2025 budget: FG says N13trn deficit to be financed through borrowing
Dec. 16, 2024 Mr. Wale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, on Monday said the N13 trillion deficit in the N48 trillion 2025 budget would be…
Zero emission: UNILAG inaugurates buses using solar energy, electricity
Dec. 16, 2024 The University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Monday inaugurated buses using solar energy and electricity aimed at achieving zero emission. The university also unveiled its updated logo. The…
Just in: EFCC busts biggest syndicate of 792 cryptocurrency, romance fraud suspects
… Arrests 193 Chinese, Arabs, Filipinos, Others The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that the Commission, in a landmark raid,…
Defence Bureau lauds TETFUND, calls for further collaboration
Gen Musa Ndagi presents a plaque to Mr Echono… In furtherance of strategic partnership and as a follow-up to the recent maiden research/exhibition fair organised by the Tertiary Education…
EFCC Re-Arraigns Ex-Bank PHB MD, Francis Atuche, 2 Others For Forgery in Lagos
Dec. 16, 2024 The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, re-arraigned a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche,…
One dead, 4 rescued; LASTMA speaks on third mainland bridge accident
Accident scene The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed the death of one person and the rescue of four others, in an accident that happened on the Third…
Police detain 2 suspected fraudsters, reject N66m bribe in Lagos
Dec. 16, 2024 The Zone-2 Police Command in Lagos says it has detained two suspected international fraudsters that allegedly specialises in forging foreign certificates in Lagos and Ghana. The AIG…
No going back as Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger will end ECOWAS membership in Jan. 2025
December 15, 2024 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced on Sunday, that the military junta of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic will end their membership in…
Police rescue 11, recover 20 bodies in Benue boat mishap
Dec. 15, 2024 The Benue Command of the Nigerian Police Force has rescued 11 persons and recovered 20 bodies from a boat mishap in Agatu Local Government Area of the…
IPI Nigeria re-elects Musikilu Mojeed as President, Shekarau Secretary
The Editor-in-Chief of Premium Times, Musikilu Mojeed and the CEO of the Media Trust Group, Ahmed I. Shekarau, have been re-elected President and Secretary of the Nigerian chapter of International…