Bauchi commissioner calls for revamped nomadic education to curb banditry
Onome Amuge
September 15, 2021
An intensified focus and improvement in Nigeria’s nomadic education system will play a significant role in curbing the worrisome cases of banditry and kidnapping in Nigeria. Aliyu Tilde, Bauchi State commissioner for education highlighted this in a statement addressing the rising spate of banditry and kidnapping ravaging the country. According to Tilde, nomadic […]
Agriculture still pulling weight in Katsina with N13bn revenue
Onome AmugeSeptember 15, 2021
Sector resilient amid insecurity challenges The Katsina State government has announced that agricultural entrepreneurs in the state have generated N13 billion across the various value chains of the sector, while the state government accrued N393 million revenue from taxes and levies in the sector despite the bandit attacks and other insecurity challenges faced […]
ACCI organises committee to address controversial NITDA bill
Chris IkosaSeptember 15, 2021
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), has set up an eight-member working committee headed by Segun Olugbile, executive chairman of Continental Project Affairs Associates (CPAA) Limited, to review and address the position of business stakeholders on the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) amendment bill on digital economy. This followed a consultation […]
NDDC hands former head office building to Rivers government
Ben EguzozieSeptember 13, 2021
Spent 16 years renting offices at N38.4bn The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), now fully settled in its 13-storey headquarters complex on Eastern Bypass area of Port Harcourt, has handed over the keys to its former headquarters building, ‘Harold Dappa Biriye House’, on Aba Road, Port Harcourt, to the Rivers State government, […]
Anambra looks to oil revenue as Buhari approves petroleum-bearing state status
Ben EguzozieSeptember 10, 2021
Anambra State is eagerly looking to boost its revenues from the potential windfalls from its new status as petroleum bearing state after President Muhammadu Buhari officially signed off on an earlier Federation Account Allocation Committee confirmation of the same to Governor Willie Obiano. President Buhari’s approval was conveyed in a letter to Governor Obiano […]
Buhari arrives Imo State Thursday, to commission over N2bn projects
Dikachi ElembaSeptember 8, 2021
By Dikachi Elemba, in Owerri President Muhammadu Buhari will commission projects worth over N2 billion in Imo State executed by the administration of Governor Hope Uzodinma, when he arrives on Thursday for a one-day official visit. While in the state, the president is also expected to hold a crucial meeting with critical stakeholders […]
VAT: Rivers meets business leaders as law takes effect; Lagos passes own bill
Ben EguzozieSeptember 8, 2021
Inaugurates VAT Appeal Commission Alleges FIRS wrote illegally to NASS requesting for constitutional amendment to insert VAT into exclusive list Decries disparity in VAT proceeds sharing to states, an inexplicable injustice Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has interfaced with the business community in the oil-rich state, telling the heads of the corporates […]
Nigeria’s bilateral debt rises by 145% in 5 years, hits $4.06bn in 2020
Zainab IwayemiSeptember 8, 2021
Nigeria’s accumulated bilateral debt rose by 144.58 percent to $4.06 billion in the five years from December 2015 to December 2020, data on external loans from the Debt Management Office (DMO) have shown. As of December 2015, the debt figure was just $1.66 billion, but continuous borrowing from countries such as China, France, Japan, […]
Oil-rich Bayelsa, despite huge FAAC hauls, among 8 of Nigeria’s poorest states – report
Ben EguzozieSeptember 8, 2021
Can’t survive without FAAC disbursements With IGRs of less than 10%, states are insolvent Bayelsa, one of Nigeria’s oil resources-rich states, is ironically ranked along with seven others as the nation’s poorest sub-nationals, according to a states’ annual viability index (ASVI) based on a survey carried out by Economic Confidential showing the 2020 […]
Imo government sees potentials for jobs across South-East through JLN
Dikachi ElembaSeptember 7, 2021
By Dikachi Elemba, in Owerri Firm to procure 2700 hectares of farmland To venture into fabrication of tools With the various investments by JLN Agric Implementation Services Limited and JLN Farm Division to bring a revolution in the agricultural sector in Imo State and the entire south east, through massive stocking and assembling […]