archiveJuly 2023

A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed July 21 for the arraignment of Sen. Stella Oduah and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after EFCC’s counsel, Hassan Liman, SAN, prayed the court to allow the defendants to take their plea, having...

  The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has confirmed the first case of anthrax in Nigeria on a farm in Suleja, Niger State. Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria, Dr Columba T. Vakuru, made this known in a statement, said a Rapid Response team comprising federal and state Health...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has alerted the public that it was not currently recruiting. Head, Media & Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Monay, advised to disregard information circulating in the social media purporting the commencement of EFCC’s 2023 online recruitment from July 4th, 2023....

  The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abubakar Kyari, has assumed the position of acting National Chairman of the party. The development comes after the confirmed resignation of the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu. According to the party’s constitution, when a national chairman resigns,...

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the  resignation of the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdulahi Adamu, and the Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore. The Deputy National Chairman, North, Senator Abubakar Kyari, made the announcement after the meeting of the NWC held on...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it recovered N471.82 billion as cumulative repayment from the bank’s intervention programmes in the first half of 2022. According to the apex bank’s half-year report for 2022, the recovery rate rose by 67.3 per cent from N282.3 billion in the preceding half...

  The Nigerian Bar Association, human rights activists, and civil society groups have called on the Federal Government to uphold the principles of the rule of law, fairness, and justice in the case against the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. According to Vanguard’s report, they...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the tenure of the Managing Director/Chief Executive of banks from maximum from 10 years of 12 years. This was disclosed in a circular on the new, “Corporate Governance Guidelines for Commercial, Merchant, Non-interest and Payment Service Banks in Nigeria.” The circular...

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed on Monday that Nigeria’s annual inflation rate rose by 0.38 per cent to 22.79 per cent in June from 22.41 per cent in May. The NBS said on a year-on-year basis, the headline inflation rate was 4.19 per cent points higher compared...

  BudgIT, a foremost civic-tech organization leading the advocacy for accountability, transparency, and effective service delivery in Nigeria, is set to host the second edition of the Active Citizens Awards. This year’s award, themed ‘Trailblazers of Change: Pioneering Solutions, Shaping the Future,’ is scheduled to hold on Saturday, September 16,...