The federal government now expects the Focus Labs for its Economic Recovery and Growth plan (ERGP) to bring in total investments worth $22.5 billion and create 513,981 jobs by 2020. Yemi Osibanjo, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria had said in February that the labs launched to drive the effective implementation of the ERGP could […]
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, on Tuesday, inaugurated the 2018 cropping season fertilizer sales with the distribution of 300 tractors and 50 rice threshers. The aim is to enable the state g
File photo A Bahrain court Tuesday sentenced 115 Bahrainis to jail terms ranging from three years to life and stripped them of their nationality for forming an Iran-linked “terrorist” group, th
OWEDE AGBAJILEKE, Abuja The Senate has received the long-awaited report on the 2018 Appropriations Bill from its Committee on Appropriations. The report was laid on Tuesday in plenary by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Danjuma Goje, six months after President Muhammadu Buhari presented the N8.612 trillion budget estimates to a joint session of the […]
… as FG earns N1.6bn in duties JOSHUA BASSEY A total of $735.8 million (about N264bn) exports of finished goods have in the last three years been recorded at the Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) in Lago
Court drawing by Anne Gyrite Schütt made available by Danish news agency Ritzau SCANPIX shows accused Peter Madsen (L) during his trial at the courthouse in Copenhagen, where his verdict was spoken i
The Federal Government has been asked to increase its funding of the education sector if Nigeria will become globally competitive. A university Don at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife in Osun state, Dr. Babatunde Ogundare made the submission at the Faculty of science secondary schools Quiz Competition held at the institution. Eighty-one schools […]
TWO men — Dare Olasupo and Tosin Feyisetan — who allegedly impersonated staff of Chubyzion Nigeria Ltd to collect a parcel, were on Monday brought before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun. The a
Union flag decorations are seen in Regent Street, London on May 11, 2018 ahead of the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and US actress Meghan Markle. Britain’s Prince Harry and US actress Meghan Markle
Chinese President Xi Jinping China on Tuesday called for restraint, “especially” from Israel, after 59 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during clashes and protests along the Gaza border against the US embassy opening in Jerusalem. “China is seriously concerned about a large number of casualties caused by the violent conflict in the Gaza […]