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World Bank portfolio in Nigeria hits $12bn

World Bank portfolio in Nigeria hits $12bn

The World Bank’s portfolio in Nigeria now amounts to more than $12billion, the Bretton Woods institution has said. The Vice President for Western Africa at the World Bank, Ousmane Diagana, disclosed this during a conference…

Ndigbo, Yoruba’re united by blood –Amechi

Ndigbo, Yoruba’re united by blood –Amechi

Chief Mbazulike Amechi, the first Aviation Minister of Nigeria has also thrown his weight behind the 2023 project of producing a Nigerian president of South East extraction in line with the demand of the National…

Lagos generates N127bn in 3 months

Lagos generates N127bn in 3 months

…to drag a million more residents into tax net Lagos State Government yesterday said that it has generated N127bn as Internally Generated Revenue in the first quarter of 2021 despite the recession and adverse effects…

After Ayade, PDP set to lose another gov to APC

After Ayade, PDP set to lose another gov to APC

We wish him well in his new political sojourn –PDP Less than 24-hours after Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), another governor on the platform of the party is…

COVID-19: Senate, monitoring N500bn intervention fund

COVID-19: Senate, monitoring N500bn intervention fund

The upper chamber of the National Assembly, has assured Nigerians that it would ensure proper oversight in the utilisation of the N500 billion COVID-19 Intervention Fund put together by the Federal Government to combat the…

Ohanaeze to Malami: Your open grazing-motor spare parts comment is incendiary

Ohanaeze to Malami: Your open grazing-motor spare parts comment is incendiary

Pan-Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has taken a swipe at the Attorney General of the Federal and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami over his stance against the ban of open-grazing in Southern Nigeria by the…

Akeredolu, Afenifere slam Malami over open grazing comment

Akeredolu, Afenifere slam Malami over open grazing comment

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, and Afenifere, the pan Yoruba Socio- political group Thursday slammed the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr Sheu Malami (SAN) for comparing herders in the South with spareparts…

Internet: Subscribers spend N178.6bn on data in 3 months

Internet: Subscribers spend N178.6bn on data in 3 months

Despite the harsh economic environment, telecommunication subscribers defied everything to spend a whopping N178.6 billion on data for Internet access. Findings by New Telegraph revealed that two leading telecommunications operators in the country, MTN and…

Red meat intake raises colorectal cancer risk

Red meat intake raises colorectal cancer risk

A new research has shown that several non-genetic factors, including greater red meat intake, heavier alcohol use and lower educational attainment, are associated with an increase in colorectal cancer in people under 50. These were…

…it’s irresponsible –Reps member

…it’s irresponsible –Reps member

A member of the House of Representatives from Rivers State, Hon. Solomon Bob has described the comments by the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami regarding the open grazing ban as “disingenuous,…