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The Nigerian land borders that have been closed since August 2019 may be reopened soon. The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, gave this indication in an interview with State House correspondents on Wednesday. Ahmed said the presidential committee set up on the matter had completed its job and had recommended reopening […]
The monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained the monetary policy rate (MPR), which determines interest rate, at 11.5 percent. Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor, announced the committee’s decision on Tuesday at the end of its two-day meeting. The committee also retained the Liquidity Ratio at 30 percent and Cash […]
The House of Representatives, at the plenary on Tuesday, passed the Petroleum Industry Bill for second reading. Members of the House debated the bill for over one hour, led by the Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa. While all the lawmakers who spoke expressed their support for the bill, some of them called for its speedy passage […]
The senate has asked the federal government to use one percent of the revenue accrued to it from value added tax (VAT) to repair public and private property destroyed across the country during the #EndSARS protests. The resolution of the upper legislative chamber followed two consolidated motions sponsored by Biodun Olujimi, senator representing Ekiti south, […]
Some members of the United Kingdom parliament, says there is “strong” evidence to sanction the Nigerian government over alleged killings during the #EndSARS protest. The Members of Parliament, MPs, on Tuesday said the UK must use all diplomatic means to get the federal government to listen to protesters and also seeking sanction against the Nigerian […]
CNN today released a second report on the incident on the shootings at Lekki toll plaza during the #EndSARS protests despite threats of sanction from the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, over its investigative report. CNN’s second report includes the Commander, 81 Division, Brig.Gen Ahmed Taiwo, admittance that soldiers took live ammunition to […]
The Federal Government has said it plans to end fish importation in the next two years, saying it has already ordered fish importers to consider farming and production locally. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, while speaking at the 35th Annual Conference of the Fisheries Society of Nigeria, in Abuja on Monday. He […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that Senator Ali Ndume (Borno South) to be remanded in the Kuje correctional centre. Justice Okon Abang made the order on Monday following Ndume’s failure to produce Abdulrasheed Maina, who is standing trail before the court on money laundering charge and for whom, Ndume stood surety. Justice […]
The Nigerian government is working towards reversing the declining trend in the country’s economy, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Development, Zainab Ahmed, has said. Responding to the latest gross domestic product figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics, which showed Nigeria is now in its second recession in five years, Mrs Ahmed […]
Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, Commander of the 81 Division, Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island has said that he was unaware that the Nigerian Army Headquarters had described the shootings at the Lekki Tollgate as “fake news” on Twitter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Taiwo made the disclosure at the weeked while […]
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