THIS DAY To ensure that the management of Nigeria’s major airports are not left in the hands of foreign concerns, some aviation industry stakeholders have called on the federal to concession the designated facilities to competent indigenous companies. The federal…
PUNCH NEWS Crude oil production in Nigeria increased by about 2.55 million barrels in the month of November 2021, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries announced on Tuesday. According to OPEC, the country’s crude oil production rose by 85,000 barrels…
PUNCH NEWS Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said the Federal Government, inadvertently, promotes corruption whenever it allows paltry sums of money, in its yearly budget for a project, instead of the entire money required to complete such projects…
VANGUARD NEWS Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday, said the nation’s security challenge demand that leaders device smarter means of curbing the menace. He added that the country must begin to manufacture its own weapon if it must…
PUNCH NEWS The Federal Government on Thursday withdrew its approval for Emirates Airlines winter schedule, cutting down the carrier’s daily flights to Abuja to just once a week. It disclosed this in a letter dated December 9, 2021, issued to…
PUNCH NEWS The cost of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, imported into Nigeria from January to September this year surged by 55.56 per cent to N2.52tn from the N1.62tn spent in the same period of 2020. The development…
PUNCH NEWS Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, Reuters reported. According to two sources who spoke to Reuters, it was one of the biggest single losses of doses…
THE GUARDIAN The sector players in the cassava value chain have advocated the need to leverage resources from the private sector players, to expand the root crop into a major cash cow and maintain its position as the largest producer…
PUNCH NEWS Economic and financial experts have warned the Federal Government that Nigeria risks losing key national assets to China in the event that it defaults in paying back loans obtained from China which is currently put at $3.48bn. They…
THE GUARDIAN Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has demanded the immediate implementation of the Governor Nasir El-Rufai-led All Progressives Congress (APC) report on true federalism. The Delta native, who leads the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANFEF) in a chat with reporters…