archiveSeptember 2022

An Abuja Federal High Court on Thursday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish the name of Godswill Akpabio as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Akwa Ibom North/West Senatorial district in 2023. It would be recalled that the Senate President Ahmad Lawan,...

A poll conducted by Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Polls and commissioned by the Atedo N. A. Peterside Foundation has shown that Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party would win if Nigeria’s presidential election was held today. The poll which was conducted this month points to a three-horse presidential race between...

Nigeria’s inflation rate surged to 20.5 per cent in August, the highest since September 2005. The inflation figure rose from 19.64 per cent recorded in July, according to details of the inflation report published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) report by...

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) and United Bank for Africa (UBA) are set to collaborate on Diaspora investments in the Nigerian capital market. This was revealed at the Closing Gong Ceremony held to welcome the newly appointed GMD of UBA, Mr. Oliver Alawuba, DGM, Mr. Muyiwa Akinyemi and other management on...

  A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted permission to the Department of State Services to detain the former Kaduna train attack negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days. The presiding judge, Justice Nkeonye Maha, gave the ruling on Tuesday in response to an ex-parte motion moved by...

    Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa  has tasked  the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC and the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to ensure prudent use of government resources at their disposal,    by ensuring that funds released for specific projects are utilized for...

  Your request achievable, but must follow due process -Atiku Ex-VP has capacity to unite Nigeria-Makinde South West leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) resolved on Wednesday to back the presidential aspiration of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his running mate in the 2023 election, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa,...

    *US Special Envoy, John Kerry commends FG's Energy Transition Plan in meeting with VP The use of gas as a transition fuel would not only help in stemming deforestation, it would also advance Nigeria's broader development goals, especially because Nigeria has one of the largest gas reserves in...

The Senate Committee on Finance has threatened to summon the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, Mr. Mele Kyari, if need be. Senator Olamilekan Adeola, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, stated this on Wednesday during a hearing session in Abuja, the nation’s...

Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa, has expressed the readiness of the EFCC  to partner with the Nigerian Army on intelligence sharing and capacity building,   in tackling money laundering and terrorism financing in Nigeria. Bawa gave this assurance in Kaduna   on Tuesday, September 13,...