By Aluta News Sept 5, 2021 Total merchandise trade increased by 23.28 per cent in Quarter Two (Q2, 2021) to N12.02 trillion from N9.75 trillion recorded in Q1, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says. The NBS said this on Sunday in Abuja in its “Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics,Continue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 5, 2021 The Oil and Gas Free Trade Zones Authority (OGFZA) says it has attracted $16.6 billion Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) into the economy within a 20 year period covering 2001 and 2020. The Managing Director, OGFZA, Mr Okon Umana, disclosed this on Sunday while speakingContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 5, 2021 The social media has been heavily criticised with some of its platforms banned in many countries, but Prof. Eghosa Osaghae, Director-General, Nigerian Institute for International Affairs (NIIA), says it is a powerful tool for societal growth. “The social media presents platforms for robust discussionsContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 5, 2021 Dr Muhtari Aminu-Kano, Director- General, Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NFC), has said plans have been concluded to enhance the conservation of vultures in order to sustain their services to the ecosystem. Aminu-Kano disclosed this as NFC joined the world to celebrate the International Vulture Awareness DayContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 5, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari has directed National Land Development Authority (NALDA) to establish integrated farm estates in all the senatorial districts to boost food production across the country. Executive Secretary of the agency, Mr Paul Ikonne, who disclosed this to State House correspondents on Sunday,Continue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 5, 2021 The Police Command in Niger, on Sunday, confirmed the abduction of Dr Mahmud Aliyu, the District Head of Wawa in Borgu Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident in an interview with News AgencyContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 5, 2021 Prof. Mansur Matazu , the Direct-General, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has promised to deepen efforts at disseminating weather alerts to rural women, to tackle weather- induced disasters. A statement signed by NiMet`s General- Manager, Public Relations, Mr Muntari Ibrahim, on Sunday, in Abuja quotedContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 5, 2021 A very senior journalist with the New Telegraph Newspapers,Mr Kenneth Ofoma has emerged as the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Awgu local government area of Enugu State. Ofoma, who clinched the position in the congress held at Community Primary School, EziohaContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 5, 2021 The All Progressive Congress (APC) has so far won the Chairmanship seat in five of the eight Local Government Areas in Kaduna-North Senatorial District in the just concluded Council polls . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the party captured the seatsContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 5, 2021 Mixed reactions have continued to trail the recent scrapping of general cut off marks for admission into the country’s tertiary institutions by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that JAMB had at its Aug. 31, 2021 virtualContinue Reading
