archiveJune 2023

Justice Sale Musa Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Kaduna on Thursday, June 15, 2023, convicted a former member of the House of Representatives, Mansur Ali Mashi on eight counts of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretenses. Mashi, who represented Mashi Dutsi federal constituency, was convicted alongside three bank officials:...

The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has invited international telecom companies and potential investors to take advantage of the opportunities presented by Nigeria’s population of over 200 million people to invest in its telecom sector, especially in infrastructure provisioning for broadband. Danbatta,...

An Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama, on Friday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) and its Director General, to grant the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, who has been in detention since last Saturday, immediate access to his lawyers and family members....

Former Niger militant leader Asari Dokubo has promised to work with the Nigerian government to stop oil theft in the Niger Delta. Dokubo said this on Friday after a closed-door meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. “My visit to the State House is just...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has once more arraigned former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, for allegations bordering on official corruption, abuse of office and forgery. He was docked alongside his children – Mary Funmilola Ojerinde; Olumide Abiodun...

GCEO, NNPC Ltd, Malam Mele Kyari with other officials during the signing of MoU on Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project on the sideline of the project’s first Steering Committee meeting The Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project has advanced with the signing of four Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to ensure progress and strategic...

The Nigerian inflation rate rose by 0.19 per cent to 22.14 per cent for the month of May 2023 compared to April 2023 headline inflation rate. Amid the removal of subsidy on petrol, Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 22.41 percent in May 2023, up from 22.22 percent in April 2023....

  Labour Party (LP) on Thursday presented over 18,000 polling unit results which it claimed ere downloaded from the INEC Result Viewing portal. However, the result sheets which are to serve as evidence in its petition challenging the February 25, 2023 presidential election were all blurry. Onyeachi Ikpeazu, Counsel for...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), on Wednesday, asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to immediately invite and prosecute Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa over the latter’s “admissions” on the floor of the Senate on June 12, 2023. Bulkachuwa,...

this will boost increased participation in investments – SEC, NGX local currency payment to reduce pressure on country’s reserves – PAPSS The African Stock Exchange Association (ASEA) has revealed that having successfully launched phase one of the African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP), it is looking at rolling at the second...