archiveMarch 16, 2023

  The African Development Bank (AfDB) and some partners have officially launched a new Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) programme, with investments worth a total of $618 million. The initiative, launched on March 14, is expected to attract direct investments in more than 200 technology and creative start-ups,...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deployed sensitive and non-sensitive materials to 26 out of the 28 states, where the governorship and houses of assembly elections are expected to hold on Saturday, March 18. Yiaga Africa confirmed on Thursday in Abuja, stressing that is also deploying a total of...

  The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement on roads, waterways and other channels of transportation across all states where governorship and House of Assembly elections will be conducted on Saturday, March 18. The police chief made this known through a statement signed by...

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said he would not accept any offer to be part of Bola Tinubu’s Government of National Unity. Tinubu, the president-elect and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been dragged to court by Obi over the outcome of the February...

  Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has called on Osun residents to troop out enmasse on Saturday to cast their votes at the state elections, reassuring them of maximum security throughout the process. Speaking after the second State Security Council meeting held on Thursday, within the premises of the...

A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has restrained the Police from inviting, arresting and detaining leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State ahead of the House of Assembly election on Saturday. Justice N. Ayo-Emmanuel gave the order on Thursday following an application brought before the court...

  The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on March 16, 2023, arraigned one Prof. Uche Chigozie Edwin for an alleged N1.4bn fraud before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Edwin was arraigned alongside his companies, Visionary Integrated Consulting...

Ten political parties and 20 deregistered political parties in the Ogun State have withdrawn from the race in Ogun state, formed an alliance, endorsed and adopted the governorship candidate of New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), Amb Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo in Ogun state. The parties include African Democratic Congress (ADC), Labour...

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, March 16, 2023, re-arraigned one Portia Emilia for an alleged N110m fraud before Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Emilia was re-arraigned alongside her company, Savanah Crest Investment Limited, on...

  Nigerian singer Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu better known as Burna Boy will perform in the final of the 2023 UEFA Champions League in Istanbul, Turkey. UEFA revealed this in a statement on its platform on Thursday, saying the Grammy’s award-winner singer will co-headline the competition’s final kick-off show by Pepsi,...