The Nigerian Senate, on Monday, February 20, was informed that Nigeria has no known record of oil and non-oil products being exported since 2015. The lack of record has reportedly made the country lost over N23.6 billion expected to be repatriated proceeds of the export within the undocumented
Nigerians on Monday expressed outrage after it emerged that Indian-packaged garri was being sold in the country. The garri is packed in a 500g bag, which has the picture of a lady and an inscription, ‘TRS’ (Asia’s Finest Foods) on it, with a price tag of N450. The Executive Director, Natural Nutrient Limited, Sola Adeniyi, […]
The Senate, on Monday, asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation over alleged racketeering in foreign exchange transactions. According to Punch report, the lawmakers also urged the EFCC to identify owners of mansions in highbrow areas of Abuja, alleging that
The first-ever international donor conference focusing on the crisis in the north east of Nigeria gets underway in Oslo, Norway this week in hopes of raising more than $1 billion to fund humanitarian response in the northeast and Lake Chad region. The 2017 Humanitarian Response Plan for Nigeria seeks more than $1b targeted at the […]
The Buhari administration has approved the Tertiary Education Trust Fund 2016 intervention budget of N213.4 billion, the highest ever to be distributed to the tertiary institutions. Dr. Abdullahi Baffa, the Executive Secretary of TETFund, disclosed this at a news briefing in Abuja on Monday. Giving a breakdown of the budget, Baffa said each of the […]
A group under the aegis of GoodluckNigeria has thrown its weight behind the alleged plan by a former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, and his wife, Dame Patience, to rid the Niger Delta of Fulani herdsmen. The group in a statement signed by its President, Joseph Spiff Wilcox, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday said […]











