Abuja – The Federal Government has said that there will be no going back on the 45 per cent increase in electricity tariff, adding that a reversal will cost over N575 billion. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, made the statement in Abuja on Tuesday when he briefed the Senate Committees […]Continue Reading
Enugu – Enugu State Government says that its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) has risen from N450 million to N700 million monthly due to improved collection system. The Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Mrs Eucharia Uche-Offor, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Enugu. Uche-Offor said […]Continue Reading
Sokoto – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it has contributed more than 71.5 dollars for the education of out-of-school children in four northern states in the next four years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fund’s Chief of Sokoto Field Office, Mr Mohammed Mohiuddin, disclosed this in Sokoto on […]Continue Reading
Stockholm – Sweden Transport Agency showed in the past 10 years, 650 pedestrians and cyclists have ended up in emergency wards because of using their mobile phones while in traffic. Tomas Fredlund, an analyst at the Swedish transport agency, Transportstyrelsen, told newsmen that the study was commissioned on Monday in Stockholm. It reported that there […]Continue Reading
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