Rail transport generates N5.79bn from 2019 – NBS
Rail transportation in Nigeria generated N5.79 billion between 2019 and Quarter One of 2021 (Q1, 2021), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. It said this in the “Rail Transportation Data for Q1 2019 – Q1 2021” obtained from its website on Thursday in Abuja, adding that the revenue was generated from passengers, goods/cargo […]
FG, stakeholders initiate action to curb fake, contraband pesticide
The Federal Government says it is determined to follow through with the enactment and subsequent signing into law, of the proposed draft bill for the establishment of the Nigerian Pesticide Council to curb fake and contraband pesticides. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, expressed the Federal Governement determination to ensure that […]
2m Nigerians receive COVID-19 jabs
More than two million Nigerians have received the first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency declared in Abuja on Thursday. Its Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib, told newsmen that 2,099,568 people have been vaccinated with their first doses, while 1,005,234 have received their second doses of the vaccine as […]
CBN asks farmers to pay back ABP loans
By Emma Ujah The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday, charged beneficiaries of the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP), its flagship agriculture intervention scheme, to repay their loans. The Kaduna Branch Controller of the apex bank, Mal. Ahmed Wali, gave the charge while flagging off the distribution of 27, 000 tonnes rice paddy to millers. READ […]
AKSG to commission Sheraton Hotel by September — Gov Emmanuel
Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Ikot Ekpene in Akwa Ibom State will begin operations by September 2021, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel has declared. The Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, stated this on Wednesday when he met with the management of Marriot Group, led by Mr. Volker Heiden, Area Vice President of Marriott International,to […]
Why Nigeria is missing on crucial international stage
By Charles Onunaiju The Group of 7 rich countries and advanced industrial economies that recently met in the United Kingdom are also foremost liberal democracies. These countries are the United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan. As an outreach to countries of similar liberal democratic values, the G7 invited Australia, […]
