archiveAugust 2023

  Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Meta says the company has introduced a new WhatsApp feature with the ability to screen share during video calls. AT3 Resources, a consulting firm managing Meta in Nigeria, said Zuckerberg made the announcement in a press statement on Tuesday. It said that the latest...

Two witnesses who were victims of the job racketeering at the Federal Character Commission (FCC) testified before the House ad-hoc committee on Tuesday and pleaded that the employment letters which has been retrieved from them after they paid the sum of 1million and 2million to be given back to them....

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday fixed August 30, 2023, for judgment in a suit filed by the former governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, seeking to halt the probe of his tenure by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other entities. In the suit with...

  meets with Tinubu in Aso Rock The Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) Professor Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Tuesday promised that  she alongside her team will do their best to support Nigeria at this difficult time. She stated this while speaking with State House correspondents after meeting with President Bola...

Niger's junta on Tuesday rejected the latest diplomatic mission from West African countries aimed at restoring constitutional order after a July 26 coup, resisting pressure from the United States and the United Nations to come to the negotiating table. The military junta in Niger has informed ECOWAS that it cannot...

The Federal Government has withdrawn contempt suit it filed against Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) for organising nationwide anti-subsidy protests on August 2, 2023. The Ministry of Justice had sued the NLC and the TUC for contempt for allegedly disobeying a court order barring them...

The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, popularly known as ‘Shi’ites’ has called on President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to reconsider his planned attack on Niger Republic. According to the Shi’ites leader, the people of Niger “are our brothers”. El-Zakzaky made the rallying call in a statement on Monday, August...

  The Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform (PCFPTR) will ensure that tax payment and use are beneficial to Nigerians as well as make the right people pay tax. Mr Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the PCFPTR, said that the committee would also ensure that tax payment is done...

The Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the leadership of the upper-lawmaking body met with the organised labour at the National Assembly complex in Abuja on Tuesday. According to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) president Comrade Joe Ajaero, labour visited the lawmakers at the invitation of the Senate over their grievances...

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has explained that the red chamber withheld the ministerial confirmation of three nominees because the upper legislative arm was “still awaiting security clearance”. The Senate, however, approved and confirmed the ministerial nominations of 45 other appointees of President Bola Tinubu after a voice vote. The Senate...