PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has proposed to spend N2,490,658,599 on state house clinic, salary, sewage, electricity charges and internet access in 2022. A breakdown of the aforementioned budget shows that the chunk of it, N1,346,707,871 goes to salary payment. State house…
The late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo once described journalists as the floatsam and jetsam of society when he was asked about his experience as a journalist with The Nigerian Worker long before his famous 1944 sojourn to the UK to…
IN Nigeria, a country heavily reliant on revenues from its oil exports, entrepreneur Ifedolapo Runsewe has identified another type of black gold: used car tyres. She has set up Freetown Waste Management Recycle, an industrial plant dedicated to transforming old…
THE Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested ten suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects: Victor Onyemachi, Okolo Abdulganiyu, Williams Ebenezer, Victor Ejike, Ojonugwa V. Adama, Ejeh Michael, Bala Ogecha Sadiq, Ejaigu Obokohwo, Azubike Joel and Ejaigu Tobore Donald were apprehended in the Kubwa…
NIGERIA has allocated the sum of N100 billion for the forthcoming general elections in 2023, emerging reports have indicated. The national budget for the economic year was also reportedly increased by N2.47 trillion to to N16.45 trillion. The detailed expenditure…
CHAIRMAN of the House Of Representatives Committee on Judiciary Onofiok Luke has expressed concerns over the meagre salaries of the judicial officers, which he said exposed them to corruption. The salaries, he said, were due for a review, stating it…
Multi-year, multi-Gbps wholesale capacity commitmentShowcasing satellite’s ability to enable telcos to achieve ubiquitous reach for their services, helping to bridge Africa’s digital divide PARIS, France, 6 October 2021,-/African Media Agency(AMA)/-,In the presence of the French President, Emmanuel Macron, Eutelsat Communications…
THE Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s revised submission of the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework. The revised submission was received and referred to the Committee on Finance on Tuesday for expeditious consideration ahead of Thursday’s budget presentation to the…
FINTECH firms owned by Nigerians have attracted $500 million investments in five years. Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele disclosed this on Wednesday He attributed the development to the confidence the investing community has in Nigeria’s…
JUSTICE Musa Mustapha of the State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State, has convicted and sentenced one Abdullahi Adamu to four years imprisonment for a N3, 000,000.00 (Three Million Naira) fraud. The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the EFCC arraigned…
