archiveSeptember 25, 2023

In a major boost for the nation’s oil and gas industry, the NNPC Ltd and the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Oil Companies (IOCs) to reduce contracting cycle to an optimal level of not more than 180 working...

The Federal Government on Monday admitted that most of the problems confronting Nigeria were caused by bad governance from the nation’s leadership. The government however scored the administration of President Bola Tinubu high for his sound decision on the Central Bank of Nigeria, saying the report of audit by a...

The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohaneny, disclosed that she had experienced sexual harassment during her university days. She mentioned that her Constitutional Law lecturer, during her time in school, had nefarious intentions, and nearly jeopardised her pursuit of law by deliberately failing her multiple times because she rejected his...

  The Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal has affirmed the re-election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and dismissed the petition of the Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, who challenged the return of Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Obafemi Hamzat. Justice Mikhail Abdullahi held that...

The Yoruba Council Worldwide, on Monday, said it had assembled a team of lawyers to provide pro bono legal services to assist the family of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, and to ensure that all steps taken were done in accordance with the rule of law and standard...

  President Bola Tinubu has reluctantly allowed a federal judge in the United States to give his university certificate to his political opponent Atiku Abubakar. But the Nigerian leader pleaded with Judge Nancy Maldonado to block all other details, especially the gender, and admission records, among others, of the person...

Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the allegations that over $15 billion of oil revenues, and N200 billion budgeted to repair the refineries are missing and unaccounted for between 2020 and 2021, as documented...

The CEO of Nigerian Exchange Limited, Mr. Temi Popoola, has affirmed that NGX is fully poised to lend its support to the Federal Government's objectives. NGX aims to achieve this by mobilizing capital, which, as he put it, “will address government challenges and foster wealth creation for Nigerians.” This assertion...

  A recent data from the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has shown that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) traded crude oil worth N2.6 trillion for refined petroleum products in 2021. According to the NEITI's recently issued 2021 Oil and Gas Report, the national oil firm did...

The Federal Government, on Monday, cited its decision to have a low key 63rd independence anniversary for its failure to invite any world leader for the October 1, 2023 independence anniversary celebration. This was revealed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume during a press conference...