archiveOctober 2023

  The 13th prosecution witness, PW13, in the trial of Ayo Fayose, former Ekiti State Governor,  Abubakar Aliyu Madaki, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Friday, October 27, 2023, told Justice Chukujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, that the sum...

  Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has accused popular Islamic Scholar, Ahmad Gumi of trying to ignite religious and ethnic war in Nigeria. To this end, Fani-Kayode said he should be cautioned against such move to destroy Nigeria. It would be recalled that the cleric had said Nigeria...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has again called on the Israeli and Hamas governments to reach a sustainable humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip as the death toll from the conflict has left nearly 9,000 people dead. The call was contained in a statement issued by the Foreign Affairs Minister,...

  The remains of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr Abdulrahman Ado-Ibrahim, who died at 95 early Sunday morning, will be buried by 2:00 p.m. of Sunday. The Secretary of Ebiraland Traditional Council, Alhaji Yunusa Sule, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja that arrangements were being made to give...

The Senate on Friday, October 27, promise to summon the Group Chief Executive Officer, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, over the lack of funds to explore and develop new frontier acreages. The chairman of the Senate Committee on Gas, Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, gave this...

  says 283m Africans go to bed daily without food   The African Development Bank (AfDB), Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have voted $1 billion to further deliver Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones in 24 states of Nigeria. This is in addition to an...

  Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that elections are over and that Nigeria must now move forward. Jonathan stated this in Abuja after meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to congratulate him on his victory at the Supreme Court. Tinubu defeated the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party,...

The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) has honoured former interim president, the late Ernest Shonekan, by naming its Centre for Legislative Reform and Economic Growth after him. The NESG established the Ernest Shonekan Centre for Legislative Reform and Economic Growth to promote collaboration between the private and public sectors in...

Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has approved the installation of 48 chieftaincy title holders, including three Royal Highnesses, one coronet-wearing Oba and 44 Baales in various local governments of the state. The approval was granted by the governor sequel to a memo raised by the Ministry of Local Government and...

Oscar N. Onyema, OON, has been recognised by the West African Securities Regulators Association (WASRA) for his contribution and support in shaping the integration of capital markets in the region and for being the first Chairman of the West African Capital Markets Integration Council (WACMIC). Onyema was given the recognition...