandoned Projects: Julius Berger Apologises To Senate For Shunning Summons
Construction giant, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, has tendered an apology to the Nigerian Senate for consistently failing to honour the lawmakers’ invitations to provide explanations regarding abandonment of projects in the country. Recall that last month, the Senate at the plenary ...
Read More »Kogi Govt Spends N7bn For Upgrade Of 88 PHCs In 21 LGAs
Kogi State Government is to spend over N7 billion to revamp additional 88 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across the 21 local government areas in the state. Governor Usman Ododo disclosed this at a ceremony held at the official sites hand ...
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