India-Nigeria trade hits $9bn as firms deepen local production
By Yinka Kolawole India-Nigeria bilateral trade rose by 26 per cent to about $9 billion in 2025–26, from $7.13 billion recorded in 2024–25, as economic ties between both countries deepen beyond oil and commodities into manufacturing, healthcare, energy, technology and job creation. The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Abishek Singh, disclosed that more than 200 Indian […]
Monarch cautions on A-Ibom 2011 guber polls
THE Akpan of Uyo and Ntisong Ibibio II, Sir James Umoren, has called on Ibibio leaders to tread cautiously in their bid to support any candidate in the 2011 governorship election.
Anxiety in BYCAS over alleged plan to sack 470 staff
The alleged plan by the Bayelsa State government to sack 470 staff of the Bayelsa State College of Arts and Science (BYCAS), Agudama-Epie, in the wake of ongoing biometric capture exercise to determine the state workforce, is now causing anxiety among staff of the institution.
EFCC set to probe 3 sacked bank chiefs
The Chief executives of Bank PHB, Spring Bank and Equitorial Trust Bank sacked by the Central Bank are to appear before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to answer questions in connection with some of the decisions taken while they presided over the affairs of the three banks.
Yar’Adua urged to consolidate gains of amnesty
PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has been warned against steps that could weaken the gains of its amnesty programme for militants in the Niger Delta.
MFBs’ illiquidity blamed on crisis in universal banks
Operators of microinance banks (MFBs) have blamed the liquidity crisis in the sub-sector on the problems of non performing loans in the commercial banks.
