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Nigerian government approves $3.9bn for Warri seaport, transport minister says

The Nigerian government has approved $3.9bn for the construction for Warri seaport, and separately awarded the contract for the Abuja-Warri rail line, country’s...

Emefiele returns as CBN governor

The governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has confirmed that he is returning for second term. Emefiele confirmed this at an ongoing...

Exclusive: CBN could invest N20billion in Nigeria’s cotton production

As NACOTAN sees investment as expanding ginnery business, attracting more investors New details have emerged on the investment from the Central Bank of...

Buhari to New NEDC Board: Focus on Reconstructing Damaged Infrastructure

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, inaugurated the North-East Development Commission (NEDC),  with a charge that members of the board should collectively change the narative...

CBN partners over 100,000 farmers to boost cotton output

Crackdown on textile smuggling   The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday flagged off a new partnership with cotton farmers in the country...

FG employs, offers scholarships to 168 outstanding corps members.

The Federal Government has offered immediate employment to 168 outstanding members of the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC), who served in 2015, 2016...

Nigeria’s porous, problematic borders: FEC approves N52bn for e-monitoring

Protecting hundreds of Nigeria’s porous border, as some pundits assert, is not just an economic issue, or a problem of criminal drug trafficking,...

Civil Servants Don’t Have the Skills They Need – HoS Oyo-Ita

The Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, has said that shortage of people with the necessary skills and...

CBN injects 254.8m, CNY 35.8m into Forex Retail SMIS

Following the injection of $210 million into the wholesale segment of the Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange market on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, the Central...

Buhari To Ministers: Submit Performance Reports Within One Week

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday asked ministers in his cabinet to submit “status reports on policies, programs and projects” from their respective ministries, departments...

Despite IMF Warning, Nigeria Secures Another $247 million Foreign Loan

Despite the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warning on Nigeria’s rising debt and taking loans from foreign institutions, the Federal Government has approved another...

FG targets to train 25,000 civil servants by 2020

The Federal Government is set to train at least  25,000 civil servants by 2020.  The first and second batch of 3,500 (1,500 in the...

Rivers S/Court judgment: Malami denies plot to mount pressure on CJN

  Says PDP taking freedom of speech too far  The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has...

ITF NISDP Graduates Need More Than Start-Up Packs – Senate

  The Chairman, Senate Committee on Commerce, Trade and Industry, Senator Sam Egwu, has declared that graduates of the National Industrial Skills Development...

Buhari off to Jordan, Dubai for economic summit

President Muhammadu Buhari has left Nigeria to attend the World Economic Forum holding in Jordan and the Investment Summit scheduled to hold in...

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),...