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Lagos Sports Fund Targets N10bn, National Stadium

Lagos Sports Fund Targets N10bn, National Stadium The Lagos State Sports Trust Fund on Thursday said it would raise N10 billion over the next five years to boost the development of the sector. It also said it would overhaul Rowe Park and the derelict National Stadium,...

NIRSAL Coaches 851 Farmers On Mechanised, Structured Farming In Ogun

NIRSAL Coaches 851 Farmers On Mechanised, Structured Farming In Ogun Determined to encourage a shift from the practise of subsistence farming in parts of Ogun State, the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has introduced about 851 maize, rice and cassava farmers...

CBN, 14 Banks Contest N1bn Imo Debt Payment Order

CBN, 14 Banks Contest N1bn Imo Debt Payment Order   The Central Bank of Nigeria and 14 other banks are contesting a Garnishee Order being considered by an FCT High Court to compel them to pay debts being owed to contractors by Imo State Government. The court...

Niger Govt Ready to Pay N30,000 Minimum wage

Niger Govt Ready to Pay N30,000 Minimum wage Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has reassured that his administration will implement the N30, 000 new Minimum wage recently signed into law by the President. In an address to mark the 2019 Worker's Day in Minna,...

Gov Sani-Bello Felicitates with Waziri Nupe @71

Gov Sani-Bello Felicitates with Waziri Nupe @71 Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger state has congratulated  Waziri Nupe, a front line politician and former Senator of the Federal Republic, Senator Isah Mohammed on his 71st birthday. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Malam Jibrin...

Kwara Revenue Agency Generates N6.279bn In Q1

Kwara Revenue Agency Generates N6.279bn In Q1   The Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) said it recorded a total sum of N6.279bn as revenue generated in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019. The executive chairman of the revenue agency, Prof. Murtala Awodun disclosed this in Ilorin,...