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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom says the incessant killings in the state means that Nigeria does not have a government. He lamented that over 70 people have been murdered in two weeks in Makurdi Local Government Area. Ortom spoke to protesters on Tuesday at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Abagena village. Suspected herdsmen…
The buyer of Shoprite’s local business in Nigeria has been revealed. It is Persianas, a Nigerian property company. According to PM News, Reuters reported this on Wednesday, citing multiple sources, including banks. The retail chain, with over 2,300 stores across Africa, is awaiting regulatory assent on the sale of its Nigerian retail store operation, though…
Lamenting the misinformation in some quarters, the management of Dangote Cement Plc, yesterday, refuted any form of price increase, clarifying that the product from its factories and plants nationwide sells for N2,450 in Obajana and Gboko, and N2,510 in Ibese inclusive of value-added tax (VAT). The clarification, the company noted, followed recent insinuations that it…
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs and appointed new officers. The new Service Chiefs are: Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao, Chief of Air Staff. This was announced…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-assignment of Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), for another five-year tenure. According to a statement signed by Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, the President has also approved the reconstitution of the Non-Executive Board of the NPA, with Mr Emmanuel Olajide Adesoye (from South-west…
Nigeria’s rising COVID-19 positive cases are worrying, Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire announces on Monday. According to him, 10,300 confirmed cases were reported from 50,750 samples tested last week. This translates to 20% positivity rate. “It means one out of every five persons tested in the last one week turned out positive, compared with the…
Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has approved the setting up of a National Identity Number (NIN) enrolment centre to be set up on Tuesday, 19th of January, 2021 at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This enrolment centre will provide support for members of the Diplomatic Corps and will be…
The government are set to spend over $576 million(N220 billion) on COVID-19 vaccine, as the government plans to immunise 70% of Nigerians who are at risk of the virus, Director of National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA) Dr. Faisal Shuaib said. According to him, free vaccine to immunise 20 per cent of those to be…
The federal government yesterday formally kick-started the Special Public Works (SPW) programme, set to create 774,000 jobs for the youths. Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN), the Minister of State for Labour and Employment said at the opening of the programme in Abuja that it would provide economic empowerment to the beneficiaries. The SPW, which is expected…
The projection is contained in the December 2020 Nigeria Economic Alert released by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on Monday. In the released, the accounting firm said that Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate will likely fall between -1.5 percent and 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020. According to them the fourth quarter GDP quarter…
