Customs Intercept N1.9bn Drugs, Goods In Port, Others     The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized drugs and smuggled goods worth N1.9 billion at Apapa port and areas around its Kaduna zone. The Apapa Area Command yesterday, said it intercepted 28 container loads of pharmaceuticals valued at...

FG Targets N7bn Annual Tax Revenue From Solar     The federal government has highlighted some of the secondary benefits of the N140 billion solar power programme that is aimed at providing electricity to 25 million Nigerians through off-grid connections to five million homes. The Minister of Power,...

26 States Set For N878bn Deficit In 2021       Amidst a nationwide push against the recessionary economy, about 26 states of the nation are planning to spend about N878 billion in excess of what their revenue expectations can carry. This indicates that they also plan to...

FAAC Allocation In 2020 Not Bad         Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) revenue to the Federal Government, 36 states and 774 local governments fell by just five percent to N7.14 trillion in eleven months (January to November) from N7.46 trillion in the same period of 2019. Going...

Food Prices: Roots and Tubers To The Rescue By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta         The other day the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) while reporting the current inflation rate, indicated that despite the huge effort to boost productivity in the agriculture sector, the prices of food appreciated and...

Katsina, New Haven of Terror-Banditry in Nigeria? By Yushau A. Shuaib Was it not strange that the abduction of Kankara boys occurred on the day President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Daura, his hometown, in Katsina State, on a private visit? It is even more curious that the...