archiveFebruary 2023

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has again, polled a lead over his counterparts in the two major political parties in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in the latest opinion poll conducted by Anap Foundation. Ahead of the February...

  The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari,  on Wednesday, ratified a resolution to procure electronic cargo tracking devices for port operations in the country. At the meeting the cabinet members deliberated on the memo presented by the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, where...

Governor Godwin Obaseki has asked security agents to arrest his predecessor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, over the naira scarcity protest which was said to have led to the deaths of some persons in the state. Addressing journalists in Benin, the state capital, Obaseki, who spoke through the Commissioner for Communication and...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday announced the extension of its 2023 UTME registration exercise by one week. A statement issued by LAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, said the development takes effect from Wednesday, February 15 to February 22nd. According to the statement:...

The Lagos State Government has warned against the rejection of the old naira notes, promising to prosecute those that violate the directive. This disclosure is contained in a series of tweet posts on Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media, Jubril Gawat, on his official...

  The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed that its order which temporarily barred the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from enforcing its February 10 deadline for the swapping of the old naira notes with the newly redesigned naira notes is still valid. The apex court maintained...

      The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose by 6.22 per to 21.82 per cent on a year-on-year basis in January 2023 as against 15.60 per cent recorded in December 2022. This is according to the NBS Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation...

  L – R: Sehinde Adenagbe, 1st Vice Chairman, Association Of Securities Dealing Houses of Nigeria (ASHON); Franca Egwuekwe Company Secretary, NG Clearing Limited; Sam Onukwue; Chairman, ASHON; Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange Group; Ifeyinwa Ejezie, 2nd Vice Chairman, ASHON; Jude Chiemeka, Divisional Head, Capital...

Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Monday, resumed his campaign ahead of the March 11 governorship election, in Iseyin local government, where he announced that his administration will make Ado-Awaye suspended lake a tourism hub for South-West, if he re- elected for a second term. The governor, who stated this...

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the state has about 30 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with her current GDP at over N120 Billion. This GDP figure, the Governor noted, was more than the GDP of such countries as Kenya, Ghana and Ivory Coast. He...