archiveJuly 2021

Nigeria on Thursday recorded 558 new COVID-19 infections in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC), figures on Friday morning also showed that two new deaths from COVID-19-related complications were reported. The centre said that  Lagos state led the daily infection chart with...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has set up an annual operating regulatory levy to ensure that all licencees are properly and equitably assessed to meet statutory and regulatory expectations. This was disclosed by Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, during the Public Inquiry on two regulatory...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Friday, August 6, 2021, for 18,000 candidates who missed the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to retake the examination. The board said the examination will take place in some select locations across the country. JAMB’s Head of Media, Fabian Benjamin, announced...

Nigerians react The Inspector General of Po­lice (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered an internal review of the allegations against Abba Kyari, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), over his alleged in­volvement in a $1.1 million bribe in­volving Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas. This is following a warrant of arrest against DCP Abba Kyari...

 The Oyo State House of Assembly on Wednesday debunked allegationss that its accounts had been frozen by the Economic Financial and Crimes Commission (EFCC). Reacting to reports on social media that it’s accounts had been frozen, a statement issued by the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Mr Kazeem Olayanju,  said...

  Mr El-Zakzaky and his wife were brought before the court by the Kaduna State Government after a clash in Zaria between IMN supporters and soldiers in 2015. The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat have been discharged and acquitted by State...

another convicted of internet fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan Zonal Office, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, arraigned 82 years old Chief Olagoke Samson Amoo- Onidundu who claims to be the Baale of Onidundu area of Akinyele, Oyo state before Justice Iyabo Yerima of the Oyo State...

Nigeria’s naira recorded a sharp loss in value to the dollar on Wednesday, a day after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) banned foreign exchange sales to Bureau De Change (BDC) operators in the country. Black market dealers on Wednesday were selling the naira at ₦522 per dollar, up from...

  A Financial Expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, has urged the Central Bank  of Nigeria (CBN) to be cautious of its recent “blanket’’  ban placed  on Bureau de Change (BDC) operators from foreign exchange (forex) trading. Unegbu, a past President of the Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), made the...

Following the judgment of the Supreme Court which upheld the victory of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as the winner of October 10, 2020 governorship election in Ondo State, the governor has described the outcome of the judgment as an act of God, even as he said judiciary should also be commended...