archiveOctober 19, 2023

  President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr Olasupo Olusi as the Managing Director of the Bank of Industry (BOI) for an initial term of four years. According to a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, Olusi’s appointment followed the voluntary retirement of BOI’s...

Newly appointed Executive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Ola Olukoyede assumed office on Thursday, October 19, 2023 with clear-cut agenda of re-positioning and re-focusing the Commission for optimal effectiveness. According to a press statement by Dele Oyewale, Head, Media & Publicity of the commission, the EFCC’s...

At a ceremony attended by Vice President Kashim Shettima (GCON) on Thursday, October 19, 2023, on the sidelines of the third Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum in Beijing, China, the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and new Chinese partners signed three (3) memorandum of Understandings (MoUs)...

  The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has congratulated  Mr. Olufemi Oladapo Soneye over his appointment as Chief Corporate Communications Officer (CCCO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). The association also congratulates its pioneer president, Dr. Malachy Agbo, who was recently sworn in by the Governor of...

The Supreme Court will commence hearings on the appeal by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, October 23, 2023. Atiku, who came second in the election, had approached the presidential election tribunal to nullify the February 25 election, in which the Independent National...

  reels out legislative action to boost economy   The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, on Thursday, expressed concern over the high proportion of revenue spent on debt servicing, which has constrained the fiscal space for other developmental needs. Speaker Abbas who expressed the concern during...

  President Bola Tinubu has withdrawn the nomination of Engr. Imam Kashim Imam as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). The 24-year-old Imam was on October 13 appointed by the President “for a renewable term of four (4) years, in accordance with...

  THE National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and three Chinese partners have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) for new projects valued at $2 billion. This came as Nigeria continues to reap heaps and bounds of dividends from the ongoing 3rd Belt And Road Initiative (BRI), with another...

  names Issa-Onilu, Ali M Ali, six other ceos for NOA, NAN, FRCN, NBC, four other agencies President Bola Tinubu has effected immediate major changes in the leadership of eight parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation. According to a release issued on Thursday by presidential spokesperson,...

The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Works, is set to close the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos to traffic on Sunday, 22nd October 2023, in preparation for the comprehensive repair works. This is to allow palliative works to be carried out on the most critically failed sections of...