Nigeria has officially joined the BRICS economic bloc as a partner country, alongside 12 other nations, marking a significant step in deepening its global economic relations. The announcement was made at the BRICS summit held in Kazan, Russia, from October 22 to 24, 2024, further consolidating Nigeria’s economic ties with emerging markets. In addition to…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has started settling its $6 billion debt to petrol suppliers, according to Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun. Speaking at an investors’ forum on the sidelines of the 2024 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in…
The country representative insisted that the widespread of cVPV2 globally reiterates the reality that as long as polio exists anywhere, all countries will remain at risk. The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said the circulating variant of poliovirus type 2 has decreased by 38 per cent in Nigeria within a year. The WHO’s Country…
President Bola Tinubu has embarked on a quest to cut the cost of governance by restricting all ministers, ministers of state, and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government to a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys. He said no minister or head of agencies will be assigned additional vehicles in the course…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has rescued a six-year-old girl who was stolen from her parents in 2018. Mr Emmanuel Awhen, the Zonal Commander of NAPTIP Uyo, said that the agency achieved the feat in partnership with the Foundation for Justice Development and Peace, Awhen said in…
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State on Thursday approved a new minimum wage of N80,000 for Enugu workers with immediate effect. The governor announced the approval following the presentation of the report from the committee tasked with reviewing the state’s minimum wage at the Government House, Enugu. Mbah, who expressed his administration’s dedication to improving…
The Governor of Kogi State, Usman Ododo has begun the drilling of boreholes on the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camps in the state. The state government explained that the move would ensure that persons and families displaced by flood were not exposed to water-borne diseases, adding that it would also help to ameliorate the hardship…
Three persons have been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash that occurred in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Thursday. The accident occurred at 11:22 a.m. along the waterways in Port Harcourt when the helicopter, a Sikorsky SK76 with registration 5NBQG and operated by East Wind Aviation, was en route from Port Harcourt Military…
Nigeria’s public debt profile under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has increased to N134.3 trillion at the end of June 2024 amid an infrastructural deficit in the country. This is according to a document from the Ministry of Finance, Nairametrics reports. The figure is a 10.35 percent increase from the N121.7 trillion recorded in the first…
The real wedding party is about to be unleashed” – Celebrities rejoice as Sola Sobowale’s daughter set to tie the knot The veteran actress, on Wednesday night via her Instagram page, revealed that her daughter her found her forever person. She expressed how overwhelmed she is with joy as she noted how she has gained…
