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The World Bank has projected 3.6 per cent average economic growth for the Nigerian economy between 2025 and 2026 following ongoing reforms by the Federal Government.The global bank stated this in its report, Global Economic Prospects, January 2025.It added that recent reforms by the Federal Government helped to boost business confidence.Profound among the economic reforms by the Federal G...

The victims were rescued during an offensive operation carried out between the borders of Taraba and Plateau States.Troops of the Three Division Nigerian Army and Operation Safe Haven have rescued three septuagenarians, alongside 15 others from the kidnappers’ enclave.The victims were rescued during an offensive operation carried out between the borders of Taraba and Plateau States....

The National Assembly Joint Committee on Agricultural Production and Services has threatened to deny allocations in the 2025 budget proposal to agencies under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security whose heads fail to give an account of their 2024 budget performance and projections in the New Year.The Committee issued the warning on Thursday in Abuja in the continuation of the defence of th...

Tensions rose when two lawmakers raised concerns that the IGP’s presentation did not align with the documents they had received.The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, presents the 2025 police budget in Abuja on January 16, 2025. A heated exchange erupted in the National Assembly during the 2025 budget defence session as Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, presented the Nigeria...

The Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources has said it will demolish shanties and illegal market structures around the Cele underbridge area of the state.The Commissioner for Environment, Tokunbo Wahab, said this while speaking with journalists after the inspection tour of drainage enforcement at Cele underbridge on Lagos Apapa Oshodi Expressway on Wednesday.Wahab, who was displeased about...

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated six distinguished Diaspora Nigerians named among the 400 Presidential Early Career Award recipients for Scientists and Engineers in the United States.It was reported that the prestigious recognition, established by former President Bill Clinton in 1996, is the highest honour bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their ...

A faction of kingmakers who opposed Governor Seyi Makinde’s approval of Oba Abimbola Owoade as the 46th Alaafin of Oyo has threatened to sue the governor when his immunity expires.Claiming that the Governor had defamed them for saying they collected money during the selection process the governor should have sought redress in court if he has anything against them.Recall that Governor Makinde had pres...

A devastating fire outbreak at the wellhead of Oil Mining Lease (OML), 15, a facility operated by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has ravaged the Bukuma Community at Buguma waterways in Asari-Toru Local Council of Rivers State destroying livelihoods.    It was gathered that the raging inferno was caused by a spill from the wellhead, which was tampered with by oil thieves at the N...

The President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has accepted an invitation from President Bola Tinubu to visit Nigeria in 2025.Tinubu, who arrived in Abu Dhabi on Sunday as a guest of the UAE President to participate in the Sustainability Week, urged his counterpart to collaborate with Nigeria to strengthen its economy.This was disclosed in a State House release by Tinubu’s Sp...

The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Tertiary Education, has announced the commencement of the Eko Digital training programme in Badagry and Yaba as part of its efforts to promote education and entrepreneurial skills development among youth in the state.The training, which will take place from June 20 to 24, 2025 at the Public Library in Badagry and Yaba, aims to provide participants with access to digital an...