China Approves Loan For $2.6bn AKK Gas Pipeline         China has approved and will disburse its 85 per cent loan required to fund the $2.6bn Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline project, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, and Group Managing...

Banks’ Non-performing Loans Now N1.17trn – NBS         Non-performing loans in the Nigerian banking sector fell by N42.4bn in three months, latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics have shown. According to figures obtained from the NBS’ latest Selected Banking Sector Data Report on Sunday, the...

BUK Student Bags Overall Campus Journalist Award, NOUN VC, MD NCBN, Others Honored         A final year student of the Department of Information and Media Studies Bayero University Kano (BUK), Mohammad Dahiru Lawal has emerged the overall Campus Journalist of the year in the just Campus...

FEC Approves N59.35bn For Aviation, Roads Projects         The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N59.350 billion for roads and aviation projects across the country. Three ministers – Babatunde Fashola (Works and Housing), Alhaji Lai Mohammed (Information and Culture), on behalf of Senator Hadi Sirika (Aviation)...

NDIC: Farewell To Iconic MD By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta       The Managing Director of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, an alumni of the Nigeria Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, has retired from the Corporation on December 7th, 2020, after serving for 31...

Airports Concession, Others Will Go Ahead Despite Opposition – FG         Moves to concession Nigeria’s four major airports and the establishment of a national carrier are still on course and the results will materialise soon, the Federal Government said on Monday. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika,...