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Lagos, Delta Top States’ N5.33trn Domestic Debts

Lagos, Delta Top States’ N5.33trn Domestic Debts   The domestic debt owed by state governments and the Federal Capital Territory administration rose to N5.33tn as of the end of December 2022. The sub-national domestic debt stock was N4.46tn by the end of 2021, which means it rose...

Domestic Airfares Increase By 66% In 2022 – NBS

Domestic Airfares Increase By 66% In 2022 – NBS   The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that domestic air transport fares increased by 66.36 per cent in the last one year. In its latest report titled ‘Transport Fare Watch (February 2023)’, the NBS stated that...

PRNigeria Fact-Check Reveals Identity of Abia Assembly’s Member-Elect, Anthony Abiola

PRNigeria Fact-Check Reveals Identity of Abia Assembly's Member-Elect, Anthony Abiola A newly-elected lawmaker in the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Anthony Chinasa-Abiola, is not of the Yoruba ethnic stock, a PRNigeria fact-check says. (https://prnigeria.com/2023/03/19/yoruba-win-election-abia/) But social media platforms and some blogs earlier were awash with...

IBB Never Disapproved of Tinubu’s Victory – PRNigeria Fact-check Reveals  

IBB Never Disapproved of Tinubu's Victory - PRNigeria Fact-check Reveals   By Kabir Abdulsalam A PRNigeria fack-check has exposed as fake news a statement credited to former Military Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, in which he expressed disapproval towards Bola Tinubu’s victory at the just...

Oil Products Import Decline To N1.87trn In Q4, 2022

Oil Products Import Decline To N1.87trn In Q4, 2022   The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said oil products imports dipped from N2.29trillion in the third quarter to N1.87 trillion in fourth quarter of last year. This was contained in a document that The Economic Confidential...

INVESTIGATION: How Multi-Billion Naira BUK Solar Plant Is Abandoned To Rats As Dept., Faculties, Hostels Run On Generators

INVESTIGATION: How Multi-Billion Naira BUK Solar Plant Is Abandoned to Rats Faculties, Run On Generators How Multi-Billion Naira BUK Solar Plant Is Abandoned To Rats As Dept., Faculties, Hostels Run On Generators In an effort to provide the nation’s ivory towers with uninterrupted electricity, in 2019...