archiveOctober 13, 2022

The World Bank has revealed that it has sanctioned seven Nigerian firms and individuals for corruption during its 2022 fiscal year. This was made public in the bank’s latest Fiscal Year 2022, which covered July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, in the Sanctions System Annual Report. The sanction list...

Rivers State tops again in the BudgIT’s #StateofStates Report for the 2022 fiscal performance ranking.  Kaduna and Cross River made it to the top 5, while Yobe, Bayelsa and Benue sit comfortably at the bottom of the table. BudgIT, a foremost civic-tech organisation leading the advocacy for fiscal transparency and...

The Federal Government is looking to acquire funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and is in talks with the World Bank to restructure the country’s debts. Finance minister Zainab Ahmed also disclosed plans to take advantage of the IMF’s newly created fund on Wednesday after a meeting with the...

A former Big Brother Naija housemate and musician, Patrick Fakoya, popularly known as Rico Swavey, is dead. Fakoya was involved in a ghastly accident that left him in critical condition. Fellow housemate and reality star Alex Unusual disclosed the sad news in a Twitter post on Thursday morning. “This was...

UBA Bumper account holder, Austin Akeju, emerged the winner of the star prize of N2 million while Abigail Ijeoma Ogbuehi and Sunday Okpaka smiled home with N500,000 and N1.2 million cash prize respectively as the bank appreciates its loyal customers. The virtual draw was witnessed by relevant regulators including representatives...

  By Scott Coles, Coffee Business Executive Officer for Nestlé Central and West Africa There is nothing quite like that first cup of coffee in the morning. For me it’s a moment to gather my thoughts before the day really begins. However, this daily ritual isn’t something we can take...

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has alleged that there was a plot to remove the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, ahead of the 2023 general election. The coalition further in a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, October 12, claimed that the...

  Barring a last-minute change, the Academic Staff Union of Universities may call off its indefinite strike today, Thursday, October 13. The meeting of the NEC is expected to hold at the University of Abuja today. There, the union is expected to make its stance known officially as regards the...

The Kogi State government, on Wednesday, responded to Dangote Industries Limited’s (DIL) insistence on 100 per cent ownership of Obajana Cement Company, saying that DIL’s efforts at making Kogi State’s demand appear unreasonable had only justified the state’s protest against what it described as “callous and deliberate asset grabbing.” The...

  Amid the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has vowed never to accept northern dominance in the leadership of the party. Wike rejected the current formation of the party’s where the National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu; Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar; and Director General of...