archiveNovember 8, 2022

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has claimed that the Nigerian Election Debate Group has excluded him from participating in the presidential debates ahead of the 2023 election. The activist made the claim on Tuesday via his Twitter page, where he claimed that the debate...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Ekiti Command has destroyed five hectares of Indian hemp plantation at Ire-Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area. The Deputy State Commander, NDLEA, Mohammed Ibrahim, who disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital said the discovery was as a result...

Liquidation dividends: NDIC renews call to depositors of 20 closed banks, NDIC has commenced payments, NDIC wants deposit insurance, NDIC to partner BPSR, framework for empowering NDIC, Senate confirms Hassan, increase deposit insurance fund, ICAN member-auditors on accuracy, integrity, NDIC synergy with CIBN The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has...

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, says he has appealed the verdict ordering his remand. Bawa said this on Tuesday while fielding questions from journalists in Abuja. “We have appealed against it already so we will allow the natural course of the law to take...

  Plateau State Government will spend N139.3 billion  for capital and recurrent expenditures for 2023 It is proposed that capital expenditure will take 61.7 billion, while recurrent expenditure will take 77.6 billion. Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Dan Manjang, told newsmen in Jos on Tuesday that the budget was...

The founders and co-Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of Jumia Technologies, Sacha Poignonnec, and Jeremy Hodara, have both stepped down from their positions over persistent losses. The move, which was with immediate effect, saw Francis Dufay, who has since 2014 held various leadership roles at the company assume the role of...

Pan- African credit rating agency, Agusto & Co has upgraded the rating of EDC Nigeria Money Market Fund (‘EDC MMF’ or ‘the Fund’) to A(f). Funds rated ‘A(f)’ are deemed to have low to moderate exposure to downside risk, impairment of net asset value in the medium term. EDC MMF...

    NESG to VP: You have done a fantastic job on Ease of Doing Business Reforms Ahead of next week’s Nigerian Economic Summit (NESG), an annual event where the public and private sector stakeholders deliberate on developmental issues, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, says, focusing on far pressing national...

    Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Bank Plc, Mr. Abubakar Suleiman, has been awarded the Special Leadership Award at the 2022 edition of the Nigerian Fintech Awards held in Lagos. The Nigerian Fintech Awards is Nigeria’s biggest and most recognized fintech awards and is dedicated to honoring excellence in...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that 242 polling units with 142,261 registered voters in 10 Local Government Areas of Katsina State were under serious security threat and that voting may not take place there.. The Commission’s Head of the Department of Electoral Operation in the state,...