FG to Spend N7.76tn on Salaries, Others The Federal Government’s recently agreed wage with the Labour Congress, salaries to federal workers, and other non-debt recurrent costs are expected to gulp N7.76tn in 2023. This is based on data from the initial 2023 budget and recently signed...

National Parks Mitigating Nigeria's Climate Issues - CG Goni The Conservator General of National Parks Service, (NPS), Dr Ibrahim Goni, has noted that national parks are contributing immensely in mitigating climate change. Goni revealed this at a one-day seminar organized by the Development Agenda, in collaboration...

Nigeria to Host 40th Plenary of West Africa's Anti-Money Laundering Group The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) has announced plan to hold its 40th Technical Commission/Plenary and its 27th Ministerial Committee meeting at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria,...

Why Cooking Gas Price is Skyrocketing - NLNG   At the backdrop of the sustained upswing in the prices of cooking gas, the Nigerian LNG Limited, has indicated that three major factors around the domestic macroeconomic developments as well as global factors have combined to constrain...

Electricity: Tinubu Stops Tariff Hike, Insists on Subsidy   President Bola Tinubu recently stopped the implementation of a hike in electricity tariff and insisted that subsidy be paid on power consumed nationwide, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, revealed on Wednesday. Adelabu also stated that the Federal...

China-Nigeria Trade Volume Hits $17bn   The bilateral trade volume between China and Nigeria in the first three quarters of 2023 stood at $17.25bn, the Consul General of China in Lagos, Yan Yuqing has said. Yuqing disclosed this at the China Commodities Expo-Nigeria Lagos, recently. The Consul noted...