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The World Bank says it expects the Nigerian economy to grow by 2.4 percent in 2021. The projection is contained in the bank’s Africa Pulse, a biannual analysis of the near-term macroeconomic outlook for the region. In June, the World Bank had set the GDP growth rate at 1.8 percent. The higher growth rate published this mon...

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI is expected to present the 2022 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly. The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday had approved a 16.39 naira trillion budget. At least, 5.012 naira trillion is to be financed by borrowing, raising concerns over the nation’s debt sustainability. The Min...

The Nigerian Communications Commission has disqualified anyone below the age of 18 from registering and owning a Subscriber Identity Module in Nigeria.  This is according to the draft copy of the modified Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations published on the commission’s website.  In the modified regulations, NCC limited telecoms subscribers to only in...

The Federal Government has proposed to pay the sum of 75,000 naira per semester for undergraduates studying education courses in public institutions and 50,000 naira for those who enroll for a National Certificate In Education (N.C.E.) programme. The Minister of Education, ADAMU ADAMU, disclosed this during the celebration of this year’s World Teachers’ Day in Abuja as the Federal Government reintroduces bursary awards....

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its 64-day strike, which began on August 2, 2021. The President of the NARD, Dr. GODIYA ISHAYA, who confirmed this to news men today, stated that its members will resume work on Wednesday this week by 8 am. He explained that the association took the decision to suspend the industrial action due to a simple majority ...

Major social media services including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were hit by a massive outage yesterday. Users trying to access Facebook in affected areas were greeted with the message: “Something went wrong. We’re working on it and we’ll get it fixed as soon as we can.” The outage comes a day after a whistleblower went on US television to reveal her ...

Governors of the South-South have resolved that states in the region should join the suit filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) challenging the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) by states. This formed part of the resolutions reached at the meeting of the South-South Governors’ Forum held at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Delta...

Reports has revealed no fewer than 3, 438 passports are being watch, while 23 are on the exemption list of the Nigeria Immigration Service. Meanwhile, there are indications that the Federal Government may not meet its 2021 revenue projection from NIS services. It was gathered the names of the affected individuals, have been placed with security agencies at the nation’s international airports where ...

The Northern Governors’ Forum and traditional rulers from the region are holding an emergency meeting in Kaduna State.  Top on the agenda at the meeting are issues relating to the Value Added Tax (VAT), insecurity and economic problems confronting the region. The meeting, which is taking place at the Executive Council Chamber of the Kaduna State Government House, is cha...

The Sultan of Sokoto, MUHAMMAD SA’AD ABUBAKAR has appealed to the striking National Association of Resident Doctors to call off their ongoing industrial action and embrace dialogue. Sultan ABUBAKAR made the call during the opening ceremony of the the 20th conference of the Pediatric Surgeons of Nigeria holding in Sokoto State. He advised the striking doctors to engage elders...