Nigeria’s Readership Promotion Campaign Gulps N100bn The Federal Government has budgeted N100 million to boost the National Library of Nigeria’s (NLN) Readership Promotion Campaign, Prof. Lenrie Aina, the National Librarian, has said. Aina, who spoke in a chat with newsmen in Abuja, said the NLN was...

FG Questions IMF's Economic Growth Forecast   The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, has said the nation’s economy will grow by 3.01 per cent this year, compared to a forecast of two per cent by the International Monetary Fund. The IMF, in its...

Gunmen Assassinates Retired DCG Dr Gboyega Oloyede A retired Deputy Controller General of Prisons, Dr. Adewale Gboyega Oloyede has been murdered. He was killed along side his orderly, SIP Dauda Yusuf Michael by yet to be identified gunmen near Osara town in Kogi State. The development...

Budget: Delayed Passage Threatens Foreign Investment - NECA   The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association has decried the recurring delay in the passage of the national budget, saying this does not help economic growth and threatens foreign direct investment. This was contained in a statement made available to...

 Gwamna Donates digital North-east campaign office to Buhari Dr Jamil Isyaku Gwamna , A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State has donated an internet furnished office to co-ordinate the North-east campaign activities for the re-election of  President Muhammadu Buhari. Gwamna who made...

FG’s Routine Immunization Gets $75m backing from Gates Foundation The Federal Government’s commitment to routine immunization has received the backing of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through an Innovative Financing Agreement worth $75 million. The Government, represented jointly by the Ministers of Budget and National Planning,...