archiveJune 2021

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today June 7, 2021 renewed its partnership with National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in bid to tackle money laundering and other economic and financial crimes as the Head of the Kano Office of the Commission, Mualledi Farouq Dogondaji visited the Commandant of...

  Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) Plc has announced plans to raise 300 million dollars from the International Debt Capital Markets (IDCM), through the issuance of tier 2 qualifying sustainability notes.Ms Adenike Laoye, Group Head, Corporate Communications/Chief of Staff to the Group’s Chief Executive Officer, disclosed this in a notice posted...

 Trading on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) reopened for the week on Monday on a negative mood following profit taking in some blue chips.Specifically, the market capitalisation shed N20 billion or 0.10 per cent to close at N20.164 trillion from N20.184 achieved on Friday. Also, the NGX All-Share Index dipped 39.70...

 Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, says over N3.8 billion is being used to repair four bridges damaged by vandals and petrol laden tankers. The minister disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at a Town Hall Meeting on Protection of Public Infrastructure. The News Agency of Nigeria...

General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi,  has spoken on the ban of Twitter in Nigeria by the Federal Government. The Federal Government on Friday suspended Twitter in Nigeria following its deletion of an alleged offensive tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari. Kumuyi, in a tweet on Monday said...

  A former Governor of Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, has decried the Saturday’s attack and killings in Igangan area of the state, saying it is barbaric and unwarranted. Alao-Akala said that the attack, leading to killings and wanton destruction of property in the area, called for serious re-introspection by...

The Auditor-General of the Federation (AuGF), Mr Adolphus Aghughu,  has assured that public accounting will experience improved auditing with the effective deployment of forensic auditing techniques. Aghughu gave the assurance in Abuja on Monday while inaugurating a newly-equipped forensic laboratory and presentation of certificates to 21 newly-trained forensic auditors. He...

 Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and a former Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Sharafadeen Alli, have condemned the Saturday night invasion of Igangan community in Oyo State by unknown gunmen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that gunmen invaded the community, leaving no fewer than 11 people...

  The Federal Government says it may consider capital punishment for railway track vandals in the country. The Minister of Transportation,  Mr Rotimi Amaechi, said this during a Town Hall Meeting on ”Protecting Public Infrastructure ” on Monday in Abuja. According to Amaechi,  rail track vandalism is a capital offense and...

The Minister of Foreign  Affairs, Dr. Geoffrey Onyeama said on Monday that the Federal Government was  in discussions with Twitter over the suspension of its operations in the country. “There are discussions ongoing with Twitter, we will see how that progresses, so I cannot say for now the duration of...