archiveSeptember 2022

VP wishes King Charles well, prays he “does even better than his mother”   The coming together of leaders from different parts of the globe to celebrate the live of late Queen Elizabeth II and attend her funeral is a show of solidarity and goodwill by people from around the...

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has  thrown out a seven-point,  no-case submission of former governor of Jigawa State,  Sule Lamido,  challenging his trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, stating that he has a case to answer before the court. She made...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has revealed that Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) padded the 2021 budget by N300 billion. The padding which they did by duplicating projects The anti-corruption agency says that the MDAs also padded the 2022 budget with duplicated projects amounting to...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said its attention has been drawn to a report of a press conference addressed by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on the Register of Voters for the 2023 general election. The Commission in a press statement signed by its National Commissioner...

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL), Malam Mele Kyari, has listed the benefits of the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project. Kyari said that apart from helping to mitigate agaist desertification it will also drastically reduce carbon emission in Africa. The NNPC boss, who spoke...

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the South-West, Chief Bode George, has once again, insisted that the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, must resign and be replaced by a southerner before September 28 when campaigns for the 2023 election are scheduled to begin....

  VP delivers virtual remarks at YabaTech’s N50B Endowment Fund Launch says visionary private sector intervention vital for sustainable higher education funding   Provided with the right platforms, young Nigerians will always rise to the stature of national and global challenges, while finding solutions to them through innovation and technology,...

The National Pension Commission of Nigeria (PENCOM) declared on Thursday that federal pensioners will no longer face problem of delayed pension payment after retirement. It also declared that the N14.5trillion pension fund is not idle due to right investments made of them. Executive Chairman of PENCOM, Aisha Dahiru Umar stated...

University lecturers under the auspices of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have said that no amount of threats from the Committee of Pro-chancellors of State Owned Universities in Nigeria (COPSON) can break its ranks. ASUU made this disclosure on Thursday. This reaction follows earlier call by COPSON that the...

  Bears held sway as The Nigerian Equities Market extends the previous day’s negative outing to end the fourth trading session of the week in the red region amidst low turnover. The NGXASI shed 7bps to drag the All-Share-Index to 49,540.48bps as against its previous close of 49,576.05bps. This outing...