Fed Govt Licenses 203 Agents To Boost NIN Enrolment       The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has approved the licensing of 173 private sector Agents and 30 State Governments/Public Sector Institutions to conduct enrolment of Nigerians and legal residents into...

Reps Urge Extension of SIM Card Registration, NIN Linkage Deadline         The House of Representatives yesterday urged the federal government to extend the deadline for the synchronisation of subscribers’ SIM card registration with their National Identification Number (NIN) by telecommunication service providers to 10 weeks. The Minister...

Akwa Ibom Assembly Passes N456.25bn Appropriation Bill Into Law       The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Tuesday passed into Law the state appropriation bill of N456.25billion for the 2021 fiscal year. The 2021 appropriation bill is broken down to of N164.52billion Recurrent expenditure, N241.45billion Capital Expenditure...

Poultry Investors Divest, Sell Off Birds Over Feed Scarcity         Hard times have hit poultry farmers in the country as many of them are in financial distress and are unable to feed their birds due to the high cost of poultry feeds. Investigations revealed that many of...

INEC Job and The Risk Elements By Eric Teniola     As expected the tenure of Professor Mahmood Yakubu (58) as chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission ends on Monday November 9. Then came the announcement by Professor Yakubu that the presidential election will hold February 18, 2023...

Budget 2021: FG Earmarks N152bn For Electricity       The Federal Government is to pay power generation companies through Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading, NBET, the sum of N152.416 billion in 2021. According to details of the 2021 budget now before National Assembly, this forms one of the largest...