archiveAugust 2023

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has said that petrol consumption in the country dropped to 52 million litres in July 2023. According to a Vanguard report, the Authority reported that petrol consumption in the country dropped by 16.8% last month to 52 million litres daily compared...

Legal luminary, Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has called on the newly appointed Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to urgently carry out reforms in the nation’s judiciary. According to him, “Major reforms of the criminal justice system with particular reference to the utter confusion in the duplicated work...

    demands impartial, thorough investigation   A Civil Society Organization (CSO) the Nigeria Feminist Forum (NFF) weekend, hailed suspension of a Professor of Law at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Prof Cyril Ndifon, over alleged sexual harassment. This was contained in a statement issued by the organisation. The CSO...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to hold the second Capital Market Committee (CMC) meeting in 2023. The meeting is scheduled to hold virtually through Zoom with key stakeholders in the capital market on August 24, while the usual interface with the press, on the outcome of the...

  The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has told President Bola Tinubu that female engineers can fix the nation’s moribund refineries within one year. This was stated by APWEN's chairperson, Atinuke Owolabi, during the association’s public lecture and annual general meeting on Saturday, August 19, in Lagos....

Recently, key players from the government, the diplomatic community, civil society, and the public and private sectors gathered in Lagos for the two-day Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS), co-convened by Sterling One Foundation and the United Nations, Nigeria. The gathering, which was held under the theme - Global Vision, Local...

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has recovered hard drugs worth N4.8 billion from a warehouse in Lagos. The agency’s spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this on Sunday, said that the warehouse is tucked in the popular International Trade Fair Complex, Alaba, Ojo area of...

The Chairman of Senate Committee on Capital Market & Institutions, Sen. Osita Izunaso, has appointed a former Imo State Commissioner for Finance, Prof. Uche Uwaleke of Nasarawa State University Keffi as his Special Adviser in order to help move the market forward. This is contained in a letter of appointment...

  Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to release the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa from illegal custody without any further delay. According to him, a remand order issued by a Magistrate Court in...

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has warned against religious conflict and confrontations in the state, affirming that all adherents of various religions should operate peacefully. Responding to the altercation between the Oluwo of Iwoland and the traditional religious worshippers association on the celebration of Isese festival, Governor Adeleke deployed...