Buhari, Banditry and the North By Usman Abdullahi Koli Recently, more often than before, Nigeria has been trending on both local and international media over ceaseless kidnappings, banditry, robbery and other criminalities in the Country. According to BBC Hausa Service, 16 people were killed on the Abuja–Kaduna...

FG Owes 3,504 Housing Contractors, Says Fashola       The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, said on Thursday that his ministry owed 3,504 contractors handling its various housing projects N69.91bn. Fashola stated this when he appeared before the joint National Assembly Committee on Housing to...

House Summons Finance Minister, Others Over Non-audit Of 801 MDAs, 110 Foreign Missions         The House of Representatives has expressed concern and dissatisfaction over the inability of the office of the Auditor General of the Federation (oAuGF) to audit 801 federal agencies and parastatals and Foreign...

Average Transport Fare Increases In September – NBS       Average transport fares across the modes of transportation have increased considerably. This is according to the Transport Fare Watch data for September 2020 provided by the National Bureau of Statistics. The NBS said the average fare paid by commuters...

Telecom Operators Invested N471.9bn In 2019 - NCC       The capital investment of mobile network operators and other telecom service providers in 2019 stood at N471.91bn, growing by seven per cent; the latest report by the Nigerian Communications Commission has shown. The capital investment of operators increased...

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...