President Muhammadu Buhari at the weekend in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, vowed to revamp the economy of the Niger Delta to ensure that in the next few years, agriculture would coexist and compete favourably with proceeds from the export of oil and gas...

The Presidency said 200,000 graduates employed as teachers, agriculture and health workers will start work on December 1. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande said in a statement yesterday that the names of the graduates selected two...

The plan by the Federal Government to borrow $30 billion external loans to tackle the country’s infrastructural needs will not address the supply gap in the foreign exchange market currently hurting private sector operators. President Buhari Chairman, Apapa branch of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria,...

NAICOM says Insurance Directors Acquire Shares without payments An Insurance Company Chairman (name withheld) has returned N66 million stolen fund from an insurance firm through the intervention of the apex Insurance regulator, the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), Economic Confidential can confirm authoritatively. In an interview with...

Former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, on Saturday confirmed the death of her mother,Barrister (Mrs) Grace Onaiwu Omoigui. Barrister Omoigui, aged 83 years, died from complications precipitated by multiple gun shot injuries from an armed robbery attack in Benin...

The rising rate of unemployment in Nigeria has been traced to the anti-job creation policies of the government from the ICT sector to government direct employment, youth entrepreneurship scheme among others. Nigeria with a population of 182,201,962 is battling with 49.5 per cent youth unemployment...