archiveJune 26, 2023

  The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced Wednesday and Thursday, June 28 and 29 as public holidays for the Eid-il-Kabir celebration. According to Channels TV, the announcement was made in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Oluwatoyin Akinlade on Monday, June 26....

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has denied speculations that he has perfected plans to grant State pardon to the owner of Hilton Hotel, Dr Rahmon Adedoyin, who was sentenced to death by hanging alongside two staff members, for the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University,...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has appointed Leke Bayeiwu, as his Chief Press Secretary (CPS) and 32 other aides. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Musa Abdullahi Krishi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday, June 26. According to the statement, Bayeiwu...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a fake Senator, Ifechukwu Tom Makwe for alleged €5.7million (Five Million, Seven Hundred Thousand euros) internet fraud. Makwe was arrested at the Guzape area of Abuja following credible intelligence about his internet- related fraud activities. Upon arrest, it was discovered that...

  In a bid to empower investors to make better investment decisions as well as encourage corporates to adopt sustainability at the core of their financial reporting, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) of Nigeria, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and NGX Regulation Limited (NGX RegCo) on Monday, 26 June 2023,...

The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed on Monday announced his voluntary resignation. Rasheed disclosed this in an interaction with The Punch correspondent and noted that he would be returning to the Bayero University Kano to continue his job as a lecturer. Rasheed was appointed...

  Nigeria's leading commercial bank and one of Africa's fastest-growing companies, Sterling Bank, has changed the course of Nigeria's energy and transportation sectors with the launch of Qore; its suite of renewable energy-powered transportation solutions. Qore will offer the purchase and financing of electric vehicles (EVs), EV charging stations, conversion...

    Amnesty International, a global human rights advocacy organisation, on Sunday, condemned the killing of a butcher at a market in Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria over alleged blasphemy. The media earlier reported that the butcher identified as Usman Buda was killed for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. According to Daily Trust,...

Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Monday, decorated the newly appointed acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Bashir Adeniyi, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Bola Tinubu had, on Monday, June 19, 2023, appointed Adeniyi as Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Until his appointment on Monday, Adeniyi was DCG...

The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, FNSE, FRAES, FAENG, FNIEEE, has called on Telecom operators to invest in robust infrastructure, employ state-of-the-art security measures, and conduct regular audits to identify vulnerabilities and address them promptly to tackle the menace e-fraud on telecom platform. He...