archiveJuly 13, 2021

    The Senate has passed a bill to establish the National Emergency Medical Services Agency. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary). Chairman of the Committee, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe (APC, Kwara Central), in his presentation, said the...

    …Okays 20yrs jail term for candidates caught snatching ballot materials    The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill seeking to establish the Electoral Offences Commission.   The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).   Chairman...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, arraigned one Jamiu Jimmy Ajose on a three-count charge bordering on forgery, possession of forged documents and making false statements to an officer of the EFCC before Justice Chukwujekwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos....

  Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO Plc) commemorated the listring of its shares on Nigerian Exchange (NGX) with a Closing Gong Ceremony on Tuesday, 13 July 2021. The event also featured the reveal of the company’s new brand identity to capital market stakeholders and members of the general public....

 The Senate on Tuesday at plenary session passed bills establishing three universities.The bills are Federal University of Science and Technology Lau, Taraba State, Federal University of Agriculture and Technology, Aboh, Delta State and City University of Technology Auchi, Edo State. The passage of the bills followed the consideration and adoption...

Rite Foods' contempt proceedings against the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) and its managing director- Mathieu Seguin-came up for the first time on 12, July 2021 before Hon. Justice Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos. During the proceedings, Rite Foods' counsel, Muyiwa Ogungbenro, informed the court that there are several...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, re-arraigned a former governor of Kaduna State, Muktar Yero, before Justice M.G Umar of the Federal High Court, Kaduna, on eight-count amended charges of money laundering. Yero is being prosecuted by the EFCC alongside a former Minister of State for Power, Nuhu...

The Nigerian stock market ended trading on Tuesday on a cautious note with the capitalisation dropping by N1 billion to extend the negative sentiment to four trading sessions. Specifically, the market capitalisation lost one billion naira to close at N19.724 trillion in contrast with N19.723 trillion on Monday. Also, the...

... begins deliberations on final  report ....appreciates govt, NBA, police, others The Oyo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and other related matters, also known as #EndSARS panel, on  Tuesday, concluded its public sittings on 163 cases brought before it. The panel had after Tuesday's sitting announced the...

    The Senate has received President Muhammadu Buhari’s submission of the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper for consideration. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, made this known while reading an accompanying letter with the submission from the executive arm of government. President Buhari in...