THE Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday approved contracts worth N27.4 billion for projects in the ministries of Works and Housing, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The council also approved the establishment of a…
EXPERTS have maintained that due to the high cost of food, the eating patterns of most low-income earners and the poor have changed because they cannot afford good meals. This, they say, will lead to high rates of malnutrition, especially…
NIGERIA has lost its Africa’s top oil producer status to Libya as its crude oil production fell further last month amid lingering supply disruptions, according to a new report by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Nigeria told OPEC…
ATTORNEY-GENERAL of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, issued a directive that a part of the $136 million belonging to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) should be paid in naira equivalent, Keystone Bank has said. The bank made this revelation during…
EVERY morning, Amake Yessoufou makes the rounds of the sewing workshops of Ouidah, a small coastal town in the south of Benin, and collects scraps of fabric used by tailors to make clothes. In the past, waste fabric clogged up…
By ABDULLAHI RABIU, Kano THE Department of State Service (DSS) has uncovered a Notorious Banks Criminals popularly known as “Open Boots”, who specializes in trailing their victims after withdrawing Monies from the bank before reaching their traget destination. The gang…
ZIMBABWE has no plans of adopting cryptocurrency as a legal tender, according to Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa. Mutsvangwa, who spoke following a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, was reacting to reports in a section of the local media that Zimbabwe was…
By ABDULLAHI YAKUBU, Kano The Kano state Government has presented offers of Permanent and Pensionable Employment to 45 Casual Staff of the History and Culture Bureau (Koroso Dancers) in an effort to make them to stand on their feets. Presenting…
KWARA State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, yesterday, said the criminal diversion of funds meant for development of basic education amounted to reckless looting of the future of Kwara child. Speaking at the official signing of a memorandum of understanding for the KwaraLEARN…
BOEING Business Jet (Boeing 737-700) marked 5N-FGT owned by the Nigerian government has incurred parking charges of at least N95 million since it was taken to Germany for repairs. According to SaharaReporters, the amount accounts for the aircraft’s parking charges…
