archiveAugust 2020

By Kayode Oladeji Sometime ago, while in Philadelphia, United States of America, precisely on Thursday, 17th May, 2007, I had gone to Barnes and Noble bookshop in the company of Bolaji Atanda, a friend, for a book on International Relations. Along the line from afar off, I saw a book...

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), the independent global body responsible for coordinating the issuance and management of Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) has completed its Annual Accreditation Verification (AAV), upholding Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc as the sole Local Operating Unit (LOU) for Nigeria and commending the Nigeria’s...

As part of its progressive efforts geared towards ensuring an effective and inclusive government that works for the public; Tracka, BudgIT’s transparency platform that allows citizens to collaborate, track and give feedback on public projects in their communities is expanding to Abia, Bauchi and Benue States. Iyanu Fatoba, Communications Associate...

By Michael Owhoko Praying for Nigeria’s redemption from its current woes is like asking God to prevent a building with defective foundation located in the Lekki area of Lagos from collapse. Even intercessions by best of prayer warriors cannot save such a building. As long as Nigeria continues with its...

*VP details FG’s economic response to pandemic at Law Students town-hall meeting Though the COVID-19 pandemic presents the most challenging times in recent history, it can also be a turning point for innovative thinking especially towards resolving the numerous challenges faced by humanity, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN....

Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, has convicted and sentenced the duo of Akinola Opeyemi and Owolabi Olajide to three months of community service for internet fraud. The spokesperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Dele Oyewale, who disclosed this in a statement said they...

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has condemned Thursday’s incident at the House of Assembly, describing the action of the lawmakers a coup and treasonable. The governor noted that the inauguration of the lawmakers was an “illegal assault on our democracy.” Obaseki stated that former national chairman of the All Progressives...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that commercial banks in the country are owing telecommunications companies over N17 billion on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) pricing last year. The commission said this through a statement signed by the spokesperson, Ikechukwu Adinde, on Thursday. According to the statement, the Executive...

The Group Managing Director of FBN Holdings Plc, Mr. UK Eke, has said that the injection of N25 billion capital into the group commercial banking arm, FirstBank, is in line with the Group’s mandate of delivering greater value to shareholders and strengthening the resolve to consolidate its leadership in the...

The Federal Government has lifted its ban on non-contact outdoor sports. It also approved use of recreational parks for supervised physical exercise only. It emphasised recreational parks are not to be used for social interaction purposes, asking those unable to enforce this to remain closed. The National Coordinator of the...