Why grains importation won’t happen soon – Stakeholders
There may be delay in implementation of the zero-tariff grains importation policy of the federal government as Financial Vanguard reliably learnt at the weekend that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is yet to receive a comprehensive list of the firms to select for participation in the intervention programme.
We won’t allow dismemberment of Nigeria – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, this morning, acknowledged that calls for the restructuring of Nigeria are “quite proper in a legitimate debate”but noted that the situation “has let in highly irresponsible groups to call for the dismemberment of the country.”
FG explains why it labelled IPOB a terrorist group
THE Federal Govern-ment, yesterday, disa-greed with the United States of America on the status of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
Nigeria’s unity not negotiable – Senate
The Senate, after a two-hour closed-door session, yesterday, declared that Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable.
‘Weak, incompetent party’: Presidency mum as APC fires back at Sagay
The Presidency was, yesterday, mute as verbal warfare broke out between the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC and Professor Itse Sagay, one of the key aides directing President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption fight.
Poor state of energy sector: FG’s economic recovery growth plan in danger
There are strong indica- tions that the realisation of the Federal Government’s 2017-2020 Economic and Recovery Growth Plan, ERGP, may be scuttled as a result of inadequate and unstable power supply in the country.
Restructure Nigeria now to attain balance, says Tinubu
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former governor of Lagos State, Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday broke his silence on the restructuring debate as he warned of the consequences of not engaging a restructuring of the political economy of the Nigerian nation.
Order makes 30m Nigerians of Igbo extraction terrorists, IPOB tells court
The Indegeniuos People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking it to vacate the ex-parte order that proscribed and declared it a terrorist organisation.
We shouldn’t experience another civil war — Ohanaeze
Sokoto —The apex Igbo socio-cultural group in Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday stressed that the country should not be allowed to undergo another civil war.
Why Buhari, Court okayed IPOB’s ban
EFFORTS of the Federal Government to declare the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB a terrorist organisation and proscribe its activities, yesterday, bore fruits. A Federal High Court in Abuja granted an order declaring the activities of IPOB as “acts of terrorism and illegality.”
Nigeria’s foreign debts hit $15.05bn in June – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, yesterday, said Nigeria’s foreign debt stood at $15.05 billion, while the domestic debt portfolio was put at N14.06 trillion in June this year.
