archiveOctober 2023

*calls for collaboration with Global South to tackle climate change With the largest renewable energy potential and critical minerals located in the global South, the global North must collaborate with the South with openness and transparency, rather than merely seeking influence and leadership of the South, which will waste this...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Ola Olukoyede to serve as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a renewable term of four years in the first instance, pending Senate confirmation. This done in conformity with the powers vested in him as...

  A report by BBC Africa on President Bola Tinubu’s certificate, where it stated there is no evidence that he forged his records, has been found to be flawed. The BBC report, titled ‘Bola Tinubu diploma: No evidence Nigeria’s president forged college record’, was published on Wednesday and has generated...

  to receive five attack planes soon   The Nigerian Air Force Headquarters, on Wednesday, said it had taken delivery of two combat aircraft, Diamond-62 (DA-62), procured by the federal government. A statement by the Spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said combat the planes would...

The naira fell to a new all-time low at the parallel market on Wednesday trading in the range of N1,035 to N1,040 to one dollar. The figure of N1,040/$ represents a depreciation of N40 or 4.0 per cent from the N1,000 it traded two weeks ago. The street traders put...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) declared in Abuja on Wednesday that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu does not have an identity problem and does not require re-introduction. The party was reacting to an insinuation made earlier on Wednesday by Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate at the 2023...

The National University Commission (NUC) has granted permission for the London Academy of Business School in partnership with University of Sunderland in the United Kingdom to operate in Nigeria. To that effect, the first academic session is expected to commence in January 2024 at the Public Service Institute of Nigeria,...

From Monday, 16 October 2023, the Lagos State government will increase the train trips from 12 to 54 and ultimately make it 74 trips before the end of November 2023 on the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line (Marina to Mile 2). In a statement, on Wednesday, the Consultant,...

The Nigerian oil and gas industry is poised for a boost in crude oil production, employment creation, and capital injection with the planned divestment of some assets by select international oil and gas companies and concomitant acquisition by Nigerian operating companies, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new and returning Chief Executives to fresh terms in office across multiple agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy: The news was said to have been signed by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President (Media &...