archiveNovember 14, 2023

  Factional university union, the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) has dissociated itself from the ongoing nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). National Coordinator of CONUA, Niyi Sunmonu, who disclosed this on Channels TV’s programme, Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, said...

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered Electoral Offences Desk Officers, under the supervision of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, to commence immediate investigations into the electoral crisis recorded on Saturday, November 11. Egbetokun commended all police officers and operatives...

President Bola Tinubu has secured a multi-billion dollar infrastructure funding package from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to fund a multi-sectoral portfolio of infrastructure projects at the federal and sub-national levels in Nigeria. Business247News reports that this was disclosed in a statement by presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale on Tuesday. The...

  Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc, the leading Central Securities Depository (CSD) in Nigeria, took centre stage at the recently concluded Institute of Capital Market Registrars (ICMR) annual conference, themed "Navigating Nigeria's Economic Realities: The Transformative Power of Technology in the Capital Market." The event, which took place at...

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed its members to join the nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). Organised labour, on Monday, declared a nationwide industrial action effective Wednesday over the brutalisation of Comrade Joe Ajaero, President...

    The Federal Government has said that the strike action embarked upon by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) is not in the national interest but a move to blackmail the government. In a release signed by the Special Adviser to the President on...

  By Walter Duru, Ph.D   In the political arena, the adage "keep your friends close and your enemies closer" is often wielded as a shield against potential adversaries. However, for President Bola Tinubu, it seems the true enemies may not be those openly opposing him, but rather those who...

  Tracka issued a statement calling out the payment of N8.6 billion to twenty-six contractors for 19 projects that have either been abandoned or uncompleted, which was covered in the 2022 Project Tracking Report themed “Empowering Communities for Economic Growth.” In the statement, we highlighted the payment of N400 million...

  One of the oldest banks in Nigeria, Union Bank of Nigeria, has completed shareholders takeover and subsequently delisted from the stock exchange, The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). It would be recalled that Union Bank received an offer from its core shareholder, Titan Trust Bank Limited, to acquire the shares...