The World Bank’s Board has approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit of US$95 million for the Nigeria Polio Eradication Support Project, which will help the country to achieve and sustain at least 80% polio immunization acros...
The Federal Government has announced that the much expected N200 billion small and medium enterprises credit guarantee scheme (SMECGS) fund is now available. The Minister of State for Finance, Dr Yerima Ngama, who disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, how...
The Director-General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Dr. Joseph Odumodu, has said that the two weeks deadline earlier handed down by the agency to dealers in substandard products across the country would not be extended. Odumodu said th...
Equity Transaction continued on a bullish note on the Nigerian Stock Exchange yesterday, as more investors took position on some stocks. The All Share Index rose by 1.08 per cent to close at 22,492.96 points, compared to the increase by 0.60 per cent r...
Dazed by the reality of a proud owner of a brand new car, courtesy of Unity Bank Plc Aim, Save And Win promo Mrs. Bikudaimai Jouro, a civil servant with the information ministry in Maiduguri has urged Nigerians to op...
Unemployment is said to be the factor behind social unrest that hamper development in many nations. MOSES JOHN, in this analysis, takes a look at the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and the transformation agenda of Jonathan administration in t...
The Young Journalists Forum (YJF) has called for the immediate redeployment of corps members from the endlessly volatile states, adding that the group may result to court action if NYSC refuses to act accordingly. According to a statement signed by its...
The Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Malam Mohammed Abubakar recently spoke with selected journalists during an inspection tour to NDE agric and skills acquisition projects in Onipanu in Oyo State and Araromi ASA in Kwa...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said on Wednesday it would hold a National Peace Summit to discuss the spate of violence and the state of insecurity in the country. The National President of the congress, Mr Waheed Omar, told the News Agency of Niger...
The President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Mr Mustafa Shehu, said on Tuesday that the society would work with organisations willing to help curb cases of building collapse in the country. Shehu made the pledge in Abuj...
Some key members of the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) have formed a parallel association, following a disagreement with the leadership. The new body is the Association of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Products (ADIT...
The Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr Olusegun Aganga, on Monday said the Federal Government was set to revolutionise the nation’s industrial sector. Speaking at a quarterly business luncheon held in Lagos for business leaders, Aganga sa...
As Nigeria moves to eradicate the culture of cash-based transactions, CHIMA AKWAJA spoke with Mr. Tim Akano, Vice Chairman, Wini Group, an information technology security company on the roadmap the country needs to adopt to ensure a successful implemen...
The old saying – “Cut your coat according to your clothe” appears to be one thrown to the wind by the Federal Government and indeed the three tiers of government in the country. One would have expected that as revenue from oil dwindle...
Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc has recorded a N258.3 billion turnover for the year ended March 31, 2012, as against N238.8 billion posted in 2011, just as it is proposing a cash dividend of N1.60 per share. Despite the slight increase in turnover, profit a...