Browsing Category
Business
Senate asks Auditor General to probe NNPC, NPA, others
The Acting Auditor General of the Federation, Adolphus Aghughu has been challenged to focus more on the financial transactions of big revenue agencies instead of concentrating only on smaller agencies.
Some of the agencies…
NBS: ‘Nigeria’s inflation hits 14.2 per cent in October’
The National Bureau of Statistics says the nation’s inflation rate rose by 0.5 per cent point to 14.2 per cent in October from 13.7 percent in September 2020.
This represents the 14th consecutive monthly rise in Headline…
Kogi State government gives reasons for imposing levy on every loaf of bread
The Kogi State government on Friday explained that it imposed levy on every loaf of bread sold in the state in order to protect indigenous bakers.
The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo,…
IPMAN directs members to sell petrol at N170 per litre
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has directed its members to sell Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) from N168 to N170 per litre.
The Pipeline and Product Marketing Company (PPMC) had on Thursday, November 12,…
Buni present 2021 Appropriation Bill of N107 billion in Yobe
By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri
Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Mai-Mala Buni has presented an appropriation bill of N107 billion to the State Assembly for the 2021 Fiscal Year.
The sum of N63.2 billion is proposed to be expended…
FEC ratifies Nigeria’s membership of AfCFTA
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday ratified Nigeria’s membership in the African Continental Free Trade Area.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed the development to journalists at the end…
428 FG agencies won’t be able to pay salaries by end of November… DG Budget Office
About 428 agencies of the Federal Government will find it difficult to pay staff salaries by the end of November, according to Director-General of the Budget Office, Ben Akabueze.
Akabueze, raised the alarm when he appeared…
NUPENG allays fears of fuel scarcity, says it won’t join PENGASSAN strike
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers on Tuesday said it would not join the strike embarked on by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria over the Integrated Payroll and Personnel…
Peterside faults FG decision to open borders for only Dangote
Founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, Mr Atedo Peterside, has faulted the Federal Government’s decision to allow only Dangote Industries Limited to move goods across the border amid the closure of the country’s land borders.…
Economic expert warns that naira may depreciate to 475 against dollar
An economic expert, Mr Bismarck Rewane, has warned that the naira could depreciate to depreciate to 470-475 against the dollar in the parallel market by November and December if oil prices stay at $40-$42 per barrel.
Rewane…