The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC urges the Federal Government to act decisively in the ongoing rift between the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). This…
Aisha Ahmad appointed deputy CBN governor, to replace retired Salah Alade President Muhammadu Buhari has presented Mrs Aishah Ahmad to the Senate for confirmation as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Femu Adesina, Special Adviser to the…
The United States has rejected yam exports from Nigeria because of their poor quality, minister of agriculture, Audu Ogbeh has said In June, Nigeria exported yams to China, United Kingdom and US as part of efforts to reduce dependence on…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday launched the second National Action Plan on Ease of Doing Business as part of the administration’s medium term Economic Growth and Recovery Plan (EGRP) to build a globally competitive economy. The Vice President had last…
815 million people now hungry – Millions of children at risk from malnutrition After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, affecting 815 million people in 2016, or 11 per cent of the global…
No fewer than 11 people have been placed under surveillance in Bayelsa, following a suspected outbreak of a viral disease – Monkeypox. The State Commissioner for Health, Ebitimitula Etebu Wednesday, disclosed this saying samples of the virus had been sent to the World Health…
Shell has launched its global education initiative, NXplorers, in Nigeria, in the latest effort to inspire young people to find solutions to the global challenges of food, water and energy in the face of an increasing global population. “NXplorers will…
Almost throughout its post-independence existence, the Nigerian government has struggled with the provision of essential services to the populace, while being perpetually unable to deal with the country’s infrastructural deficit. In July this year, at the quarterly presidential business forum…
President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Executive Council has approved the payment of N25.99 billion to electricity distribution companies in the country as party of the power sector recovery programme. The amount is part of the N67.41 billion the discos said they…
The State House Medical Centre (SHMC), which currently offers free medical services to patients, will be repositioned to offer qualitative and efficient services, the Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr Jalal Arabi, has said. Reacting to a recent media report on…
