The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved N13.09 trillion budget estimate for 2021 fiscal year. Briefing State House Correspondents after the meeting, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said the budget estimate is made up of N2.083 trillion capital expenditure, which she described as…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, will soon become in-laws. This is because their children will be getting married and the wedding is already being touted to be surprise wedding of the year. It was gathered that the two families will become one…
The Federal Government has expressed fear that there might be a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases as business and schools begin to reopen and travels also begin to pick up. The alarm was raised by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire while speaking at the weekly COVID-19 media briefing yesterday in Abuja.…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Tuesday ordered all electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in the country to suspend for two weeks the implementation of the new electricity tariffs that was introduced on September 1. This directive, according to the commission, is in line with the Federal Government’s agreement with the Labour Union. The suspension…