• USA Nigeria

    We must borrow more to deliver infrastructure —Adeosun

    Oyetunji Abioye, Washington DC The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Sunday, said the nation must borrow more in the short term to deliver critical infrastructural projects such as roads, rail and power. According to her, Nigeria currently has one of the lowest debt-to-Gross Domestic Product figures in the ...

  • Nigeria

    Does CBN fund govt deficit with Treasury Bill auctions?

    Henry Boyo “My brother, Nigeria is managing debt not wealth, because a big hole was dug in her pocket after the jamboree called FESTAC ‘77. The TB (Treasury bill) is government borrowing to finance the deficit. If you understand public finance well, you will know it is the function of ...

  • USA Nigeria

    Fed Govt borrowing to save jobs, says minister

    More credit lines coming for banks Nigerians in Diaspora to borrow from home The Federal Government’s desire to borrow more funds from international creditors is to prevent job losses, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun has said. Mrs. Adeosun, who spoke yesterday at a joint press conference with the Governor of the ...

  • Nigeria

    Evans: police took my N55m, $10,000, 29 vehicles, others

    •He is lying, say police Alleged billionaire kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (a.k.a. Evans) has accused seven senior police officers and others on the Inspector-General (IG) Intelligence Response Team of extortion and sexual assault. He alleged that the investigators forcibly obtained his cash in local and foreign currency, phones, wrist watches, jewelry, ...

  • Nigeria

    ALGON, 16 foreign partners to create 5.9m jobs from new agriculture scheme

    As part of steps to boost agriculture in the country, the Association of Local Government of Nigeria(ALGON) and 16 foreign partners and institutes are expected to float a new scheme which will create 5,959, 800 jobs nationwide. The scheme will lead to the generation of 7,700 jobs in each of ...

  • Nigeria

    Blue economy, electricity supply, others dominate economic summit

    The 23rd Nigerian Economic summit has come and gone. But the issues at the summit, such as blue economy, agriculture and others, must be taken serious by the Federal government for its diversification drive to make meaning, writes NDUKA CHIEJINA. Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Director-General Dr. Dakuku ...

  • USA Regno Unito Yemen

    As hunger surges, WFP chief appeals for peace on World Food Day

    Source: World Food Programme Country: WorldAfter steadily declining for over a decade, hunger is on the rise again and of the 815 million hungry people on the planet, 489 million live in countries affected by conflict.ROME – The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme today made an impassioned ...

  • USA

    Young Audiences Flock to ‘Happy Death Day’

    Continuing a horror boom at the box office, “Happy Death Day” arrived as the No. 1 movie in North America, with $26.5 million in ticket sales.

  • Thailandia

    SET up 9.17 points at opening

    Thai stocks opened up 0.54% at the start of trade this morning.

  • USA

    American wildfires hit Tauranga woman's family

    California's devastating wildfires have come frighteningly close to home for Tauranga's Carolyn Goodman.Her son Nigel Weekes and daughter-in-law Allyson are on tenterhooks waiting to see whether flames will engulf their home in...