By Philip Yatai, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Shortly after assuming office as FCT minister on Aug. 21, 2023, Mr Nyesom Wike announced short, medium, and long-term plans to restore the Abuja Master Plan. Wike, along with FCT minister of state Mariya Mahmoud, explained that overhauling the FCT would repositionContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) When the construction of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery Limited began in 2016, Nigerians were upbeat that it will crash the high price of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as fuel and also stop its importation. The refinery, in size of nearlyContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The event played out like a rowdy parliamentary session, though, without a gavel to punctuate ruling or proclamation on a contentious educational issue. The occasion was a policy meeting, organised by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) recently in Abuja, which hadContinue Reading
An analysis by Salif Atojoko, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The three-day visit of President Bola Tinubu to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, has come and gone, but the visit has left in its wake salient points for conversations on the benefits or otherwise. As some are want to believe, Nigeria hasContinue Reading
By Gabriel Agbeja, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Over the years, Nigeria’s aviation sector has shown resilience in the face of daunting challenges such as perennial scarcity of aviation fuel known in the industry as Jet A1 and high exchange rates and its multiplier effects on aircraft maintenance and ticketContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye, News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) Before the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games commenced last Sunday at Stade de France, most of the members of Nigeria’s contingent to the World’s greatest sports show were already back to their bases or shopping in the City ofContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Mr Ajayi Audu banks with the 37 year-old Unity Bank Plc and has been a customer for the past 19 years since he started work in the civil service. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently announced the bank’s mergerContinue Reading
By Chijioke Okoronkwo and Felicia Imohimi, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The current cost of living crisis vis-à-vis attendant agitations has accentuated the need to scale up the agriculture budget. Policy analysts hold that the N362.9 billion appropriated to the agriculture sector in the 2024 budget fell short of theContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The nationwide protest that kicked off on Aug. 1 across Nigeria, to draw the attention of President Bola Tinubu to the economic challenges confronting Nigerians, soon snowballed into a conflagration. Scores of innocent Nigerians were mowed, and others had their businessesContinue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe Consumer credit, particularly from licensed money lenders, is proving to be a game-changer for Nigeria’s Nano, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (NMSMEs). While traditional banks often overlook this sector, these lenders are filling the gap by providing accessible and collateral-free loans. This, according to industry players,Continue Reading
