IPOB: In The North, Igbo Businessmen Living In Palpable Fears     The campaign that the Igbos suffer high level hatred and discrimination in Nigeria notwithstanding, they are everywhere, in villages, cities and towns across the country and this has brought the nation’s economy firmly into their...

FG Okays N14.8bn Workers’ Insurance Cover, COVID-19 Oxygen Plants         The Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the disbursement of N9.2bn as premium for insurance companies who will manage group life insurance coverage for federal civil servants. The Minister of Information and...

67 Aggrieved Depositors Lodged N11.7bn Complaints Against Banks – CIBN       The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria has said it received 67 petitions from depositors against banks in 2020, with claims totalling amounted to N11.7bn. The CIBN disclosed this in its 2020 annual report, which was...

Lagos State Govt Spends N20bn On Rice Mill       The lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Bisola Olusanya, has on Thursday said about N20 billion has been spent on Imota Rice Mill in Ikorodu, which is at 85 per cent completion level. She also said 250,000 jobs...

Is EFCC Proactive Against Politically Exposed Persons? by Zubaida Baba Ibrahim     It is no more news that a former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha was recently arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on alleged misappropriation of government assets. Yet, it whets...

COVID-19: Financial Institution'll Fund N1.8trn Stimulus Package – FG       The Federal Government on Thursday said about N1.8tn of its N2.3tn COVID-19 economic stimulus package would be funded by financial institutions. It also disclosed that about N288bn from the N500bn of the package funded through the 2021...