archiveMay 2022

The State Security Service (SSS) has removed a journalist, Lanre Arogundade, from a watchlist in which his name featured for 38 years, the Director General of the Service, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, has said. Mr. Bichi spoke on Wednesday when a delegation from the Nigerian chapter of the International Press Institute...

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) joined other African Exchanges in facilitating cross-border trading platform and free movement of investments in the continent. Other African Exchanges participating in the Phase 1 cross-border trading initiative are:   Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM, integrating eight West African countries), Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE), The Egyptian...

  says we will continue to emphasise merit to motivate workers Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Friday, inaugurated nine Permanent Secretaries, 10 Inspectors-General of Education and 10 Tutors-General to man the 10 zonal offices of the Teaching Service Commission of the state. The governor also inaugurated the new Surveyor-General...

    *VP receives Secretary General of Organization of African, Caribbean, Pacific States at Presidential Villa African, Caribbean and Pacific States should engage more among themselves and collectively review and address issues affecting them especially issues relating to peace, security, climate change and debt relief, according to Vice President Yemi...

    The President, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), Mr Adesina Adedayo, has said that Nigeria needs proper data, information and accountability to achieve competitive tax system. Adedayo made the observation at a press conference heralding the 24th Annual Tax Conference (ATC) of the Institute recently in Lagos....

Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, and Human rights activist and lawyer, Chidi Odinkalu, have cancelled their scheduled attendance and participation at the Nigerian Bar Association event slated to begin this weekend in Sokoto State, following the lynching of a female student in the state. Deborah Samuel, a Christian...

The former Director-General of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu presidential campaign team, Abdulmumini Jibrin Kofa, has formally defected to the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). Kofa shared a picture on his Facebook page where he was holding a basket of vegetables, which is the symbol of his new party. Reports had...

  The Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, has said that the Assembly has passed no fewer than seventy-six bills into law within the last three years. Ogundoyin revealed this while he spoke on Friday in Eruwa, headquarters of Ibarapa East Local Government Area. Ogundoyin who represents...

    The General Overseer of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, popularly known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has called on Christians in the country to be united and speak in one voice. The cleric made this call on Friday in Jos at the funeral of Rev. Isaac Oyebamiji,...

A Delta State High Court sitting in Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of the state has granted an order restraining the board of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from stopping the governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele from contesting in...