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Peer Review: Focus on grassroots Gambari urges AUDA/APRM Nigeria Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Chairperson, Panel of Eminent Persons, African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has called on African Union Development Agency- New Partnership for Africa’s Development/ APRM (AUDA-NEPAD/APRM) Nigeria to focus on the grassroots and avoid tampering with their findings in theContinue Reading

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected the sum of 210 million dollars into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market after the transactions on Tuesday, July 30. The bank’s Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr Isaac Okorafor made this known in a statement in Abuja. Okorafor explained that authorized dealers inContinue Reading

Hit the ground running, SGF tasks AUDA-NEPAD/APRM Governing Council The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha  has tasked the newly inaugurated National Governing Council of African Union Development Agency- New Partnership for Africa’s Development/ African Peer Review Mechanism (AUDA-NEPAD/APRM) to hit the running especially on itsContinue Reading

Mr Dashe Arlat, the Chairman of Plateau State Internal Revenue Service (PSIRS) says the service generated N9.2 billion between January and June. Arlat disclosed this on Wednesday in Jos at a news conference. He said most of the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) was from liabilities and interest paid as penaltiesContinue Reading

National Coordinator/Chief Executive Officer, African Union Development Agency- New Partnership for Africa’s Development ( AUDA-NEPAD) Nigeria, Princess Gloria Akobundu, has called on Nigeria’s workforce, especially the youths, to acquire and develop standard skills in any job they have the capacity and likeness to do most. This was said in aContinue Reading

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to empower the youth through the establishment of the Trans-national border markets across the country. The Permanent Secretary, Mr Edet Akpan, disclosed this during a meeting with officials of Niger State Government and other relevantContinue Reading

Lagos, July 18, 2019 (NAN) An Economist, Mr Rasheed Yusuf, says the country’s inflation figure will drop to single digit if the CBN implements its directive to commercial banks to maintain a minimum Loan to Deposit Ratio (LDR) of 60 per cent. Yusuf, the Chief Executive Officer of Trust YieldContinue Reading

Newly appointed NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari By Okon Okon The newly appointed Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mr Mele Kyari has pledged to reposition the corporation. Kyari said he would make the NNPC to be a  global company of excellence to portray the good image ofContinue Reading