archiveSeptember 2022

A former presidential aspirant of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, has said that Nigeria needs to invest a lot more in the educational system amid the ongoing academic strike. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had embarked on a strike since February 14 this year after...

  Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde has received the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan. Atiku arrived the Oyo Government House in company of his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa around 11:46am. They were received at the Ibadan Airport, Alakia on behalf...

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has described the forensics laboratory of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  as one of the best in Africa. This was disclosed in Abuja on Tuesday,  September 13,  2022 by the Head,  Forensic and Psychological Services Unit of NSCDC, ...

The Federal Government has recovered a total of N2.6trillion revenue from oil firms following the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) National Assembly intervention. NEITI said a total of 2.6 billion dollars remained outstanding in the hands of companies as at March 2022. Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, Executive Secretary of...

Oyo State Government, said on Tuesday, that it has approved the purchase of 25 JAC Pick-up Vans for security operatives in the State at the sum of N603, 881,250.00. The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun, who made this announcement, while briefing journalists after the executive council...

    The Forum of Northern Christians (FNC) led by former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has reiterated its opposition to the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) which has former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the party’s presidential candidate and former...

The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has dropped an inkling that it  would reduce the import duties waivers proposed for the N19.76trillion 2023 budget with attendant deficit of N12.4trillion. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Mr. Solomon Adeola made this known in Abuja on Tuesday, at an interactive...

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), in collaboration with Stanbic IBTC, is set to host a securities lending forum, on Wednesday, 20th September 2022, at 10:00 am. The webinar is in line with the Exchange’s mandate to promote investors in the Nigerian capital markets, enhance secondary market liquidity, and facilitate the mobilization...

  promises to work with the private sector to fix economy   The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said the country is very broke under the All Progressives Congress-led government. The former Vice President added that the Muhammadu Buhari administration has continued to run...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday disclosed that it has delisted 1,126,359 out of the 2,523,458 fresh registrants that registered between June 28, 2021, and January 14, 2022. The body which made this disclosure in a statement issued by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education...