Nigeria is not broke, says finance minister
Nigeria is not broke, says finance minister The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, says Nigeria is in good economic standing, and is not broke. Ahmed spoke at the 6th edition of President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard, tagged “PMB Scorecard 2015-2023”, organised by the Ministry of Information on Thursday in Abuja. She said that the country had continued to generate revenue on a regular basis, which is distributed to all the tiers of government. She added that the country had recorded significant growth in no…
No PVC, No Voting in 2023 Elections, INEC Declares
No PVC, No Voting in 2023 Elections, INEC Declares • Vote buyers, thugs won’t go scot-free, IG warns •EFCC: Diezani paid out $115m to compromise 2015 polls Chuks Okocha, Udora Orizu, Juliet Akoje in Abuja and Benjamin Nworie in Abakaliki With 86 days to the February 25 presidential general election, the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC), yesterday, declared that there would be no voting by anybody without his or her Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC). Also, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has vowed to arrest and prosecute…
The Urgent Need for a Population Census in Nigeria
The Urgent Need for a Population Census in Nigeria Firstly what is a population? According to dictionary.com, it is the total number of persons inhabiting a country, state, or district. The population census is the official counting of a population in the territory of a country and the collection of information on selected demographics and socio-economic characteristics of the population. Almost all countries conduct a population census at least once every 10 years. Without gathering statistics about the number of people living in a place at a…
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Police Arraigns Celebrity Kidnapper John Lyon
Police Arraigns Celebrity Kidnapper John Lyon Operatives of the Bayelsa State Police Command have arraigned celebrity kidnapper, John Ewa popularly known on social media as John Lyon, on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 (today). The Bayelsa police force revealed this in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Asinim Butswat, adding that the Lyon and his cohort will be arraigned in High Court 6, Yenogoa. Two months ago, the 30-year-old social media celebrity confessed to be involved in two kidnap incidents. Lyon, who confe…
UBA Foundation Rings in The Yuletide Season, Lights Up the Lagos Marina
UBA Foundation Rings in The Yuletide Season, Lights Up the Lagos Marina L-R: Executive Director, Risk & Finance, United Bank for Africa Plc, Ugo Nwaghodoh; MD/CEO UBA Foundation, Bola Atta; Group Managing Director/CEO, United Bank for Africa Plc, Oliver Alawuba; Deputy Managing Director, Muyiwa Akinyemi and Executive Director/Group Chief Operating Officer, Alex Alozie during the 2022 Christmas Lighting Ceremony of the UBA Foundation Gardens on the Marina, Lagos on Tuesday Africa’s Global bank, United Bank for Africa, through its Corpor…
‘He May Never Get His Money Back’, Says UBA After N399,907 Disappeared From Customer’s Account
‘He May Never Get His Money Back’, Says UBA After N399,907 Disappeared From Customer’s Account Ademola Abolaji, an Abuja-based civil servant, has detailed how N399,907 disappeared from his United Bank of Africa (UBA) account without performing any transaction. Abolaji told FIJ that he had shockingly received the two unauthorised debit alerts totalling N399,907 on August 17 and that all the attempts he subsequently made to get the bank to reverse the sum had proved futile. The civil servant said he later reported the case to the Central Ban…
Sterling Bank Sponsors Training For 1,000 youths
Sterling Bank Sponsors Training For 1,000 youths Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, has partnered with Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP) to sponsor 1,000 fellows during this year’s training programme. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Sterling Bank Plc, Mr. Abubakar Suleiman said, at the launch of the programme in Lagos, that the bank is supporting NJFP because of its interest in the education sector as one of five sectors it is presently concentrating investments in under its HEARTs of St…
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