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Cooking Price Rises By 35.28%, N5950.00 in January!

The average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly known as Cooking Gas increased by 35.28% year-on-year and 49.82% month-on-month to N5,508.16 in January 2017 from N4,071.63 in December 2016, the latest report by the National Bureau of...

Inflation Refuses to Deflate, hits 18.72%

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation again rose by 18.72 per cent (year-on-year) in January from 18.55 percent recorded in December 2016. The CPI  is 0.17 percent points higher from the points recorded in December. The latest report...

TSA Hits N5.24trn in February, Says AGF

The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Alhaji Ahmed Idris, has disclosed that as of 10th February, 2017 the total inflow of funds into Treasury Single Account (TSA) through the mop-up and direct debits by Central Bank of Nigeria was N5.244 trillion. Alhaji Idris who...

Trump Promises Buhari Weapons to fight Boko Haram Terrorists

Muhammadu Buhari, Donald Trump on phoneIn a surprise move and against American policy on arm procurement, the United States President Donald Trump has promised to sell weapons to Nigeria to fight Boko Haram terrorists. The promise was made by Trump in a telephone conversation with...

FG Completes 1, 350 Houses for Allocation to Civil Servants

A total of 1, 350 houses have been completed at various locations in Abuja and Lagos and their letters of allocation are ready for distribution under the Federal Integrated Staff Housing (FISH) programme. This initiative of the Head of the Civil Service of the...

Abuja Airport Closure: Fashola Inspects Kaduna-Abuja Highway Projects

...Assures Nigerians that his Ministry is on track to fix the road and make it safe, motorable Ahead of the planned reconstruction and repair of the Abuja Airport runway which would lead to a diversion of air traffic and passengers from Abuja to Kaduna, the...