BUK Honours Female Communication Scholar A Mass Communication Scholar and Dr. Hajara Umar Sanda has been honoured for outstanding leadership when she served as Deputy Dean, Students Affairs at the Bayero University Kano. ArewaAgenda reports that she was honoured as her tenure at the Students Affairs of the institution elapsed. In a […]
In Three Months, Nigeria Imported N2.78trn Manufactured Goods – NBS Nigeria imported manufactured goods worth N2.78tn while the total export component was N254.2bn between April and June. According to figures obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics on foreign trade statistics for the second quarter, this amounted to a difference of N2.52tn […]
E-payment Transactions Hit N111.29trn In Nine Months The value of transactions via the two digital payment platforms – Nigeria Interbank Settlement System Instant Payment System and Point of Sales terminals – rose to N111.29tn from January to September this year. The two platforms recorded a 44 per cent growth in value […]
NCC Contributes N2.27trn To Nigeria’s GDP – Danbatta The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the contribution of the telecommunication sector to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has risen from 8.5 percent in 2015 to 14.3 percent as at September 2020, amounting to N2.272 trillion. Executive Vice Chairman, Umar […]
NEITI, CSOs Seek Transparency In Oil, Mining Contracts The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, the Centre for Transparency Advocacy and the Media Initiative for Transparency in Extractive Industries on Thursday faulted the level of transparency in oil and mining sectors contracts. All three parties called on the National Assembly to hasten the […]
Free Meter Distribution Commences In Kano, Others The free distribution of electricity meters to Nigerians will commence today (Friday) with the simultaneous inauguration of the scheme in Kano, Kaduna, Eko and Ikeja electricity distribution companies’ franchise areas. A source in the Presidency, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was […]
Rice Millers To Shut Down Plants Over Looting Rice millers on Thursday declared that they would shut down some of their plants in some parts of the country following the destruction of some of their mills by protesters during the widespread #EndSARS protests. Dealers under the aegis of Rice Millers Association […]
Power Generation Hits All-time High Of 5,459MW – TCN The Transmission Company of Nigeria on Thursday announced that the nation’s power industry attained another all-time national peak electricity generation of 5,459.5 megawatts. It said this quantum of electricity was efficiently transmitted through the nations transmission grid at a frequency of 50.26Hz […]
Wike Seeks CBN’s Support To Boost $12m Cassava Initiative Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has charged the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to support the state $12m Cassava Processing Initiative aimed at job creation and food security. Wike who gave the charge during a meeting with […]
EndSARS Hoodlums Kill 22 Police Personnel, Destroy 205 Stations – IGP The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has affirmed that officers of the Nigeria Police Force acted professionally, exercised commendable restraints and some paid the supreme price for peace during the recent protests and ensuing violence in some parts […]
