President Muhammadu Buhari says Federal Government has provided N470 billion in the 2023 budget “from our constrained resources, for revitalization and salary enhancements in the tertiary institutions.’’\ The president stated this while presenting 2023 N20.5trillion budget proposal at a joint session of the National Assembly on Friday in Abuja. Buhari expressed the hope […]
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Team Nigeria eyes strong finish as Egypt takes early lead
Nigeria began its quest to earn medals and qualifying points for the World Fencing Championship, yesterday, at the ongoing 11th African Cadet and Junior Fencing Championship held at the Festival Hotel, Festac Town, Lagos. But it has to contend with some of the powerful forces in the sport, notably Egypt, Algeria and South Africa. On […]
Nigeria to earn $200bn FX repatriation on non-oil exports
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced policies, plans and programmes for non-oil exports that will enable Nigeria earn 200 billion U.S. dollars in foreign exchange repatriation. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, made the announcement virtually at post-Bankers’ Committee news briefing on Thursday to unveil new initiatives to boost the nation’s economy. Emefiele […]
Nigeria’s domain name fails to gain traction, attracts 184,341 users
About 17 years after the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) was formed, birthing the country’s code top-level domain (ccTLD), the .ng share of the nation’s identity on the Internet remains very low. The .ng is Nigeria’s identity on the World Wide Web (www). The Guardian checks showed that the .ng is 0.000504353 of the world’s […]