FG maps 500,000 MSMEs to drive industrial growth, competitiveness
…Disburses over N600bn through BoI to support business By Yinka Kolawole The Federal Government has captured more than 500,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in a national database as part of efforts to strengthen industrial development, improve policy planning and enhance Nigeria’s competitiveness in regional and global trade. This is even as over N600 billion has […]
2027: Use your 2.1m votes to rescue Nigeria, SDP chairman tells Arewa students
By Henry Umoru ABUJA — Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prof. Sadiq Umar Gombe, has urged Arewa students and young Nigerians to play an active role in shaping the country’s future by voting for credible, competent and patriotic leaders. Speaking on Monday while receiving the […]
Oyedele breaking jinx, restoring confidence in finance ministry — Stakeholders
By Henry Ojelu Stakeholders in Nigeria’s financial and business sectors have commended the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, for restoring confidence in the Federal Ministry of Finance, saying his leadership has ended years of policy uncertainty and repositioned the ministry as the driving force behind the Federal Government’s […]
Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, July 27, 2026
The Nigerian naira maintained a relatively stable position against the United States dollar across the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) and the parallel market as trading opened on Monday, July 27, 2026.
After Bama, Gwoza, Zulum begins plans to resettle Konduga IDPs
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has announced plans to close the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Konduga as part of the state’s ongoing resettlement programme. The move follows the successful closure of the Bama IDP camp, the largest displacement facility outside Maiduguri, and the planned shutdown of the Gwoza camp. Speaking during […]
Court orders reinstatement of 70 pardoned soldiers, directs army to pay salaries from July 2022
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Lagos Division, has ordered the immediate reinstatement of 70 Nigerian Army personnel who were convicted by courts-martial in 2014 but later granted an unconditional presidential pardon by former President Muhammadu Buhari. In a judgment delivered on July 20, 2026, Justice S.A. Yelwa held that the presidential pardon, granted […]
