In a recent statement, World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has firmly debunked claims made by Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa regarding a supposed agreement between the World Bank and the International... Read more »
House of Reps Urges CBN to Withdraw Old Naira Notes and Increase New Currency Supply Before Year-End
The House of Representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) to make available more new notes of N200, N500 and N1,000 as well as begin a gradual withdrawal of the old... Read more »
Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah has officially approved a new minimum wage of N80,000 for workers in the state, set to take effect in October 2024. This decision underscores the administration’s commitment... Read more »
The Managing Director/CEO of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) Akintunde Sawyerr, has announced that the Fund has received over 350,000 applications and disbursed over N10 billion, with a commitment to distribute... Read more »
No fewer than four persons have lost their lives after suspected cultists invaded the Ifite Awka area of the school gate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Anambra State in an early morning attack... Read more »
Professor Humphrey Nwosu, who served as Chairman of the then National Electoral Commission (NEC) from 1989 to 1993, has passed away. Appointed by the then military dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida, Nwosu oversaw... Read more »
The world economy could contract by the size of the combined French and German economies, if there is a broad-based trade war between the world’s major economies. It comes as concerns are... Read more »
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a loan of approximately $618 million from a consortium of financiers to acquire six Italian-made M-346 attack jets and ammunition for the Nigerian Air Force.... Read more »
The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has charged the councilors and council chairmen in the state to take charge of government’s development projects in their respective wards through intensive monitoring and... Read more »
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has approved a new minimum wage package of N80,000 for employees of the state government. The governor has also constituted an implementation committee to ensure the... Read more »