Lagos, Rivers, FCT, Delta Generate Nigeria’s 52.67% IGR In 2020       With the generation of 32.08 per cent, 8.97 per cent, 7.05 per cent and 4.57 per cent share of the 2020 Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) Lagos, Rivers, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Delta States respectively...

Large-scale Rice Millers Groan under Paddy Scarcity, by Salisu Na'inna Dambatta Nigeria's drive toward self-sufficiency in rice production as part of a multifaceted programme to deepen our national food security as enunciated by the administation led by President Muhammadu Buhari seem to be  under threat...

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...

Funtua Free Trade Zone 'll Drive Economic Activities, Create Jobs- Katsina District Head    The Kanwan Katsina, and District Head of Ketare, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara, has commended the Federal Government for setting up a Free Trade Zone in Funtua Local Government of Katsina State. Alh. Bello...

Wanted: A Salvation for Nigeria's Education System By Sadiq K. Dangogo     With the end of nine-month ASUU strike and the recent kidnapped and released of Kankara students in Katsina, one can only imagine the state of education in Nigeria. It is clear that education has not...

Insecurity in North West Nigeria: Armed Banditry or Jihadist Expansionism?  By Abdulhaleem Ishaq Ringim       North West Nigeria has for the past four to five decades suffered from waves of crisis and violence. The trajectory of such violence started with ethno-religious clashes and moved through electoral violence,...