The federal government recorded a budget deficit of N8. 74 trillion at end of December last year.

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-THE federal government said it would adopt multipronged approach in tackling the socio-economic obstacles of out-of-school children in the country. To this end, government said it was not only providing educational opportunities to the out-of-school children but also would simultaneously provide them buffers against challenges that impede their ability to access education. Minister of […]

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA– THE National Health Insurance Scheme,NHIS,said it has amicably resolved the dispute between Health Care Providers,HCPs, and Health Maintenance Organizations,HMOs in the country. The intervention of the agency, according to its Deputy General Manager,Press, Emmanuel Ononokpono,in a statement, Monday,was aimed at “avoiding possible service disruption.” READ ALSO:Hajj Scam: EFCC grills Medview Airline MD, Bankole Recall […]

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has commiserated with Chairman of Silverbird Group, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, whose mother, Mrs Margaret Murray-Bruce, passed away on Tuesday. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, the governor said that it was sad to hear of the passing of 95-year-old Margaret Murray-Bruce, noting that […]

CRISIS looms for Shylock Landlords in the nation’s capital Territory,  Abuja as a bill to make the annual payment of rent illegal, yesterday scaled second reading in the Senate.

By Chinonso Alozie The former governor of Imo state and Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, on Tuesday, alleged it was the Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, who was behind the alleged N2.9 billion fraud allegation of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against him (Okorocha). Okorocha revealed this to newsmen in Owerri, through his […]

The Federal government has said it is exploring options of taking up the issue of alleged negligence against a Ukrainian university over the death of a Nigerian student, Fadlullah Agboluaje.

Suspected kidnappers have reportedly abducted ten persons at a farm in Ayede Ogbese, Akure North council area of Ondo state.

.  As capital market can solve development challenges By Peter Egwuatu Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), has announced the listing of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) $4 billion  FGN Eurobonds on its platform . The Eurobonds were issued in three tranches as follows: 6.125% FGN SEP 2028 worth $1,250 million ; 7.375% FGN SEP 2033 […]

Ibadan the capital city of Oyo State and the largest city in West Africa is set to play host to the biggest gathering of youths in the southwest of Nigeria with the Progressive Youths Festival coming up on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at Liberty Stadium, Ibadan.

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it has identified possible risks to the conduct of the February 12 Area Council election in the Federal Capital Territory FCT, urging security agencies to beam their searchlights on the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, hard drugs and activities of insurgents in some parts of the territory.

Healthtech startup Wellahealth Technologies Limited and diagnostics startup MDaaS Global, both backed by Techstars, have partnered to provide affordable diagnostic services and treatments to healthcare consumers and insurers across Nigeria. Wellahealth offers affordable cover for common health care conditions, such as malaria, typhoid, and viral illnesses, via a network of pharmacies, while MDaaS Global builds and operates modern, technology-enabled diagnostic centers in clinically-underserved communities.

House of Representatives, Tuesday mandated its committee on agricultural production and services to liaise with the federal ministry of agriculture and rural development to review all existing Cocoa and commodity laws in Nigeria.

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo  Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai of Kaduna State has appealed to the Federal Government to create a Theatre Command similar to the situation in the North-East so as to confront the insurgency that has clearly emerged in five states of the North-West and Niger State. He said the creation of such a Theatre Command would  enable […]

By Esther Onyegbula Suspected assassins have brutally murdered Mrs Ibironke Oluremi Adefila, a senior staff of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Ikorodu area of Lagos. Adefila was reportedly on her way to work in the early hours of Friday, January 28, 2022, when she was accosted by the heavily armed assailants, opposite Awalu […]