archiveJuly 2019

  Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has told President Muhammadu Buhari, that he cannot ignore the four-page open letter addressed to him on Monday by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo, in the open letter, bemoaned the alarming state of insecurity in the nation. Speaking with the Daily Sun, Soyinka said...

The Oyo state office of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) on Wednesday, said it was still waiting for directives before commencing the verification of the N48 billion worth of assets declared by the Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. Makinde had earlier in the week declared assets worth N48...

  UN Secretary-General António Guterres has described late Nelson Mandela as an “extraordinary global advocate for dignity and equality” who anyone in public service should emulate. Guterres paid the tributes in a message to mark the  Nelson Mandela International Day commemorated annually on July 18. According to him, the anti-apartheid campaigner...

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) on Wednesday said it  would continue to engage the government to appropriately place holders of its certificate within the civil service. Mr Bode Ayeku, the incoming President and Chairman of ICSAN Council, made the pledge during his investiture as the...

  Says I am in a hurry to bring investors to Oyo   Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said on Wednesday that his government intends to quickly turn around the security architecture of Oyo State in order to open up the state for foreign investors. Makinde, according to a...

About 30 per cent of companies operating in Nigeria evade tax while 25 per cent of registered companies in the country are not paying tax, an international non-governmental organisation, Oxfam in Nigeria, has said. The organisation said the country loses about $2.9billion or N580billion yearly to tax waivers granted to...

  The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in reacting to the murder of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Chief Rueben Fasoranti, Afenifere leader, by yet to be identified gunmen urged Nigerians to be wary of partisan individuals making inciting comments. APC said some leaders were spreading hate and intolerance over the...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) to combat Ponzi schemes and fraud in the capital market. Mrs Mary Uduk, the Acting Director-General of SEC, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. She said the collaboration was...

At last, solution has come the way of victims of snake bite as the African Centre of Excellence in Phytomedicine Research and Development, University of Jos in collaboration with the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion, NOTAP on Wednesday unveiled the first indigenous and world first Anti—Snake vaccine called...

The classmates of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, who was shot dead Friday by yet to be identified assailants, have called on the government to fish out the killers of the daughter of the leader of Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti. Reacting to the news of the death of their...