STAKEHOLDERS in the Cotton, Textile and Garment Sub-Sector of the economy have called on the federal government to jerk up the textile intervention fund for the sector to N500 billion. They say that the N100 billion currently being disbursed through the Bank of Industry was not sufficient to reviatlise the sector.

FOLLOWING the trend of the local government elections nationwide, the impression is created that the State Electoral Commissions only exist to do the bidding of their masters, the state governors.

Daily electronic payment transactions through the Instant Payment (NIP) and Nigerian Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) of the Nigerian Inter Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) have increased significantly to about N40 billion daily.

CHAIRMAN of Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Dr. Abdulrasheed Maina, has said more shocking revelations of pension scam are underway, even as he declared his being declared ‘wanted’ by the Nigeria Police Force, has ulterior motives.

During its first year the project reduced the number of pretrial detainees by 88.4 percent in Imo; 86.2 percent in Kaduna; 30.5 percent in Ondo; and 61 percent in Sokoto.