Reps Pass Finance Bill For Second Reading   The House of Representatives has passed the Finance Bill 2021 for second hearing. In what looked like a U-turn, the House considered the bill after its Committee on Finance had earlier on Monday held...

CJA2021: ABU Student Emerges Campus Journalist Of The Year   Abdulhaleem Ishaq-Ringim, a first year student of Economics at Ahmadu Bello University(ABU), has emerged the Campus Journalist of the Year during this year’s Campus Journalism Awards, CJA2021 organized by Youths Digest. Mr...

24 Hours After PRNigeria's Report, Niger Governor Visits Victims Of Reprisal Banditry   Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello, has personally visited victims of armed bandits and other violent attacks in the State. Governor Bello's visit is coming barely 24 hours after...

Banks Record N1.3trn Non-performing Loans – CBN     Banks recorded non-performing loans of N1.3tn as of November which is still currently above the industry benchmark, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria. Figures obtained from the CBN on Monday showed that the...

NNPC To Halt Rising Cooking Gas Price, Increases Supply   The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, on Monday announced that NNPC was currently increasing the supply of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly called cooking gas,...

Fed Govt Revenue Drops By 52% Amid Rising Spending   The Federal Government recorded a fiscal deficit of N405.28bn in August, the Central Bank of Nigeria said in its economic report. It said the government’s aggregate expenditure was N781.61bn while retained revenue...