archiveJuly 2020

Senator James Manager, representing Delta South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has denied benefitting from contracts of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) during and after his chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, had in a letter...

The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has come to the aid of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio by making public the names of the National Assembly members benefitted from contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Council said it was compelled to come out...

• Vows to henceforth reply to all the allegations against him in public Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has declared that he will no longer hide but was now ready to fight back at orchestrated attacks against his person. .In a...

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said two persons died while three were injured when a 20-feet container fell on a commercial bus at Ilasamaja on the Oshodi-Badagry Expressway. LASEMA Director-General, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the accident on Sunday in Lagos, said the dead bodies and injured...

A report by Agusto & Co, a credit rating agency has revealed that commercial banks operating in the country have written off bad loans totalling N1.9 trillion from their books in the last four years,. The Agusto & Co 2020 Banking Industry Report which made the disclosure at the weekend...

• Advises NASS against directly involving in contract execution The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the National Assembly to publish reports of investigation of corrupt practices that the legislature conducted since 1999 even as it calls on the lawmakers to stop directly getting involved in the...

• Accuses Gbajabiamila of protecting colleagues The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has said that the letter from Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Godswill Akpabio to the National Assembly contains members who allegedly got bloated and unexecuted contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Council which also presented...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday announced 555 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus exceeded 40,000 in five months. The NCDC, which made this known on its official twitter handle, also recorded two deaths in the country in the last 24...

The Organised Private Sector of Nigeria (OPSN) says it has endorsed and encouraged worldwide support for the election of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The endorsement is contained in a statement signed by Amb. Ayoola Olukanni, the Director-General, Nigerian Association of...

Dr Kayode Olubiyi, Senior Lecturer, Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, on Saturday advocated proper education of Africans on the wealth of oceans. Olubiyi made the advocacy at a webinar to celebrate the African Union Day of Seas and Oceans. The webinar had the theme: “Innovation for a Sustainable...