World Bank provides $800m grant to FG for subsidy palliatives

Federal Government has received $800 million World Bank grant as part of its subsidy palliatives measures. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed disclosed this after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday. According to the minister, the palliatives would be targeting 50 million vulnerable Nigerians […]

Customs unit impounds N2 billion contrabands in two months…Nabs 13 suspects

The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ’C’ of Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted five sacks of pangolin scales , hard drugs and other contraband worth two billion, seven hundred and fifty-seven million, six hundred and seventy-six thousand, three hundred and ninety naira only (N2,757,676,390.00). The Customs unit also recovered the sum of Sixty-One Million, Four Hundred […]