Category: Development

accident

Eight dead, 30 injured in road accident

Eight people were killed and 30 others injured in a road crash on Wednesday in northwestern Morocco, authorities in the North African country said. The accident happened...

Innoson

Meet Kano cars, Innoson’s local competitor

It just so happens that Innoson Vehicle is not the only local vehicle assembling company operating in the country. Another company was already in existence before...

senate

Minimum Wage: VAT raise should be discussed — ULC

Mr Joe Ajaero, President, United Labour Congress (ULC) said on Wednesday that any increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) that would be used to pay the N30,000 new minimum...

Boko Haram: Normalcy returns to Michika

Normalcy has returned to Michika town in Adamawa following a failed night attack on the community by Boko Haram insurgents who were repelled by the military. The News...

2-year-old boy dies in well in Kano

Tragedy befell a family at Yar’akwa Balangu Quarters, Tarauni Local Government Area, Kano State, on Monday evening, when their two year-old son, Abdullahi Jibril, fell...

2, 070 small scale business owners get N103.5m grants – DG SMEDAN

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has earmarked N103.5 million as grants for 2,070 small scale business owners in Sokoto State. The...

FG begins skills acquisition for budding entrepreneurs in Southwest

PREMIER Hub Innovation Centre, the Southwest Coordinator of National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), has urged budding entrepreneurs to key into the programme...

Internet

Internet users hit 113.8m in January—NCC

Internet users in Nigeria increased marginally to more than 113.8 million in January 2018, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said. The NCC made this known on...

NASS

PIB Passage: Stakeholders task incoming NASS on expedition

Some stakeholders in the oil and gas industry have tasked the incoming 9th National Assembly to speedily pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) for the president’s...

Okorocha

Court dismisses Okorocha’s N1.25bn damages suit against IGP, EFCC

The Federal High Court sitting in Jos, on Thursday threw out a N1.25 billion damages suit filed by Gov. Rochas Okorocha, against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP)...