Stop vaccine hoarding- Developing nations take plea to world’s wealthy at UNGA
Sept. 23, 2021 Leaders from developing nations warned the U.N. General Assembly this week that COVID-19 vaccine hoarding by wealthy countries left the door open for the emergence of new…
Buhari meets Queen of Netherlands, reiterates commitment to infrastructure development
Sept. 23, 2021 …Says we have the land, we have the people, capital input is what we need President Muhammadu Buhari has held a bilateral meeting on the margins of…
LASG launches nutrition scheme for newborns, to support 5,000 indigent mothers in M.I.C.H initiative
Sept. 23, 2021 Lagos State has launched a comprehensive nutrition programme to tackle cognitive and learning disabilities in newborns. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, rolled out the Mother, Infant and…
Akwa Ibom @34: We Have Made Progress – Akpabio, salutes citizens
September 23, 2021 Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said that ” from 1987, when Akwa Ibom State was created, much progress has been recorded in all…
CBN says e-naira different from cryptocurrencies, lists benefits
September 23, 2021 The director of Information Technology, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Rukiya Mohammed, on Wednesday said the apex bank has concluded plans to launch the Central Bank Digital…
How Nigeria can leverage $11.5trn global digital economy – Danbatta
September 23, 2021 The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the digital economy has the potentials and offers opportunities for diversification from the oil and gas economy to put Nigeria on…
We have exceeded expectation in Broadband penetration – Danbatta
September 23, 2021 The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta said the commission having actualized the 8-point agenda it set in 2015, is now…
Economists’ Forum: Emefiele not the cause of naira woes
September 9, 2021 The North-South Economists’ Forum, NSEF, a focus group of development economists, has exonerated Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, from the continued depreciation of…
Senate approves 2022-2024 MTEF/FSP, oil price benchmark at $57pb
Sept. 22, 2022 The Senate has approved the 2022-2024 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), just as it pegged oil price benchmark at 57 dollars per barrel….
COVID-19: FEC approves N836m augmentation for 38 oxygen plants
Sept. 22, 2021 The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N836million as augmentation for the establishment of oxygen production plants for COVID-19 pandemic intervention across the country. The council had…