The Federal Government of Nigeria is set to begin the distribution of assorted grains to Nigerians. The free distribution of grains is expected to be flagged off on Friday, 8th March 2024, in Niger state. Abubakar Kyari, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security at the maiden ministerial briefing, announced plans to distribute the grains…
The Nigerian Army has reacted to the explosion at the Ikeja Military Cantonment, Lagos, attributing it to a refuse burning from a farm.This came on Monday more than 22 years after a bomb explosion that emanated from the cantonment, killing several people in the state.Director of Public Relations, Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a…
Nigeria’s top eight commercial lenders would be required to raise a combined total of N1.575 trillion to enable them to meet the new minimum capital requirement as stipulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The CBN released a new minimum capital requirement for banks on Thursday, among which the regulator stipulates N500 billion for…
Bishop Matthew Kukah has faulted the distribution of palliative to Nigerians in the wake of the biting hardship facing the country. The government’s floating of the naira and the removal of fuel subsidy have pushed inflation levels to a new high leading to a hike in the cost of living. Governments across levels have rolled…
President Bola Tinubu’s wife, Oluremi, has assured Nigerians that the hard times confronting them will soon come to an end with the right policies of the Federal Government. Mrs Tinubu spoke on Monday at the State House during a meeting with the governor’s wives. She assured that the year 2024 is loaded with “peace, progress,…
Ogun State police command, Omolola Odutola, in a statement in Abeokuta, yesterday, said one Otusanya Abayomi of Igbe Ilara reported at the community police station that about noon, he came into the community with his friend, saying his deceased friend left him and others to an unknown destination without notifying anyone. Abayomi said information later…
The Federal Government has moved to increase security at the soon-to-be re-opened Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos with the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) and solar lights as parts of the repair works.This was made known by the Minister for Works, David Umahi, while featuring on a Channels Television programme, Sunday Politics, on Sunday, March…
The Lagos State Government has declared that the Third Mainland Bridge will be fully operational from April 4, 2024, after the completion of significant repair works. This update was conveyed in a statement released on Saturday by Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the Lagos State Commissioner of Transportation. In his statement, Commissioner Osiyemi expressed gratitude to the…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the All-commodity group import index on average increased by 0.79 per cent in Q4 2023. This is according to the NBS Commodity Price Indices and Terms of Trade for Q4 of 2023 released in Abuja on Thursday. The report said the increase could be attributed to the changes…
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has ordered marshals drawn from the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, to fish out illegal miners and all those who flout the nation’s mining laws.Alake gave the order while inaugurating the first batch of marshals to combat illegal mining. He said 60 marshals had been…
