archiveJune 2023

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...

  The gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the last general elections in Ogun state, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo has reiterated his support for two hundred thousand naira minimum wage for Nigerian workers as proposed by labour unions with an appeal to the Federal Government to...

  President Bola Tinubu, has renamed some federal airports after several prominent Nigerians. The renaming of the airports was announced in a memo released by the Federal Ministry of Aviation dated June 1, 2023, and signed by Mrs Joke Olatunji for the Director of Airport Operations on Monday. The statement...

      A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka has called on President Bola Tinubu to take action regarding the conduct of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, following the last general elections. Chidioka who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics,...