archiveAugust 2020

  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 ...

 The bulls continued to dominate trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday with the key market indices improving further by 0.15 per cent. Specifically, the NSE All-Share Index which opened at 25,291.73 inched higher by 38.37 points or 0.15 per cent to close at 25,330.10. Also, the market...

 The President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina says  141 million people have benefitted from improved agricultural technologies to enhance food security in the last five years he assumed office. Adesina made this known during the opening of the bank’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held virtually on Wednesday....

  The Federal Executive Council has approved N722.3 million for the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, disclosed this on Wednesday after the virtual  Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Akpabio, the field...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State appointed to head the 145-member Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national campaign council for the upcoming Ondo State gubernatorial election. The National Working Committee (NWC) of the party has approved the composition of the council made up of 145 party members including all state governors...

Former Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that he regretted the verbal attack on a Daily Trust reporter Eyo Charles at a press briefing in Calabar. According to him, “I met with my advisors I wish to say the following. I hereby withdraw the word “stupid” which I...