The Plateau State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bank of Industry (BOI) to establish a ₦4 billion matching fund, aimed at strengthening Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the state. According to the agreement, signed at the Old Government House, Rayfield Jos, the fund was designed to provide affordable financing to small businesses and to stimulate economic activities across the state’s 17 Local Government Areas. It is also aiimed...

Nigerian government will soon commission its first-ever military jetty in Lagos, designed to boost local defence production and create over 7,000 jobs for retired officers and skilled civilians.  The project by the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria–D7G (DICON-D7G) is located near Tin Can Island Port, will serve as a strategic hub for importing, assembling, and exporting military equipment, marking a major step in Nigeria’s drive for defence self-reliance. DICON-D7G Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Osman Chennar,...

To curb the escalation of renewed clashes between Chobo and Bachama communities in Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State, which resulted in deaths and loss of properties, the Adamawa State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the Local Government. Lamurde has been a flashpoint for communal crisis over disagreements linked either to lingering farmland disputes or demands by the Chobo community for a separate traditional chieftaincy from the Bachama traditional council. Adamawa State...