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.
Economy rallying out of recession — CBN, Fitch reports
Indications have emerged that Nigeria’s economy is rallying from negative to positive growth in the second half of 2017, if data from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Purchasing Managers’ Index, PMI, and global rating agency, Fitch’s, are anything to go by.
FG’s already restructuring: Lai Mohammed spoke tongue-in-cheek, says Tanko Yakassai
The Federal Government has commenced the process of restructuring in the way it understands, the Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said yesterday.
Food prices hit 8-yr high, as Buhari tasks economic team
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, stated in its latest report released yesterday that food price pressure continued into July as all major food sub-indexes increased, with food inflation in the country rising by 20.28 per cent Year-on-Year (YoY) in July.
PDP TO BUHARI: We’ll give you good run for your money
THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, referring to the 2019 elections and its activities as the opposition party yesterday, told President Muhammadu Buhari that it would give him a good run for his money, noting that the party had vowed to keep the President on his toes.
Quit notice: Kanu acting out of Ignorance – Gov. Shettima
ABUJA—The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has withdrawn the “quit notice” it issued Igbo resident in the region, but asked the Federal Government to arrest the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, saying the time has come to curtail his excesses.
