Fed Govt Releases Funds To DisCos For Mass Metering       The Federal Government has released funds to power distribution companies for the mass deployment of about six million free electricity meters to power consumers nationwide. It was gathered that some senior officials of power distribution companies met...

W/Bank Pledges $72m For States’ Land Administration Records       The World Bank has expressed willingness to give each state of the federation a grant of two million dollars to enable them to update their property records. This, however, is based on the condition that benefiting states capture...

Budget 2021: Brace Up For Another Recession — Buhari         President Muhammadu Buhari said, yesterday, that the country is heading for another recession, the second in four years. He noted, however, that the Federal Government has put in place plans to ensure rapid recovery in 2021. The President,...

Lagos Atop As States’ IGR Drops By 11.7%       The Internally Generated Revenue of the states dropped to N612.87bn in the first six months of 2020 from N693.91bn in the corresponding period of 2019. The National Bureau of Statistics disclosed on Tuesday in its report published on...

Technical Challenges of 2019 General Elections May Replicate in Kogi, Bayelsa By Moshood Isah   As the Independent National Electoral Commission prepares for its first major election since the 2019 general elections, the issues that plagued the February and March General elections may rear its head again...

Osinbajo, BoI Disburses N295m To 5,600 Beneficiaries In Kogi   The Bank of Industry (BoI) has put the number of beneficiaries of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) in Kogi State at 5,600. This is even as the Development Finance Institution (DFI) announced that it had...