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Nigeria building 3 new seaports to ease congestion in Lagos’ ports 

The Nigerian government says will build three new seaport aimed at easing congestions on Lagos port, Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA),...

FEC approves N4.26bn contracts 

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved contracts worth N4.26 billion which cuts across petroleum, investment programme...

Baru: NNPC confident Nigeria will reach 2019 oil production targets

The Group Managing Director (GMD) of NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, on Tuesday expressed confidence the corporation would meet the target of 2.3 million barrels of...

Buhari swears in 8 perm secs

•Says PDP destroyed checks and balances in civil service   President Muhammadu Buhari, has said past administrations “abused, undermined and destroyed the systems...

CBN invests $210m in Nigeria’s FX market

A fresh investment of $210 million has been made by the Nigerian central bank into the country’s inter-bank foreign exchange market, “in its...

Nigeria Customs says it generated record N4trillion in 4 years 

Nigeria generated record N4 trillion through the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in the last four year, customs boss, Colonel Hamed Ali (Rtd) said...

Nigeria says it has raised $1.6bn to raise power geneneration to 20,000 MWs by 2021

A newly raised $1.6 billion will help the Nigerian goverment expand its power generation by as much as 400 percent by 2012, the...

FG set to create five million jobs with Brazil’s $1.1billion loan

The Federal Government is targeting to create five million jobs with the the launch of ‘The Green Imperative’ agricultural mechanization programme with a...

Buhari launches new enhanced passport with 10-year validity

President Muhammadu Buhari has launched the new enhanced security international e-passport with 10-year validity. He launched it shortly  before the commencement an emergency...

Nigeria’s total debt stock stood at N22.43trn in Q3 2018, DMO says

External and domestic debt of the Africa’s largest economy stood $73.213 billion, or  N22.4trillion as at end of September 2018, data from Nigeria’s...

FG promises speedy implementation, receives NHIS fraud report

The Federal Government has promised to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the  Presidential Independent Fact-Facting panel on National Health Insurance...

Nigerians on federal government scholarship abroad cry out over unpaid allowances…

Nigerians studying in various countries under the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA), have said they are finding it increasingly difficult to survive due to...

FG seeks help in curbing fake news

The Federal Government has said fake news and hate speech constitute the biggest threat to the 2019 general election, and appealed to states...

2019 budget: FEC blames NASS over presentation delay

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has blamed the National Assembly for the delay in the presentation of 2019 budget by President Muhammadu Buhari. Briefing...

Buhari appoints nine new perm secs

President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of nine new Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. In a statement by by the...

FRSC activates 201 mobile courts, deploys 21,000 personnel for Xmas season

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that ahead of the festive season, a total of 201 mobile courts will be activated...