Court Jails Two Fraudsters In Gombe For N3.5m Land Fraud
JUSTICE J.A Kereng of the Gombe State High Court  sitting in Gombe on Friday,  May 30 2024 convicted and sentenced...
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NCGA President – Cassava Can Trigger Industrial Revolution
Segun Adewunmi, is the National President, Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA). In a chat with DANIEL ANAZIA, he spoke on the imperativeness of agriculture in general and cassava farming in particular in the nation’s drive for economic diversification. What…
New Electricity Tariff May Be Out Next Week
THE much talked about new electricity tariff will be ready and signed off in the new week, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has announced. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola had in the week announced that NERC…
CBN to banks: You’ll All lose CRR refunds If You dont Fund SMEs
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele yesterday mandated commercial banks to lower their risk rating for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) or lose Cash Reserves Ratio (CRR) refunds. He issued the warning in his keynote address at the…
Nigeria To Supply Additional 2,000mw Of Electricity Nationwide
THE Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, said the improved budgetary provisions, would empower the government’s effort to build more critical infrastructure that would convey gas to the power plant to add 2,000mw to the national grid…
NCC- Why We Reduced MTN’s N1.04trn Fine
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has defended its action to reduce the N1.04 trillion fine on MTN Nigeria to N780 billion, saying it acted in the interest of the stability of the telecom sector. The commission said it weighed all…
Electricity consumers complain of exploitation in Abuja
Electricity consumers in Abuja have accused the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, of exploitation and undue profiteering, while they called on the Federal Government to call the company to order. Electricity-newThe customers, who spoke to Vanguard, alleged that the company…
Why Nigeria SMEs Fade Away With First Generation
by Omoigui-Okauru The question of why Nigeria has not been able to sustain generations of successful businesses has been addressed differently by experts, but former Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Executive Chairman, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, attributed it to poor visual…
63 Percent Reduction In E-Payment Fraud– NeFF
Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum (NeFF) has said that loss arising from electronic payment fraud has fallen by 63 percent. Chairman of the Forum and Director, Banking and Payment System Department, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Dipo Fatokun disclosed this…
Agric Infrastructural Investments Wanted
A consultant to the World Bank, Prof Abel Ogunwale, has advised the government to invest in infrastructure and value-added production. Ogunwale, a lecturer in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, noted…
MTN Resigns Nigeria CEO Ikpoki,
Tele communications giant, MTN today announced the resignation its Nigerian CEO resignation, Michael Ikpoki. The sudden resignations came at a time the company is trying to pay a $5.2 billion (R71 billion) fine imposed on the company by the Nigerian…
Police Recover Gun, Ammunition From Fleeing Robbery Suspects In Enugu
THE Police Command in Enugu State has recovered a gun and ammunition from fleeing armed robbery suspects in the metropolis....
NSCDC Apprehends Wife Of Suspected Pipeline Vandal In Rivers
THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested the wife of a suspected pipeline vandal and seized possession...
First Bank Employee On The Run After Diverting ₦40bn — Report
FIRST Bank, a Nigerian bank with a market capitalization of ₦829 billion, has begun legal action to recover “huge sums...