Amid global economic instability and low investment yields that culminated 2022 financial year, the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, said its total assets grew to N1.02trn in 2022. The country’s sovereign wealth fund managed noted that its new assets value represents a 10.5 percent growth from the N919.73bn recorded in 2021. This was contained in a…
The Governor-Elect of Kano State His Excellency Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf said Effective from March 18 to May 29, no lender should approve and issue any loan facility to Kano State Government without the express consent of the incoming administration. ”Any such loan facility approved and issued to the Kano State Government between the date…
The Kano State Government on Friday said Gov. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is still in charge of the administration of the state. The government also advised the Governor-elect, Malam Abba Yusuf, to restrain himself from issuing official pronouncements in form of public advisory in order not to cause unnecessary confusion in the state. This is contained…
The Kano State Governor-elect, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf (Abba Gida Gida) has constituted a 65-member Transition Committee chaired by the former Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND, Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi. A statement issued Friday by Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor-elect, said the Transition Committee will…
Justice Abubakar Mahmud Talba of the Court of Appeal, Sokoto Division on Friday convicted and sentenced two Chinese nationals, Meng Wei Kun and Mr. Xu Kuai, to three years imprisonment for each of the two count charge for offences of Conspiracy, Money Laundering and attempted Bribery to the tune of N50 Million brought against them…
By Yvonne Nitah In the changing world, effective and efficient application of scarce resources to achieve more desired results are imperative. This is true for agriculture than any other sector at a time the world struggles to feed its population. Yvonne Nitah writes on step by step on how to grow sweet potatoes: Choose a…
As Eita Sato and Aoi Hoshi walked towards their junior high school graduation ceremony, their footsteps echoed in polished halls once crowded and noisy with students. The two were the only graduates of Yumoto Junior High in a mountainous part of northern Japan – and the last. The 76-year-old school will shut its doors for…
The World Bank Group’s board of executive directors announced that Ajay Banga, a U.S. national, was the only nominee for the position of the bank’s next president. This is contained in a statement by the World Bank in Abuja on Friday. “The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today confirmed that, as announced on…
You are advised to discontinue any construction work on public land within and around the following: All schools in the State, all religious and cultural sites
As at the end of 2022, Nigeria public debt ballooned to N46.25 trillion, whopping $103.11 billion, a report from the Debt Management Office (DMO) said on Thursday. The nation’s debt profile increased by N6.69trn trillion (an equivalence of $7.34 billion) within one year. The comparative figure of public debt as of December 31, 2021, was…
