The Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe has disclosed that the Council under his leadership would contribute significantly to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), henceforth . Runsewe made the promise recently in Abuja while addressing a world Press Conference on the forthcoming African Arts and Craft (AFAC),…
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the 2018-2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF and the Fiscal Strategy Paper, FSP. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma, told reporters in Abuja that the highlights of the MTEF showed government’s commitment to achieving seven per cent growth in the economy by 2020, in accordance…
A second republic governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, says Igbo people calling for separation from Nigeria are doing so because they have not had their fair share in the scheme of things in Nigeria. Musa admitted that since the civil war ended, Igbo people have not been treated as co-owners of the country….
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the attack on worshippers at St. Philips Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Anambra State, which left several people dead and others injured recently. In a statement signed by the Party’s National Publicity Secretary Dayo Adeyeye, the PDP expressed shock over the incident, describing it as barbaric and sacrilegious….
By Fola Ojo Muhammadu Buhari’s reign has angered some and gladdened not a few. His burning goal when he came aboard as President was to purify a putrefying system colonised by callous wolves and rebellious ravens of corruption. Perpetrators of economic havocs in that discarded season now badly want us to blot out of memory…
Elder statesman and former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has said that Nigeria is currently sleep-walking to national disaster except the country is restructured into fewer and more viable federating units for economic development. Chief Anyaoku also said that Nigeria need to be restructured to reflect the true federalism which our founding fathers…
Ahead of the forthcoming 18th meeting of the operators with the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, some international customers allegedly owe Nigeria about $115.91million (over N35billion) for electricity supplied. LEADERSHIP Scorecard understands that the debts were owed by the CEB of Benin Republic and NIGELEC of Niger Republic, $101.46 million and $14.45…
A renowned economist, Mr. Tope Fashoyin, has advised governments across all levels in the country to look inward and become more aggressive in generating money from tax to drive the economy. Fashoyin, whose interview with a television was monitored by LEADERSHIP Scorecard in Abuja, said Nigeria had in the past, depended so much on oil,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for some hours on Monday grilled a Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Adebayo Adelabu over the role he played on the financial allegations with former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke and former Chief Executive Officer of First Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Bisi…
Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has identified three things that the Federal Government must vigorously pursue if Nigeria must get out of economic recession. Obi was a guest speaker at the 1st Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) held recently at Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja in Lagos. Speaking on…
