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Peterside – Maritime Sector Has Capacity To Catalyse Economic Growth

Peterside - Maritime Sector Has Capacity To Catalyse Economic Growth   The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that the Nigerian Maritime Sector has the capacity to catalyse economic growth. Also, he gave the assurance that the...

Global Change Affecting Food Security, Nutrition — Report

Global Change Affecting Food Security, Nutrition — Report   The 2018 Global Food Policy Report released recently, said the inadequacy of responses to recent food crises has revealed the need to redesign the global food and agricultural governance system to address problems that countries cannot manage...

John Yusuf Pension Thief to Refund N22.9b, Jailed 6 years

John Yusuf Pension Thief to Refund N22.9b, Jailed 6 years John Yusuf, the pension thief who five years ago, was given a slap on the wrist by Justice Abubakar Talba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, for stealing N32.8billion police pension money, has finally...

Dogara: National Assembly To Pass 2018 Budget April 24

Dogara: National Assembly To Pass 2018 Budget April 24   The Senate and the House of Representative have taken a decision to pass the 2018 budget on April 24. Ahead of the date, the joint Committees on Appropriations will lay the report on the budget in the two...

FG To Firms- “Cut Oil Production Cost Or Stop Producing”

FG To Firms- "Cut Oil Production Cost Or Stop Producing"   The Federal Government on Tuesday charged crude oil-producing companies operating in Nigeria to either cut down the cost of producing the commodity or allow it to remain in the ground. The government stated that while the...

FG Seeks $15b Loan To Complete Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Rail Project

FG Seeks $15b Loan To Complete Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Rail Project   The Federal Government is negotiating a $15 billion loan to complete the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail project. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this yesterday after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa,...