archiveSeptember 3, 2022

*Osinbajo hails US Inflation Reduction Act, says both countries can work together on climate change, global challenges A renewed commitment by both Nigeria and the United States to work together on many global issues, especially on Climate Change and the global energy transition towards net-zero emissions emerged yesterday at the...

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC) said its attention has been drawn to the Friday, September 2, 2022 judgment  of Justice C.L Dabup of the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos,  discharging and acquitting a former governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah David Jang and a...

*VP says debt for climate swap deal is a win-win for both creditor/developed nations & Africa In a call that can at once significantly advance the course of global net-zero emissions targets, facilitate energy access and the development of African countries, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN is proposing a Debt-For-Climate...

  The Vice Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed over the weekend said that the former Governor of Anambra state and party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi has the wherewithal to reposition and put Nigeria on the path of development. This was as he said Nigeria has never...

A group under the auspices of Tinubu-Shettima Connect, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to, without delay, disqualify the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, from the 2023 presidential election. The group has also threatened to...

The Minister of State for Education, Mr. Goodluck Nanah Opiah, has restated the reasons behind the position of the Federal Government on no work, no pay policy stance on the resolution of the industrial strike. He disclosed that having done what the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) demanded, the...

The Federal Government on Saturday explained why China Civil Engineering and Construction Company (CCEC), suspended work on the eastern rail line. Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo disclosed this during an inspection tour of the project in Port Harcourt. This was contained in a statement in Abuja by the Director...

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Ogun State for the 2023 general elections, David Bamgbose, is dead. His Personal Assistant, Oduntan Olayemi, who confirmed the sad development, said Bamgbose died at a private hospital in Abeokuta on Friday, at the age of 54. He said Bamgbose...

  The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye (SAN) has said that the deployment of technology as crucial to the fight against corruption and Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs). Owasanoye made this known at the presentation of demo hacking solutions by seven...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an increase in duty tour allowances (DTAs) for ministers, permanent secretaries and civil servants on grade level one to 17.This is despite the precarious financial situation of the country. It would be recalled that the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, had hinted of the...