archiveJune 24, 2020

The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) has rejected the letter of notice by the Ondo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) for the party’s governorship primary election for failing to meet the constitutional requirements. INEC Secretary, Mrs Rose Onaran-Anthony, who said the letter sent to the...

…seeks partnership with FG agric on projects The governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has said that the state has developed a robust strategic plan to guide the adoption of agriculture as a viable pillar for expanding the state’s economy. The governor, who stated this on Wednesday, during the...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says Mr Godwin Emefiele and his team will not be deterred in their effort to steer the Nigerian economy away from the looming recession ocassioned by the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bank’s Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor, said this on...

…says distinction between College of Medicine, UCH artificial The Oyo State government on Wednesday declared that “it is standing by its position that it has supported the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan to the tune of N118 million in the fight against COVID-19. Records made available by the Oyo State...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, arraigned two suspected illegal oil dealers, Akash Kumar and Vishal Guleria, before Justice Rilwan.M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for offences bordering on alleged illegal dealing in petroleum products. The...

Governor of Osun State, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, has said that the state will soon release the maiden edition of sexual offenders register. Oyetola who condemned the menace of rape also reiterated that the State has zero-tolerance for anything capable of undermining the human sanctity, dignity and right to life. The...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a stimulus plan of N2.3 trillion to help the nation’s economy survive the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) induced depression. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, who disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents after a long-drawn FEC meeting, said...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded Nigerian’s economic outlook as it said its Gross Domestic Products (GDP) in the 2020 fiscal period will come down to -5.4 per cent from – 3.4 per cent decline it had predicted in April 2020. The IMF however said Nigeria’s economy will see...

Justice O.A Ipaye of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced a fraudulent land officer to 30 years imprisonment for defrauding her “client" a sum of N32.9 million. The convict, Omotayo Yemisi Apelara, was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal office of the Economic and Financial...

Publish What You Fund has ranked the African Development Bank (AfDB) fourth out of 47 global development institutions on its Aid Transparency Index. The bank’s Communications and External Relations Department made this known in a statement on Wednesday. The Index is the only independent measure of aid transparency among the...