archiveJune 2021

The Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Wednesday said it shared a total of N605.958 billion as May 2021 revenue to the Federal, States and Local Governments as well as other relevant agencies. Mr Charles Nwodo, Director, Information, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, in a statement in Abuja,...

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), has recorded 44 new COVID-19 cases with Lagos state leading the daily infection chart. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Thursday morning. The public health agency said that Lagos state topped the infection chart with 32 out of the 44...

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has lauded the introduction of the National Identification Number (NIN) in its examination exercise. JAMB said it helped in getting rid of impersonation, multiple registrations and other malpractices associated with examinations. JAMB Spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement on...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is collaborating with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and other relevant downstream and upstream stakeholders in the petroleum industry to curb the...

  Professor Banji Akintoye has called on Yoruba people to sign the petition for a referendum by the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination. Akintoye, who was a member of the upper legislative chamber during the Second Republic, said signing the petition would aid the agitation for Yoruba Nation before...

 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Africa could tap into new sources of finance with radical transparency.Managing Director, IMF, Ms Kristalina Georgieva made the remark during a High Level Knowledge Event of the virtual 2021 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday. Georgieva said that the pandemic...

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 promised that the Commission will work with the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, FRC, in blocking budget leakages and recovering operating surpluses withheld by agencies of government. The EFCC boss made the pledge when...

.says FG will copy our ideas when we are through .charges LG boses to strengthen intelligence gathering in communities  ‘Security, economy infrastructure devt, others must be top priorities’ Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, has declared that his administration is busy working on the security architecture of the state to...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 re-arraigned Peter Hena, former Coordinating Director of Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS and eight other officers of the agency before Justice Toyin Bolaji Adegoke of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The others are Mohammed Bello Auta (Director of...

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate International Widows’ Day, the Wife of Ondo State Governor, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has called on all and sundry to continue to show support and care for widows who are usually marginalised and forgotten in society. Mrs Akeredolu made this call...