Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to completing the on going reconstruction of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano dual carriageway. He stated this at the town hall meeting of stakeholders organised by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing held in the …
Read More »AfDB’s AgriPitch competition awards $120,000 in prizes to African youth “agripreneurs”
The founder of a cassava processing business in Kenya, a co-founder of a novel food processing technology start-up, and the owner of a smallholder farmer food procurement company in Nigeria won the top cash prizes in the African Development Bank’s $120,000 AgriPitch competition held Tuesday. The AgriPitch competition offered young …
Read More »NNPC Announces N153.17 Ex-depot Price for Petrol
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced N153.17 ex-depot price for petrol for the month of November. The corporation announced this in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Kennie Obateru, in Abuja on Friday.The ex-depot price is the amount at which the depot owners sell the commodity to retail …
Read More »Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Increases to 13.71% in September
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed that the consumer price index, CPI, which measures inflation has increased by 13.71 percent (year-on-year) in September 2020. The NBS made the disclosure on its “CPI and Inflation Report September 2020,” on Thursday. According to the report, increases were recorded in all Classification …
Read More »Disbanding of SARS First Step to Extensive Police Reforms– Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja declared that disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is the first step to extensive police reforms by his administration. Speaking at the launch of the Presidential Youth Empowerment Scheme (P-YES), aimed at creating 774,000 jobs across the Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the …
Read More »CBN Resumes Sales Of FOREX To Licensed BDC Operators
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has commenced the sales of foreign exchange to the Bureau De Change (BDC) operators in the country. The CBN made this known in a circular signed by Dr Ozoemena Nnaji, Director Trade and Exchange Department, and addressed to authorised dealers and BDC …
Read More »Arsenal Wins FA Cup After Beating Chelsea 2-1
Arsenal won the 2020 English FA Cup, after beating Chelsea 2-1 at the Wembley Stadium. Christian Pulisic scored in 14 minutes with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring twice, the first, a penalty, to give Arsenal their second FA Cup victory over the Blues in three years Chelsea’s Mateo Kovacic got sent off …
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