archiveJune 8, 2018

Human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has countered former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Alfa Belgore for saying the action of President Muhammadu Buhari’s in honouring Moshood Abiola is illegal. Belgore who was CJN from 2006 to 2007 on Wednesday kicked against the President’s move, stating that the award of...

  The Federal Government has given operators in the nation’s telecommunication industry to begin data rollover from June 26. This means that telecom operators must henceforth add a subscriber’s unused or unfinished data to his new or next data subscription. Before this new directive from the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC)...

  Atiku Abubakar, former vice president, has reacted to the change of the Democracy Day date from May 29 to June 12. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Wednesday announced the change of date in honour of the late Chief MKO Abiola. Reacting, Atiku hailed the decision by Buhari to declare...

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it will soon issue guidelines that will facilitate the smooth issuance and operation of Green Bonds in Nigeria. This is coming after the Federal Government raised over N10 billion in its maiden Green Bond programme in 2017 to fund environmental friendly projects. Acting Director...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released guidelines for the conduct of financial transactions under the recently signed federal government currency swap deal with the Bank of China. Titled: "Regulations for Transactions with Authorised Dealers in Renminbi," the apex bank said for the purpose of the regulation, authorized dealers...

  Ahead of the planned town hall meeting on the public service reforms, the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson on has visited the state office ‎of the National Orientation Agency (NOA). The Commissioner who was accompanied by members of the state media team was received on...

...advises contenders not to see it as a do-or-die affair Alhaji Fatai Akinbade, a leading governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the people of the state to intensify their prayers on the forthcoming governorship election slated for September, this year. Besides, Akinbade...