archiveJuly 2021

 The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has described Nigeria as the most admired member country in the global oil market.The Secretary General of the Organisation, Dr Mohammad Barkindo, disclosed this in his congratulatory message released on Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of Nigeria’s membership in OPEC. “Nigeria is...

 The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday said he would not be a party to any bill that sought to gag media practitioners. Gbajabiamila made the assertion at an award ceremony tagged ’’ Recognising Good Governance and Legislative Excellence in the Face of Adversity,” in...

Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp) and the Joint Committee for Establishment and Public Service of the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Pension have agreed to review lump sum payable to retirees. The agreement was contained in a communique on Monday at the end of the third annual PenOp-NASS...

  Dr Francis Oyema, an Epidemiologist, has urged the Federal Government to take immediate measures to halt the current coronavirus B.1. 617.2, also known as the Delta variant, by enforcing the indoor mask mandate across the states. Oyema, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, in Abuja, that...

he Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN, through a World Bank Programme, has commenced an intensive training for 708 engineers, according to the company’s Acting Managing Director, Mr Sule Abdulaziz. The participants in the training were drawn from the Electrical, Maintenance,  Protection, Control, and Metering departments from across the company’s 10...

  The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested three bankers over an alleged case of conspiracy, stealing, forgery and obtaining money by false pretence. The suspects- Kagha Uchenna, Okoro Davidson and Egbogu Obiora, who are employees of a new generation bank, allegedly conspired...

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that about 18 per cent of passengers that arrived in Lagos through Murtala Mohammed Airport cannot be traced for their compulsory COVID-19 quarantine as was advised by the Federal Government. The governor revealed this while giving an update on the coronavirus pandemic...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has received the Governors of Cross River and Zamfara, Ben Ayade and Bello Matawalle, respectively, who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ayade and Matawalle were accompanied to the event...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed N10 million registration fee for issuing houses, underwriters and fund managers from the current fee of N500,000. The commission stated this in a document titled, “Exposure of proposed new rule and sundry amendments to the rules and regulations of the commission,” posted...

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Proffessor Attahiru Jega, has advised against the appointment of Lauretta Onochie as a commissioner of the electoral body. Jega during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today reacting to the appointment of the presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie as INEC National Commissioner,...