archiveSeptember 24, 2020

  advocates international cooperation to curtail illicit financial flows   There is a compelling need to strengthen international cooperation in the global effort to curtail the menace of Illicit financial flows as current international mechanisms are not strong enough to address the menace, according to President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR. This...

…says committee not meant to witch-hunt caretaker chairmen Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, inaugurated a Performance Audit Committee for Local Government Administration in the state. The governor,  who inaugurated the committee at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, said that the committee would evaluate and assess the performance...

The meeting between the Federal Government and the Organised Labour over the recent hike in fuel price and electricity tariff has been postponed till Monday, Sept. 28, for further deliberation, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Labour leaders and the Federal Government had met in Abuja on Thursday to...

 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  has advised  the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to compromise the credibility of Ondo Governorship election with the contemplation of using the  Z-pad technology in voter accreditation process. The Chairman, Publicity Sub-Committee, PDP National Campaign Council for Ondo Governorship election, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, gave the advice in a...

...says Oyo State is open to business Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, officially kickstarted the process of reviving the moribund Pacesetter Fruit Processing Company, Oko, when he handed it over to AGVEST Limited. The event, which took place at the premises of the company in Oko, Surulere...

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mohammed Umar Abbah has disclosed that the Commission recovered over N4.16 billion from lottery companies, being revenue owed to the government, which they refused to remit. He made the disclosure on September 24, 2020 at the EFCC Headquarters while...

The Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Reverend Mathew Hassan Kukah has restated the Catholic Church's support for the efforts of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at ridding the country of corruption, economic and financial crimes. Kukah reaffirmed this on Thursday, 24 September, 2020 while playing host to the...

  Bayelsa, Osun, Ekiti and Plateau rank lowest   BudgIT, a civic advocacy society that uses technology to intersect citizen-engagement with improved governance has launched the 2020 edition of its annual States of States report titled Fiscal Sustainability and Epidemic Preparedness Financing at the State level. The report is BudgIT’s...

The National Industrial Court in Abuja, on Thursday, issued an interim order restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on their strike planned to start on Monday, September 28, 2020. Justice Ibrahim Galadima issued the interim order following an ex-parte application filed by a...

  UNDEDSS, Momoh, Okurounmu caution government   Opposition has continued to swell against the controversial Water Resources Amendment Bill at the National Assembly as a coalition of civil society organisations under the umbrella of United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy (UNDEDSS) has vowed to resist the piece of legislation...