JUST IN: CBN denies plans to convert $30bn domiciliary deposits to naira
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied planning to convert $30bn domiciliary deposits to naira. There had been reports that in a bid to rescue the naira, the Federal…
Finance ministry takes over FG’s stakes in 11 DisCos
The Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) has taken over from the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), the Federal Government’s equity holdings in the 11 successor electricity distribution companies (DISCos) of…
JUST IN: FG, States, LGs share N1.088trn November allocation
The Federation Account Allocation Committee has shared the sum of N1.088 trillion to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils. A communique issued at the end of the…
FG must ban 85℅ importation – Ex-envoy Adejare
The immediate past Nigeria’s Ambassador to Mexico, Adejare Bello, has urged federal government (FG)to ban 85 percent importation practice, warning that it is dangerous for the future of the country.…
NLC blasts World Bank for N750/litre proposal, rejects foreign influence
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) declared the World Bank as the number enemy of Nigeria following its request that the federal government should increase the price of the fuel to…
Convention of Parties (COP): FG sponsores 422 delegates to Dubai – Minister
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said that the federal government only sponsored 422 delegates to the Convention of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework…
Tunji-Ojo: FG pays N585m fines, begins nationwide prisoners’ release
The Federal Government, on Thursday, said it had raised N585m towards the settlement of fines for inmates in a bid to decongest correctional centres across the country. The Minister…
Strikes not personal agenda, for good governance – Ex- ASUU chair
Former Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos State University chapter, Prof Ojo Olorunleke, shares his thoughts with MUHAMMED LAWAL on the release of four months’ withheld salaries…
LP, AAC slam Tinubu’s plan to renovate forfeited property with N3bn
The Labour Party and the African Action Congress have slammed the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government for earmarking N3bn for the renovation of two luxury Abuja properties forfeited to the…
Reps probe N200bn spent on postponed census
The House of Representatives has resolved to probe the expenditure by the Nigerian Population Commission from the N800bn approved by the Federal Government for the conduct of the 2023 Population…
