archiveApril 20, 2021

Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, one of the leading figures in the breakaway European Super League project, has tendered his resignation to the Premier League club. Woodward's decision to leave his position came after reports that Chelsea and Manchester City were pulling out of the planned breakaway which has...

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa today April 20, 2021, says the Commission has designed a new corruption prevention model to complements its enforcement activities. Bawa who spoke through his chief of staff, Hadiza Zubairu Gamawa at the ongoing capacity building workshop for members...

  approves N1.2bn for construction of new Governor’s Lodge, Abuja to open two modern GRAs for Oyo residents The Oyo State Executive Council has approved the sum of N279.2 million for the production of ballot papers to be used for forthcoming local government election in the state. The Oyo State...

  The Yaba College of Technology (YabaTech) has released the cut-off marks for placement of candidates for its full-time National Diploma (ND) programme for the 2020/2021 academic session.Mr Joe Ejiofor, the Deputy Registrar of the college, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos...

 The nation’s bourse extended its bullish run on Tuesday with the market capitalisation increasing by N88 billion due to buy-interest in bellwether stocks.Specifically, the market capitalisation, which opened at N20.330 trillion, inched higher by N88 billion to close at N20.418 trillion. Similarly, the All-Share Index rose by 167.56 points or...

As bill to establish National Livestock Bureau scales second reading in Senate President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the development of the livestock industry in Nigeria is critical to the diversification and growth of economy. Lawan made this known on Tuesday in his remark after a bill...

  The National Defence College (NDC) has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its role in tackling corruption in Nigeria, while seeking closer partnership between the institutions in the realization of their mandates. Rear Admiral O.B Daji, Commandant NDC, stated this on Tuesday April 20, 2021 when...

  The Senate has called on the Federal Government to introduce liberal policies such as the provision of industrial and larger tax incentives to encourage local investments in cement production in Nigeria. According to the Upper Chamber, doing so would, besides attracting local investors, boost the production of cement as...

 Mrs Nma Okoroji, President, National Coconut Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NACOPPMAN), has urged the Federal and State Governments to establish coconut plantations to harness the value chain potential. Okoroji told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos that coconut value chain had huge potentials...

BudgIT, a foremost civic-tech organisation leading the advocacy for transparency and accountability in Nigeria, has released a detailed research report on COVID-19 Fund Management in Nigeria titled “COVID-19 Fund: Fiscal Support, Palliative Analysis & Institutional Response.” In this research, we reviewed Nigeria’s current fiscal support and institutional response to the...