The Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund, Dr Bello Maigari, has expressed the agency’s commitment to poverty reduction in the country. He stated this during a courtesy visit by the leadership of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors’ Forum for President Tinubu/Shettima, recently in Abuja. “We have been having retreats …

Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima has faulted the position of those opposing the federal government’s decision to relocate some departments and units of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to Lagos, describing them as mischief makers. Shettima, who spoke on …

I read the reaction of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF), Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and others, condemning the relocation of some departments in the Central Bank of Nigeria and the headquarters of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to Lagos State, and I couldn’t but ask myself, …

The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman, has warned that the President will sack ministers who fail to perform their duties. Usman said Tinubu is poised to deliver on his promise of making life better and easier for Nigerians.The presidential aide issued the warning …

Pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol will moderate this year as government and private-owned refineries begin operation, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Olayemi Cardoso has said. Cardoso spoke on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at the launch of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) 2024 Macroeconomic Outlook Report …

Senators from the northern region of the country have expressed their opposition to the proposed relocation of certain federal agencies from Abuja to Lagos. Additionally, they raised concerns about perceived imbalance in the distribution and allocation of resources in the 2024 budget, asserting that it disadvantaged the North. The Central …

The Nigerian economy is looking good in some sectors. This is not a harebrained assessment, despite the high inflation and the unstable exchange rate of the Naira. Those who doubt this don’t need to look far, for a reality check. The economic boom is happening at the Nigerian Exchange, where …

Following the spate of killings and kidnappings across the country, Saturday Vanguard got some retired generals of the Nigerian military to bare their minds on the unending menace and what should be done to tackle the scourge. The retired Generals and their equivalent in the Navy and Airforce agreed to …

The Corporate Affairs Commission has a duty to champion compliance with the world demand for transparency in corporate entities, says its newly appointed Registrar-General , Hussaini Ishaq Magaji. That will make “our system attractive to foreign investors. In our setting, CAC is the only agency of government that fulfills this …

The Chairman of the  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ola Olukoyede, on Thursday, raised the alarm about the craze for gratification and bribes among the commission’s investigators, noting that he had a process in motion to fish them out. Olukoyede made this disclosure on Thursday in his New Year …