archiveSeptember 2021

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lamented the alleged reckless borrowing by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. On Tuesday, the President sought the approval of the National Assembly to borrow $4,054,476,863 (N1.6 trillion) and €710 million (N343 billion) in an addendum to the 2018-2020 borrowing plan. The president also asked...

  The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has finally bowed to the demands of students after the protest organised on Tuesday. UNIBEN had earlier announced that students who did not pay school fees within the stipulated time would have to pay extra charges and might have their studentship withdrawn. Hence, the...

Afghanistan’s Taliban-controlled central bank said it had seized nearly $12.4 million in cash and gold from former top government officials on Wednesday, including former vice president Amrullah Saleh. In a statement, the central bank said the money and gold had been kept in officials’ houses, although it did not yet...

  The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has advocated for transparency, accountability in corporate governance in Nigeria.Musa Rafsanjani, Executive Director, CISLAC, disclosed this in a media briefing in Lagos on Wednesday. Rafsanjani said that CISLAC, Transparency International-Nigeria with support from Tax Justice Network – Africa (TJNA) and Open Ownership...

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that the nation's inflation rate slowed by 0.37 per cent to 17.01 per cent Year-on-Year, YoY, in August from 17.38 per cent recorded in July. The bureau said this in the “Consumer Price Index (CPI), August 2021” report released on Wednesday...

The Federal Government says the ban on microblogging giant Twitter will soon be lifted. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, confirmed this development when he fielded questions from State House correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, a lot of progress has been made in the ongoing...

The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has announced October 6 and 7, 2021 as dates for its fifth annual conference. A statement signed by Olumide Iyanda, GOCOP publicity secretary, said the theme of the conference is "COVID-19 Pandemic: Recovery and Reconstruction in Nigeria”. It stated that the choice of...

The Senate on Wednesday stepped down the presentation and consideration of the report on the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper. The decision to defer its presentation and consideration was reached during plenary following a motion moved to that effect by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi and...

Rite Foods’ Bigi brand has said that it is fully prepared to power the Abeokuta marathon as the headline sponsor of the10km race scheduled to hold on November 13, 2021. The international event, specifically for Nigerians within the country and in diaspora will start from Oba Alake's palace and end...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has sworn in Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe to represent Cross River North Senatorial District. Senator Jarigbe took the oath office on Wednesday at about 11:19am immediately after the start of plenary. The oath of office was administered by the Clerk of the Senate, Barr. Ibrahim...