Giving the eNaira Crusade a Refreshing, Celebrity Touch, by Abdulrahman Abdulraheem   Using celebrities to advertise, market, sell goods and services or advance a cause or an idea is as old as modernity itself. Just like the French revolution, the first recorded...

FG Appoints Sa’adatu Belgore as Executive Director for Rural Electrification Agency   The Minister for Power, Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu, has approved the appointment of Hajia Sa’adatu Belgore, as Executive Director Funds of the Rural Electrification Agency, (REA). Economic Confidential reports that the...

Despite Govt's Interventions, Smuggling Remains Bane of Nigeria's Rice Production - RIPAN Days after an investigative report by Economic Confidential on How Illicit Rice Importation is Threatening FG’s Agricultural Sector Interventions, a major stakeholder has raised its voice on the...

Fuel Subsidy: FG To Begin 40% Pay Rise For Workers By April Ending   Barring any last-minute change of plans, the Federal Government will begin payment of the planned increase in civil servants’ pay by the end of this month (April),...

$2.8bn Gas Pipeline Ready to Power 3,600MW plants, Says FG The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday announced that the $2.8bn Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano natural gas pipeline project being constructed by the Federal Government through the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited...

E-payments Rise to N49trn Over Naira Crisis - Report   The new industry statistics from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System ( NIBSS) showed that Nigerians used electronic gateways 1.35 billion times in March, 448.54 million times more than the 901.46 million...