archiveSeptember 2023

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...

The Commission met today Monday 25th September 2023 and, among other issues, reviewed the preparations for the forthcoming off-cycle Governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States scheduled for Saturday 11th November 2023. As was the case in recent off-cycle Governorship elections, the Commission will conduct a mock accreditation using...

  The Nigerian government has subscribed to a free and secure Internet for Africa, which is capable of bridging the digital divide and creating innovative opportunities within the continent. Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, who canvassed this position at the just-concluded Africa Internet Governance Forum...

  Ahead of its Q4 virtual Master Class scheduled for Saturday, September 30, 2023, at 9 am Investdata Consulting Limited, at the weekend said its five golden stocks recommended for participants during the Q1, Q2 and Q3 edition returned 56.47 per cent on the average as of Friday, September 22,...

L – R shows Oladele Sotubo, Chief Executive, Stanbic IBTC Capital; Olugbenga Agboola, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Flutterwave; Stephanie Busari, Senior Editor, Africa, CNN; Bosun Tijani, Hon. Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy; Temi Popoola, Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX); Ike Chioke, Managing Director, Afrinvest...