After two consecutive months of decrease, Nigeria’s headline inflation in September 2024, rose to 32.70 per cent against the 32.15 per cent recorded in August 2024. According to the September Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, the figure represents a marginal increase of 0.55 per cent against the figure in August. The report released on Tuesday…
Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ), a non-profit organisation has distributed food palliative to over 500 women in Odogbolu Local Government Area, Ogun State The NGO known for programmes that inspire, empower and advocate for a greater representation of women in leadership positions in the public and private sector gave out packages of…
He does not do things in half measures. Neither is he one to believe that there is a task that is impossible to undertake. As a lawyer, he towered above scores of eminent men in the bar and the bench. His exploits in education echo beyond his immediate environment. Then, wait for this, in the…
Licenced miners in Rivers State under the aegis of the Miners Association of Nigeria have called for the intervention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to activities of illegal miners and alleged extortion by government officials, This call was made when the association’s chairman, His Royal Highness, Hope Daminabo Dan Opusingi, led his…
As part of its resolve to combat food insecurity from all fronts, President Bola Tinubu’s administration has decided to put everything in place towards achieving an all season agricultural practice in the country. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun Osun River Basin Development Authority, Dr Adedeji Ashiru, has therefore announced the…
In a bid to cushion the effect of hardship in the country, Dr. Adamu Abdullahi, acting Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has made clear that his commission is ready to tackle rising food prices, which is currently affecting the living standards of consumers. aggressively Abdullahi said this…
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Dr. Aliyu Abdullahi has launched the Performance Management System (PMS) aimed to enhance service delivery, improve the performance of the staff, and develop the agriculture sector. The minister made this known during the launching of PMS Day at the Ministry’s Conference Room in Abuja. Abdullahi…
The Enugu State Government has announced December this year as the deadline for mineral title holders to commence coal mining operations in the state. The government announced this at the end of a meeting between the state’s Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee led by its Chairperson, Samuel Okoro, and mineral title holders in the…
The federal government has identified people responsible for the high cost of operations in the poultry sector. This was made known by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), which condemned the manipulation of the market by a ‘cartel in the poultry industry to keep the prices high in the country.’ It said that…
