archiveAugust 2023

  The Federal Government has dissolved the Secretariat of the Advertising Standard Panel (ASP). Director-General of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), Dr Olalekan Fadolapo, in a statement on Tuesday, said the decision followed the approval of billboards titled “All Eyes on The Judiciary”. Fadolapo said the Council has...

The staff of the University of Ibadan have been directed to work three days a week as a result of the hike in transport fares and cost of living in Nigeria. The institution made this known via a statement dated 14 August 2023 and signed by G. O. Saliu, the...

  Nigeria’s headline inflation jumped to 24.08 per cent, standing at 18 year-high in July 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed. The last time Nigeria recorded an inflation rate above 24 per cent was in September 2005. In June, inflation was recorded at 22.79 per cent, but...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to showcase achievements so far recorded in the promotion of indigenous content in the telecommunications sector at the second edition of the Nigerian Telecommunications Indigenous Content Expo (NTICE 2023), which holds in Lagos from August 22-24, 2023, at Landmark Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos....

  By Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim   Part One: Introduction Peace and war are matters of insecurity. Living with insecurity is the only security, perhaps for those who studied War! Even in the most hospitable circumstances, the human condition is precarious because we are all unavoidably exposed. Human nature is flawed,...

  The Ogun Area 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 1,245 live ammunition allegedly concealed in 203 bags of foreign rice abandoned in a bush path at Tombolo Junction, near the Yewa North Local Government Area (LGA) of Ogun State. According to Channels TV, the rrevelation was...

  The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted an interim order restraining FBN Holdings Plc from holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) fixed for Tuesday, August 15, 2023, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed before it by three aggrieved shareholders of First Bank....

  The immediate-past National Vice Chairman, Northwest, of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Salihu Moh. Lukman has raised the alarm over what he tagged “disturbing signals” under the nascent administration of President Bola Tinubu. This was as Lukman accused the president of crashing the earnest expectations of Nigerians who...

    A leading financial institution in Nigeria, Fidelity Plc, has distributed over 1,200 food packs to the internally Displaced Persons in Makurdi, Benue State in its ongoing commitment to eliminate hunger among vulnerable persons in the society. The event, which took place on Thursday, 10 August 2023 at the...

      A Nigerian Air Force helicopter crashed in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger on Monday, with sources saying it had come under fire from armed bandits. The helicopter crashed near Chukuba village in the Shiroro local government area of the state, Air Force spokesperson Air Commodore Edward...