MORE BORROWING NEEDED DESPITE REVENUE IMPROVEMENT – EDUN TO SENATE
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, says the Nigerian government needs more borrowings to fund its budget even though...
EGYPT REPORTS 17 MISSING AFTER RED SEA TOURIST BOAT CAPSIZES
Egyptian authorities said 17 people including foreigners were missing after a tourist yacht capsized off the country’s Red Sea coast on Monday, with 28 others...
TAXATION MUST NOT HINDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – ADEBAYO
Prince Adewole Adebayo, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 general election, has criticised the taxation policies of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s...
NNPC, CUSTOMS, FIRS MAKE N37TRN; EXCEED REVENUE TARGETS
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS; Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, and Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, have all exceeded their revenue targets. They raked...
I’M EXCITED BY ECONOMIC GROWTH – TINUBU
President Bola Tinubu has expressed excitement over the latest report from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, that the nation’s economy grew in the third...
I BOUGHT N50M PDP PRESIDENTIAL FORM, HAD ZERO VOTES — MOMODU
Renowned journalist and former presidential aspirant, Dele Momodu, has opened up about his costly experience during the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party primaries, where he spent...
POLICE ARREST THREE OVER KILLING OF ARTISANS MISTAKEN FOR ROBBERS IN EDO
The Edo State Police Command on Monday confirmed the arrest of three suspects for their involvement in the killing of two artisans who were mistaken...
ONE WOMAN KILLED BY PARTNER, RELATIVE EVERY 10 MINUTES WORLDWIDE – UN
One woman was killed by a partner or relative every 10 minutes worldwide in 2023, the United Nations warned Monday, stressing that femicides remained at...
HOW FG LOST 1.2 MILLION BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL – NAVY
The Nigerian Navy has raised alarm that some unpatriotic elements that are determined to plunder the country’s oil resources for personal gains and other acts...
16 DEAD, SEVEN MISSING IN INDONESIA FLOOD
Flash floods and a landslide swept four districts of Indonesia’s Sumatra island over the weekend, killing at least 16 people, the national disaster agency said....