Kaduna to domesticate FG’s social interventions as el-Rufai presents 2021 budget
Charles Abuede
October 6, 2020
Charles Abuede Says budget to promote equality of opportunity The Kaduna State government plans to domesticate the federal government’s social intervention programmes by sending legislative instruments to the State House of Assembly to pass into law, Governor Nasir el-Rufai has said. At the presentation of the state’s 2021 budget to the house, which […]
Trade Union Congress endorses Okonjo-Iweala for WTO top role
Onome AmugeOctober 6, 2020
Onome Amuge The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has called on the Federal Government to make every move necessary to ensure Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s candidate in the keenly contested position of director-general of the World Trade Organisation gets the exalted office. According to the union, her emergence would reaffirm to the world that Nigerians […]
Young farmers call for state of emergency on Nigeria’s economic crisis
Aderemi OjekunleOctober 5, 2020
Onome Amuge The Nigeria Young Farmers Network (NYFN) has demanded that a state of emergency be declared on the high level of unemployment, insecurity, hunger, poverty and other grievous vices befalling the country. At the rally organised by members of NYFN tagged “#60yearslater: The journey of Agriculture and Youth Development” in commemoration of the country’s […]
Rivers in fresh spat with Bayelsa over Soku oil well tussle
BEN EGUZOZIEOctober 2, 2020
Gov Wike happy RMAAC pays revenue to Rivers Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt The ownership of Soku oil bloc, located in a boundary area between Rivers and Bayelsa states, reverberated in Port Harcourt, Rivers capital last week when a Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) team arrived the state led by its chairman, Mohammed […]
Analyst sees mixed chances of twist in economic plot in Nigeria in Q4
Aderemi OjekunleSeptember 30, 2020
Says further inflationary pressure and policy rates cut might be inevitable to pull surprises Charles Abuede Nigeria’s missionary journey into the fourth quarter of a year that has been heavily laden with economic uncertainties, domestically and internationally, could result in more twists from what has ensued in the previous quarters of pre-COVID-19 and at a […]
Edo looks to develop University of Benin with road dualization, power project
Onome AmugeSeptember 30, 2020
Onome Amuge The Edo State government is looking to develop the federal-owned University of Benin through the dualisation of Ekehuan Road and the Ossiomo independent power plant projects currently ongoing, the just re-elected Governor Godwin Obaseki has assured. Obaseki said that his administration is committed towards ensuring the university community benefits from the ongoing dualisation […]
Nigeria launches Digital Nigeria portal, mobile app to help Nigerians develop digital capacity
Saviour AdugbaSeptember 29, 2020
The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has launched a Digital Nigeria portal and mobile app as part of its ongoing drive to boost digital literacy in the country, and to empower more Nigerians to solve problems using digital tools. Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy at the launch of the platforms said: […]
Funding R&D critical to meeting customers needs, says NCC chief
Aderemi OjekunleSeptember 29, 2020
Providing funding for research and development is pivotal to making sure that customers’ needs are met, Umar Dambatta, executive vice chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission has stated. At the inauguration of a 15-man evaluation committee tasked with the assessment of research-based proposals received from members of the academia in Nigeria’s higher institutions, […]
NITDA chief says digitization of government processes curbs corruption
Saviour AdugbaSeptember 29, 2020
Saviour Adugba The digitization of governmental processes helps to curb corruption practices, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, the director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said. Abdullahi made the claim while delivering a goodwill message at the 2nd National Summit of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) with the theme, […]
Uzodinma scores 40% in governance after 9 months in office
Aderemi OjekunleSeptember 29, 2020
Ben Eguzozie in Port Harcourt Governor Hope Uzodinmaof Imo State has been scored an appalling 40 per cent performance in the governance of the Eastern Heartland state, which under his watch currently enjoys an unenviable status of having the highest unemployment rate among Nigeria’s sub-nationals. Shadow Government, a pressure group with the target for good […]