ABDULLAHI RABIU, Kano PRESIDENT of National Producers of Onions Mr. Aliyu M. Isah, has said that that Nigeria has the capacity of producing 1.4 million metric tons of onion annually, while Nigerians demand for onion annually stood at 2.5 million…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 1, 2021 l, arraigned one Amusa Abiodun Azeez before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on four counts bordering on possession of fraudulent documents…
By Emmanuel Mayah and Esme Lowe (UK) Foreign military aggression, gun-boat diplomacy, trade war and lately; exportation of strife in the form of insurgency and terrorism are not the only ways to attack the political fortune of a sovereign nation.…
THE House of Representatives said on Tuesday there will be no budgetary allocation to the Nigeria Sovereign Wealth Fund from Federation Account for the 2022 fiscal year. Chairman of the House Committee on Finance, James Faleke who made the position…
AFRICAN Development Bank Group President, Akinwumi A. Adesina, said on Friday that the Bank will integrate the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) into its country and regional integration strategies. Receiving AfCTA Secretary-General Wamkele Mene, in Abidjan October 29, Adesina…
BENEFICIARIES of the 774,000 Special Public Works Programme (SPWP) are being owed N7.3 billion, the Federal Government said yesterday. Minister of State for Labour and Employment Festus Keyamo promised however, that the full payment will be made before end of…
By ABDULLAHI RABIU, Kano Kano state Hisbah Operatives have raided the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Club in the State Capital, arresting Eight beer Parlour operators during the operation. The Hisbah operatives also impounded several Cartoons of assorted brands…
AS crucial UN climate change negotiations get underway in Glasgow Sunday, seeking steep global emissions cuts to protect people and nature, many African nations – relatively tiny contributors to the problem – find themselves in an unusual position. Sub-Saharan Africa…
IN a renewed bid to fulfil its constitutional mandate of eradicating corruption among public officers, the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has set machinery in motion for quiet and independent verification of assets of public officers in and outside the…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, have approved a huge national security-sensitive maritime contract to a medical company in a process the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) says is “embarrassing” and illegal, a PREMIUM TIMES investigation…
