archiveNovember 23, 2022

  The Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) has debunked social media messages that the Commission is embarking on a massive nationwide job recruitment into Ministries, Departments and agencies. A statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Mary Ogbe, advised the public to ignore the “fake news”. The statement read: “The...

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has distributed a total of N736.782 billion to the three tiers of government as federation allocation for the month of October 2022. The funds are inclusive of Gross Statutory Revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT), Exchange Gain and augmentation from Non-Oil Revenue. Of the sum,...

The Economics and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  has opposed a motion filed by Sen. Rochas Okorocha, praying for an order quashing the money laundering charge preferred against him. The EFCC, in a counter affidavit deposed to by Iyabo Daramola, the agency’s senior legal officer, and filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo...

The Federal Government has announced that it has made a recovery of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) since the inception of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration till date. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, disclosed this on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting...

Global rating agency, Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of seven Nigerian banks and two bank holding companies (BHCs) to ‘B-‘ from ‘B’. The commercial lenders were downgraded because their standalone credit profiles are constrained by the sovereign rating due to their high sovereign exposure relative...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has received a total of N165 billion so far since it announced plans to introduce new naira notes and asked Nigerians to deposit all old notes in circulation. This was made known by CBN’s director of currency, Mr. Rasheed Adams, at a...

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore on Wednesday, knocked President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, over the newly-redesigned naira notes. Sowore accused Buhari and Emefiele of playing Nigerians by redesigning the naira. In a tweet, the...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of his Special Adviser on Social Media, Ms Lauretta Onochie, as the substantive chairman of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Senate President Ahmad Lawan read out Mr Buhari’s letter in a plenary on Wednesday....

  VP meets Carleton University officials, business interests, watches Nollywood movie in Ottawa By deepening educational cooperation and facilitating collaboration in critical areas such as entrepreneurship, innovation and technology, more opportunities are created to find solutions to the social issues and challenges in the world. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN,...

Domino’s Pizza Nigeria, the market leader in the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) sector in Nigeria is partnering its long-term service provider and Customer Centric telecommunications company, 9mobile to launch its new Call Centre in a bid to increase customer satisfaction and provide excellent service delivery in Lagos. This innovative approach...