archiveJune 2023

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned two bankers, Freeman Austin Jacob and Umar Abdullahi and two others – Ahmed Bashir and Abdulhakim Musa (aka Gandu) before Justice Simon Akpah Amobeda of the Federal High Court, Kano on a three count charge of conspiracy and stealing. The...

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has approved a temporary reduction of workdays to three days a week for state public servants. The State Chief Press Secretary, Murtala Atoyrbi, who made this known in a statement on Monday said that the workdays reduction by the state government was a temporary...

Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, insisted that he won the last presidential election in which Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared the winner. Obi, who, Monday, June 5, continued his case before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) sitting in Abuja, tendered more presidential...

orders preparation of Osun State Action Plan Against Plastic Pollution within three months Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state on Monday announced the creation of Climate and Renewable Energy Advisory Council as well as the establishment of a Carbon Tracking Research unit at the Osun State University. While delivering his...

Polaris Bank, Nigeria's leading digital financial institution, has restated its commitment to environmental sustainability in the country. The Bank's commitment is coming on the heels of the 2023 World Environment Day observed yearly on June 5. The annual event is led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) which is...

In consonance with his proactive approach to governance, Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, has constituted a committee to review workers’ wages in the state. The committee which was constituted during a meeting with labour leaders in the state at the Executive Chambers, has eight weeks to turn in its...

The grievances over the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government may have assumed a new dimension, as the Trade Union Congress  (TUC) of Nigeria has demanded an increase in the national minimum wage from N30,000 to N200,000. All the demands raised by TUC have already been forwarded to...

Suspected thugs have besieged the governorship tribunal sitting at the Magistrate Court in Abeokuta on Monday June 5, 2023. Eyewitness account revealed that the thugs, numbering over 100 were seen with sticks, and other harmful objects to allegedly scare opposition party members from accessing the court premises. It was observed...

NGX Regulation Limited (NGX RegCo), in collaboration with the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and Financial Reporting Council (FRC) of Nigeria, is set to host a 3-day workshop/webinar on sustainability disclosure standards for companies as well as investors in the capital market. The workshop/webinar, which will kick off from June...

  The Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Sunday presented to the representatives of President Bola Tinubu, a list of demands to be met following the removal of petroleum subsidy. Arising from the session at the presidential villa, Abuja on Sunday night, both parties agreed to meet again on Tuesday to...