The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measured inflation for July dropped to 11.14 per cent (year-on-year) from 11. 23 per cent recorded in June. The NBS disclosed this in its “CPI and Inflation Report’’ for July released on Wednesday inAbuja. According to theContinue Reading
The Presidency has described the social media report that President Muhammadu Buhari, extended his ongoing 10 working days vacation in London as fake. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the purported fake news indicates that the President had already transmitted a letter to the National Assembly to thisContinue Reading
The Jama’tu Izalatul Bidi’a Waikamatus Sunna (JIBWIS), an Islamic group, in Kano has called on eligible voters, irrespective of religious background, to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). The state Chairman of JIBWIS, Sheikh Abdallah Pakistan, made the appeal on Saturday in Kano during a courtesy visit to Gov. AbdullahiContinue Reading
Bread shortages have hit Sudan, with wheat traders blaming a foreign currency crisis for shortages of the staple that have left people queuing for hours outside bakeries. Sudan’s economy has been struggling since the south seceded in 2011, taking with it three-quarters of its oil output and depriving it ofContinue Reading
The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) Board has approved the implementation of the ‘Rent-To-Own’ pilot housing scheme to begin with 3000 houses nationwide. A statement signed by Mrs Zubaida Umar, FMBN Corporate Communications Group Head, on Sunday in Abuja, stated that the scheme was a strategic move designed toContinue Reading
The Akwa Ibom Government says it has renovated about 400 public schools in the last three years in spite of the economic situation in the country. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Charles Udoh, made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen in Uyo on Sunday. Udoh said that theContinue Reading
A 35-year-old man, Olaitan Adekunbi, who allegedly defrauded an apartment seeker of N100,000, on Monday appeared before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Adekunbi, who is facing a two-count charge of fraud and stealing, however, pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, ASP Fidelis Dike, told the court that the accused committed theContinue Reading
By Moses Omorogieva Four policemen working with the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have died in the service of their nation, killed on Saturday in Kaduna State by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. Six of the kidnappers were also killed in the exchange of gunfire. The leader ofContinue Reading
Polling booths are henceforth to be position in a way to make it difficult for people to see how voters cast their votes during elections, a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) announced in Awka on Monday. Dr Nkwachukwu Orji, the REC in charge of Anambra, who made the disclosure in anContinue Reading
