archive2023

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, urged Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos to dismiss the application by Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, seeking to vacate the forfeiture order in respect of 14 properties and the sum...

      The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians not to use unapproved cosmetics stressing that the dangers were largely irreversible. The Director-General NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the warning during the media sensitisation workshop on dangers of bleaching creams and regulatory...

  The Senate has extended the implementation of the capital component of the 2022 budget from March 31 to June 30, 2023. The extension followed a request by President Muhammadu Buhari for the Senate to amend the time for implementation of the capital component of the 2022 Appropriation Act moved...

  The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said that Nigeria can build a climate-resilient economy by adopting climate-smart agricultural practices. The bank said this in its “Country Focus Report 2022 Nigeria: Supporting Climate Resilience and a Just Energy Transition’’, a copy of which was made available to newsmen in Abuja...

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu has directed the Legal Department of the Corps  to set in motion processes for the immediate prosecution of reckless drivers who were involved in the Liba and Bunza fatal crashes in order to protect the rights of passengers and...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its planned strike over the scarcity of naira notes across the country. NLC had planned to begin a nationwide indefinite strike from tomorrow, (Wednesday, March 29) and picketing of CBN offices across the country over the cash crunch that had brought untold hardships...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has expressed satisfaction over the replacement of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu. Business247 News had reported on Tuesday that Umar Damagum was announced as Ayu’s replacement in acting capacity. This comes two days after Ayu was suspended by...

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has replaced its suspended National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu with one of his deputies, Amb Umar Damagum. Damagum, who was the Deputy National Chairman (North), will occupy the seat in an acting capacity pending the determination of the substantive suit restraining Ayu from...

  The Federal Government, through the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF), has launched the Implementation of the Federal Public Service Entrepreneurship Programme (FPSEP) for the benefit of interested serving and exiting Officers in the Public Service. The Programme was launched by the Head...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has acknowledged a petition from one Gideon Christian, requesting an investigation into election and post-election violence in Nigeria, including alleged incitement to ethnic hate by Bayo Onanuga, the spokesperson of President-elect Bola Tinubu. The acknowledgement letter, dated March 27, 2023, with reference number OTP-CR-109/23, was...