archiveSeptember 2020

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...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has tasked security agencies to raise the standard of professionalism and election security during the Oct. 10 governorship election in Ondo. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the charge on Thursday at the meeting of the Inter Agencies Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICESS)...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will prosecute any health worker caught promoting Breast Milk Substitute (BMS) and other infant formula in health centres. Mr Nantim Mullah, Deputy Director, NAFDAC, Kaduna Zonal Office, gave the warning in Kaduna on Thursday, at a one-day...

  Contrary to the announcement by Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approval of $1.96 billion was for the construction of a rail line to link Kano, Dutse, Katsina and Maradi in the Niger Republic, the Presidency has said the construction will only get to...

The suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu has expressed shock that the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN) refused to honour the invitation of the panel. Magu, according to his defence team, was shocked that Malami, who...

The bulls continued to dominate trading on the nation’s bourse with the market capitalisation appreciating further by N107 billion on Thursday, amid gains by blue chips. Speficially, the market capitalisation inched higher by N107 billion or 0.79 per cent to close at N13.581 trillion from N13.474 trillion achieved on Wednesday....

  As the Nigerian economy contends with the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, the manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) has further contracted for the fifth consecutive time at 46.9 index points. Manufacturing PMI for August sood at 48.5 index points. This is contained in the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN)...