archiveJuly 2022

BudgIT, a foremost civic-tech organisation leading advocacy for transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s public financial management, has expressed concerns over the poor fiscal performance of the federal government's 2022 budget and the growing subsidy payments. According to BudgIT, the most pressing concern is the debt service-to-revenue ratio, which has reached...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the congress will hold an ”Abuja Mega” solidarity protest in support of trade unions on the strike by public universities on Wednesday. Mr. Emmanuel Ugboaja, the General-Secretary, made this known in a statement signed by Bello Ismail, on his behalf and made available to...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed August 6 for its 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mop-up exercise. The announcement was contained in the commission’s weekly bulletin released on Monday by Fabian Benjamin, its spokesperson. Mop-up exercise is usually held for candidates who could not participate in...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it has apprehended two herbalists who allegedly conspired together to defraud an aspiring house of representatives member in Ekiti of N24 million. EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, revealed via a statement that the suspects, Abiodun Ibrahim and Wale Adifala, alongside Ifawole Ajibola...

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) CEO Scott Nathan today signed a commitment letter for $280 million in financing for Access Bank Plc in Nigeria. Nathan disclosed that the loan will help address the financing gap for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and advance financial inclusion in Nigeria, including through...

  Ecobank Nigeria has extended its innovative remittance services to its business account holders. This implies that Business Account holders can now receive funds sent through Ecobank Rapidtransfer or any of its Remittance franchise partners through the Business to Business (B2B), Business to Customer (B2C) and Customers to Business (C2B)...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says fresh registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration hit 10.4 million at 7 a.m., on Monday, July 25. INEC in its weekly update on Tuesday, it also said that 11 million registrants have completed their registration. According to the update, 3.3...

The Senate, Tuesday, passed the National Senior Secondary Education Commission Bill, 2022. The bill’s passage was sequel to the consideration of a report by the Committee on Education (Basic and Secondary). Senator Akon Eyakenyi (PDP - Akwa-Ibom South), in a presentation on behalf of the Committee’s Chairman, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam...

Mouka, an employer of choice in Nigeria’s sleep industry, beamed with pride as one of its staff received recognition as the ‘Risk Manager of the Year 2022’ at the prestigious Nigerian Risk Awards and Leadership Summit, which was held on Thursday, 7 July 2022, at the Civic centre in Victoria...

The Senate, on Tuesday, considered two critical bills seeking to tackle poverty and put a stop to intellectual property theft in the country. One of the bills provides for the establishment of the National Poverty Alleviation Management Commission; while the other seeks to re-enact the Patent and Design Act 2021...