221,595 Register For National Housing Fund       A total of 221,595 individuals and organisations registered for National Housing Fund in 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics has said. Figures from the NBS on Tuesday showed that the number included 220,935 individuals and 660 organisations. The NHF scheme was...

FG To Apply For $11bn Loan To Construct Lagos-Calabar Rail Line — Amaechi         Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, said, yesterday, that the Federal Government was set to apply for a $11billion loan to construct Lagos to Calabar rail. Amaechi made the disclosur y during an interactive...

13,000 Anambra Artisans To Benefit From COVID-19 Grants         No fewer than 13,000 tailors and other artisans in Anambra State are to benefit from the Artisan and Transport Support Scheme of the Federal Government. Under the programme, each beneficiary would receive a grant of between N30,000 and...

FG Commences N75bn Support Fund Disbursement This Week         Beginning from this week, the Federal Government will start paying grants to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises that are successful to partake in the N75bn COVID-19 support schemes. On September 10, 2020, the Federal Government inaugurated two schemes...

Oil Marketers Concerned About Possible Unrest When Prices Rebound         Petroleum marketers have urged the Federal Government to take decisive steps in addressing deregulation concerns in the downstream sector to avoid a civil unrest that may arise when oil prices rebound. According to the Major Oil Marketers...

300 Sacked SPDC Contract Staffs In Delta Protest, Demand Benefits         Amidst the #EndSARS protest in Delta State, over 300 contract staff who were allegedly sacked by the Shell Petroleum Development Company on Monday staged a protest in Warri, demanding their terminal benefits from the oil...