archiveAugust 26, 2020

 The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has urged the Federal Government to strategically address the challenges in the power sector. The Director-General, Dr Timothy Olawale, made the appeal in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Olawale said that resolving the issues in the power sector would be a major step...

...As gov's political adviser receives Wolekanle Members of the opposition parties in Oyo State will continue to defect into the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a result of the good governance  being provided by Governor Seyi Makinde, the Special Adviser on Strategy and Political Matters, Hon. Babatunde Oduyoye, has...

Suspected serial killer in Ibadan, Oyo State, Sunday Shodipe, has said that a herbalist mounted pressure on him to escape from police custody. Shodipe disclosed this on Wednesday when he was paraded by the Oyo State Police Command. Commissioner of Police in the state, Nwachukwu Enwonwu, who paraded him alongside...

Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde has declared the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun will not be under the control of the Federal Government. Instead, he said it will be fully owned, managed and controlled by the State Government. He also gave a marching order to caretaker council chairmen in...

  Whoever thinks otherwise can go to court Amotekun has come to stay   Ondo State Governor and Chairman of the South West Governors’ Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said that the South West security outfit otherwise known as the Amotekun Corps would not be subsumed into the planned community policing...

  Attendance double despite call for conference boycott   President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday suggested that criminal cases from the High Court to the Supreme Court should be concluded within 12 months, while civil cases should not last longer than 15 months. He said this at the 60th Annual General...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) have reiterated their resolve to harness existing relationships towards battling corruption and redeeming the economic fortunes of the country. This was the main focus of the discussion between Isei Daniel, EFCC zonal head, Makurdi Office and Air...

The Presidency says the Second Quarters 2020 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is relatively far better than many other countries recorded during the same quarter. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this in a...

  Appoints CEO for eight other agencies   President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Buki Ponle as the Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) even as the appointment of eight other agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture was announced. The Minister of...

KPMG Professional Services, says it will release Digital Channels Scorecard for banks to urgently scale up on capabilities to deliver products and services via digital channels. Mr Boye Ademola, the Partner and Lead Digital Transformation, KPMG Africa, said at a zoom virtual press briefing in Lagos on Wednesday that it would be released on ...