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The Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze, on Tuesday said cutting budget allocations to Federal Government agencies would not have a significant impact on Nigeria’s revenue. Akabueze said this in Abuja at the launch of the Nigerian Development Update by the World Bank. According to him, allocations to the legislature account for less than one per cent of the total budget for the year and […]

The total value of agricultural imports exceeded export by N503bn in the first three months of the year. Statistics obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the total trade in agriculture was N757.4bn in the first quarter of the year. The report put the export component at N127.2bn and the imports at N630.2bn in the period under review. The value of total trade in agricultural goods in Q4, […]

With the challenges affecting the country at this time, there is a need for proactive leaders who are prepared to bring Nigerians together. This view was expressed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, in Lagos during a courtesy visit to the palace of Oniru of Iruland, His Royal Majesty, Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan Lawal, on the occasion of the monarch’s first coronation anniversary. Commending the Oba for being a leader to people […]

The President, Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered the National Agricultural Land Development Authority to recover all abandoned agricultural lands belonging to the Federal Government. The Executive Secretary, NALDA, Paul Ikonne, stated that the directive by the President was to ensure that the lands were reactivated and put to use in order to boost food security across the country. Ikonne, who spoke during an interview in Abuja, also stated that his agency […]

The Federal Government has taken over the construction of the Farin-Ruwa Hydropower Multipurpose Dam in Nasarawa State.   Speaking during the inauguration ceremony on Friday in the Wamba Local Government Area of the state, Minister of Water Resources, Malam Suleiman Adamu, said the project had a completion period of 24 months.   He explained that the project was initiated in 2003 and started by the Nasarawa State Government in 2004 […]

Investors gained N230bn last week as the Nigerian stock market saw more equities record price appreciation. The Nigerian Exchange Limited All-Share Index and market capitalization appreciated by 1.11 per cent to close the week at 39,156.28 and N20.41tn respectively. All other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Insurance, NGX ASeM and NGX Sovereign Bond, which depreciated by 4.12 per cent, 2.00 per cent and 1.45 per cent respectively, […]

The President, Muhammadu Buhari, has said that the Federal Government secured 10 convictions for various maritime offences since the Suppression of Piracy and other Maritime Offences Act was signed into law in June 2019. He said this in Lagos on Thursday at the inauguration of the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure in Nigeria (also called the Deep Blue Project) at the ENL Terminal, Apapa Port, Lagos. In a […]

The Federal Government through its National Social Investment Management System has shortlisted 550,000 applicants for the final selection for Batch C of the N-Power programme. It also said that the Central Bank of Nigeria would support Batches A and B beneficiaries who had completed the N-Power programme with soft loans. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Farouq, said this at a press briefing on Tuesday. […]