Food inflation rises 20.6% as price increases persist
…Headline inflation hits 16.5% in January By Elizabeth Adegbesan Increases in the prices of basic food items continued for the 17th consecutive month, prompting the Food inflation to hit 20.6 per cent in January, the highest since September 2019. Consequently, the nation’s annual inflation rate also rose for the 17th consecutive months to 16.47 percent […]
FG spends over N50bn monthly on electricity — Minister
The Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, says the Federal Government spends over N50 billion monthly on electricity. Mr Aaron Artimas, the Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the minister, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement in Abuja. Artimas quoted the minister as saying this when he received the Guild of Actors and Film […]
Alleged car snatching: 7 arrested in Imo
Seven persons have been arrested in Imo state, over alleged stealing of vehicles, days after they were said to have been released from prison on the same offence.
Despite opposition, Reps pass bill to establish power training institute for second reading
A bill seeking to create an enabling legal framework for the operation and an administration of National Power Training Institute of Nigeria, NAPTIN, yesterday scaled through a second reading at the House of Representatives.
Gunmen kill 2 policemen in Delta
The Police Command in Delta has confirmed the killing of two of its officers by gunmen, along Ugbolu-Illah road in Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Ali, confirmed the killing to newsmen on Tuesday in Asaba. He said that the police however killed two of the […]
Digital Space’s Abitoye floats foundation to help poor Nigerians
Digital Space founder, Olubukola Abitoye, has launched a foundation, aimed at offering succour to the less privileged Nigerians against the economic hardship orchestrated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
