archiveJanuary 2022

The ongoing trial of Abubakar Ali Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, for an alleged N1.4billion fraud, before Justice C.A. Balogun of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos was stalled on Monday, January 24, 2022, as the counsel for the defendant, Abbas Oyeyemi, told the Court...

  The EFCC says the application was part of the requirements by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation for her extradition. A warrant of arrest has been issued against former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, believed to be residing in the United Kingdom. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon...

  Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, on Monday said that the government has suspended the plan to remove fuel subsidy by the end of the first quarter of 2022. Ahmed said the removal of the subsidy anytime this year may worsen inflationary trends in the country. “We discovered that practically,...

The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board has set aside April 20 to 30th, 2022, for the commencement of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The mock examination is expected to hold on April 2nd, 2022, while registration for the examination would commence from 12th February and end on 19th March...

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has mocked President Muhammadu Buhari over the Super Eagles exit from the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon. Reacting to the exit on his Twitter handle on Monday, the former Kaduna Central Senator claimed that President Buhari was responsible for...

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) says the welfare of its members will improve with Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as president in 2023. During a meeting held at the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute, Abuja, on Sunday, the association reiterated its commitment...

BudgIT Foundation, a civic-tech organisation leading the advocacy for fiscal transparency and accountability in Nigeria and three other African countries, has launched the FixOurOil website, a platform that provides citizens, CSOs and the media with insights and data on the prevailing issues in the extractive industry to advance advocacy in...

Ecobank Nigeria says it is a proud partner of the Future Face Africa (FFA) model talent search as preparation reaches concluding phase to host the grand finale of the competition in Lagos, Nigeria. After a rigorous selection process involving physical castings in 8 African countries, as well as thousands of...

Former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar has broken his silence on how winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election late Moshood Kashimawo Abiola died while in detention. Abiola died on July 7, 1998 when Abubakar was in power. The former Head of State denied insinuations the late business...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided a relaxation centre, popularly called Garden in Abuja and arrested six persons for selling drug cookies and noodles. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said following...