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- 22 Mar 2024
National Economic Council Endorses $617m Digital Enterprises Programme
National Economic Council (NEC) has endorsed the implementation of the $617.7 million Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (i-DICE) programme in the 36 states of the federation and the…
- 23 Feb 2016
NSE National Council Renews Onyema for 2nd Five-Year Term
The Nigerian Stock Exchange National Council has approved the renewal of contract of employment for Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, for another term of five years as Chief Executive Officer of the Exchange…
- 23 Mar 2022
Digital Evolution: NITDA, Others Partner to Sustain National Socio-Economic Development
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has partnered with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) National Assembly (NASS) and Cyber Future Academy (CFA) to ensure that…
- 6 Dec 2017
NITPCS Summit 2017 to Discuss ‘Achieving National Economic Recovery and Growth
By peter oluka The Nigeria Information Technology Professionals in the Civil and Public Service (NITPCS); an interest group of the Nigeria Computer Society and an umbrella body of all IT…
- 12 Aug 2015
ATCON to Launch National Telecoms Advisory Council
Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has disclosed plans to launch a National Telecoms Advisory Council (NTAC), an assembly of very eminent personalities with great…
- 30 Apr 2026
FG Okays 112 as Toll-Free National Emergency Response Number
National Economic Council (NEC) of Nigeria has officially approved 112 as the unified, toll-free national emergency number to streamline responses to security, medical, fire, and natural disasters.…
- 9 Jul 2026
NCC Advances Nationwide Rollout of 112 Emergency Number After NEC Approval
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it is intensifying efforts to implement Nigeria's planned 112 national emergency number following its approval by the National Economic Council (NEC).…
- 25 May 2009
Galaxy Backbone Gets Partners for Nicep Forum
Galaxy Backbone partners National Economic Council and Nigeria Governors’ Forum on 3rd Public Sector ICT Infrastructure Forum, a 2-day stakeholders’ meeting on National Information…
- 21 Mar 2013
FG to Share $2Bn Oil Money with States, LGs
The National Economic Council has approved the sharing of between $1billion and $2billion from the excess crude account amongst the federal, state and local governments. Godswill Akpabio, governor of…
- 29 Nov 2023
Supreme Court Says Old and new Naira notes Remain Legal Tender until Further Notice
Supreme Court has ruled that both the old and the redesigned Naira banknotes remain valid legal tenders in the country beyond December 31. The apex court, in a ruling by a seven-man panel led by…
- 30 Jun 2015
Jonathan’s Govt Spent $2.1Bn in 7 months without Approval
National Economic Council, chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday accused the last administration under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan of spending $2.1billion in seven months from the…
- 25 Nov 2024
NEC Calls on States to Embrace NASENI's Tech Innovations
In a move to fast-track Nigeria's industrialization, the National Economic Council (NEC), has urged state governments to patronize technological innovations developed by the National Agency for…
- 3 Dec 2025
NEC Endorses N100Bn Overhaul of Police and Security Training Facilities
National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the sum of N100 billion, subject to a final ratification by President Bola Tinubu, for rehabilitation of training institutions for police and other…
- 9 Nov 2021
FG Mulls ‘Operation Feed Yourself’ to Tackle Hunger
Federal government is considering an ‘Operation Feed Yourself’ initiative to encourage the establishment of urban farms and small home gardens across the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo…
- 30 Jan 2013
FG Bows to Pressure, Shares $1Bn from Oil Money
National Economic Council (NEC), the advisory body to the President on the economy met yesterday and approved the sharing of $1billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) among the 36 states of the…
- 21 Dec 2009
NESG Lauds CBN’s Banking Reforms
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has expressed the group’s supports for the ongoing reforms in the banking sector. Speaking in Abuja at the 15th National Economic Summit (NES 15),…
- 20 Jul 2017
NEC Approves Harmonization of Telecomm ‘Right of Way’ Charges
National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday approved a policy to harmonize right of way charges payable by the telecommunications companies and related public utility infrastructure on Local…
- 2 Apr 2019
RMAFC to Probe Banks over Stamp Duty Collections
Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has secured the approval of the National Economic Council (NEC) to probe banks over the collection of stamp duties, an investigation has…
- 10 Aug 2013
JTF Backs Special Court to Try Oil Thieves
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, known as Operation Pulo Shield, has backed the idea of a special court to try oil thieves in the region. The National Economic Council last month…
- 26 Jul 2016
Nigeria Votes Yes, UN Committee Grants CPJ Accreditation
Nigeria was among the forty member countries that nodded in agreement, as the United Nations Economic Social Council (ECOSOC) voted to grant consultative status to the Committee to Protect…
- 4 Jun 2014
NSC Tightens Noose on Freight Forwarders, Reviews Port Concession Agreement
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), the nation’s port economic regulator, is putting finishing touches to plans to introduce a minimum capital base for companies engaged in freight forwarding…
- 25 Sept 2016
Labour Ready for War, to Shut Nigeria over Sale of National Assets
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC); Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC); the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG); and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of…
- 17 Jul 2015
₦11.56 Trillion Excess Crude Fund Develops Wings in 8 Years- Premium Times
At least N11.55 trillion or $84.52 billion expected revenue into the coffers of the nation’s Excess Crude Account for the eight-year period from 2007 to 2014 are unaccounted for, according to…
- 5 Jul 2026
SERAP Asks Akpabio, Abbas for Explain N1.3Bn Budgeted for ‘Fictitious’ Presidential Council
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given Godswill Akpabio, Senate President, and Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the House of Representatives, seven days to explain how over N1.3…
- 12 May 2019
CBN Reacts to Alleged Stolen Money from Apex Bank’s Coffers
Mr Isaac Okoroafor, director, Corporate Communications, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said that no money is missing or stolen from the bank’s coffers as reported in some section of the media. …
- 25 Jul 2017
FG Approves Digital Literacy Council
Alhaji Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communications, has approved the establishment of a Digital Literacy Council of Nigeria for the development of a National Policy on Digital Literacy…
- 3 May 2023
FG Approves National Blockchain Policy
The Federal Executive Council approved the National Blockchain Policy for Nigeria during its meeting yesterday, the 3rd of May, 2023. This followed the presentation of a memo by the Honourable…
- 6 May 2021
FG says NIN Registration to Determine Success of War Against Insecurity
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, said that the success of would determine the success of the ongoing linking of SIMs to National Identification Numbers, NIN, would determine the success of the…
- 6 May 2021
Buhari Says NIN-SIM Linkage Will Cover Security Structure, Identify Crooks
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to participate in the ongoing synchronization of National Identification Number (NIN) with SIM cards across the country, as it will provide a…
- 25 Apr 2016
Elumelu, UBA Group Chairman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award in Abidjan
Tony Elumelu, group chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, was at the fifth edition of the annual forum, CGECI Academy, the Ivorian National Council of Employers, General Confederation of…