The Central Bank Governor said Friday that he won't raise interest rates to counteract inflation driven upward by the end of a fuel-subsidy programme, as violent insurgents and a weak global economy threaten growth in one of Africa's most dynam...
The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has approved that the Federal Government’s shares in Nigeria Unity Line (NUL) be sold through strategic investor sales. This was one of the decisions arrived at by the council at its first meeting for 2...
The President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Mr Mustafa Balarabe Shehu, has urged Nigerian engineers to use their work and their credibility to engage the government and the society if they wished to make an impact. He was speaking in Ower...
The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has approved that the Federal Government’s shares in Nigeria Unity Line (NUL) be sold through strategic investor sales. This was one of the decisions arrived at by the council at its first meeting for 2...
As part of government efforts to increase food production, the Federal Government at the weekend said cocoa transformation action plan would double output from 500,000 metric tons to one million MT by 2015. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Develop...
Air travellers were stranded at various airports across the nation yesterday as airlines could not fly due to scarcity of aviation fuel, otherwise known as JET A1. Though the scarcity became noticeable last Friday, it did not affect the services ...
The Federal Government through the Ministry of Trade and Investment has handed over 40 locked up shops at the Enugu International Trade Fair Complex to the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA) to manage. The official hand...
The certainty of the direction of the naira is hardly determined easily. Two weeks ago, the local currency stood up against the United States dollar boldly, claiming back some vital points. During the period the gap between parallel and official market...
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has said that his government has entered into a Public/Private Partnership (PPP) with the LR Group of Israel to develop a mechanized $140million, 3,000-hectare farm settlement in Etche, Rivers State, to f...
A cross-section of delegates to Saturday’s PDP ward congress at Kuduru Ward, Bwari Area Council of the FCT, has bemoaned the way the party leadership handled the party election. Some of the delegates, who spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Saturday, ...
A Nigerian spokesman for the Islamic militant group Boko Haram told Bikyamasr.com on Sunday that they are planning a “war” on Christians in the next few weeks. According to the spokesman, speaking via telephone from northern Nigeria, the gr...
The PDP in Anambra has vowed to reclaim the state from the ruling APGA in coming elections. Sen. T.A. Adudu, the Chairman of the PDP Ward Congress Committee in Anambra, made the declaration, while addressing party supporters in Awka on Saturday. He sai...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has identified the lack of continuity of agricultural policies and programmes by successive governments as a major factor responsible for food insecurity in Africa. Obasanjo made the observation in Abeokuta on Saturda...
The remains of the late Prof. Sam Aluko was laid to rest in his home town, Ode-Ekiti in Gbonyin Local government Area of Ekiti on Saturday. Alukodied on Feb. 7 in a London hospital at the age of 83. The Bishop of Ibadan Diocese, Anglican Communion, Mos...
The Federal Government on Sunday decried the deportation of 125 Nigerian travellers from South Africa for allegedly being in possession of fake Yellow Fever Certificates. The Nigerians were deported from South Africa on Friday. Reacting to the developm...