archiveDecember 3, 2024

Renowned media practitioner Professor Tonnie Iredia will deliver a keynote address on "Democracy, Media Freedom and the Imperative of Protecting Nigeria's Civic Space" at the 2024 conference of the Nigeria Chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria). A statement by the organisation’s Secretary, Ahmed I. Shekarau, said the event...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC, is following with  keen interest,  the flurry of reactions to its record-breaking recovery of 753 duplexes and other apartments on Plot 109 Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District, Abuja.  The commentaries of reform-minded Nigerians to the Commission’s painstaking efforts in securing the final...

The former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has admonished northerners to refrain from opposing President Bola Tinubu’s proposed tax reform bills. The tax reform bills have since heated the polity with several northerners, including governors, lawmakers and other stakeholders criticising the bills as anti-north. They had claimed...

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Hassan Kukah, has expressed support for the proposed tax reform bills introduced by President Bola Tinubu, stating that they have the potential to curb the recklessness of the elite in the country. The clergyman shared his views during an appearance on Channels Television’s...

Some youths from the 19 northern states on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, staged a protest at the entrance of the National Assembly where they warned critics of the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibril, to desist from attacking him over the tax reform bill. The Deputy Senate President had in November...

  The House of Representatives on Tuesday, resolved to set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the circumstances that led to the mass retirement of 1,000 staff members of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The House also resolved to ascertain the N50bn payoff earmark for the settlement of the...

hands over startup electrical tools Driving the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s administration, aimed at creating wealth and employment opportunities for Nigerian youths, the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), has completed a 5-day training for 100 youths in Ebonyi State on Modern Methods of...

● why We are pro-workers- Governor Adeleke The entire Osun state public service unions have declared that there is no vacancy in the Osun Government House come 2026. The unions also affirmed that the full endorsement of Governor Ademola Adeleke for second term in office will be done at the...

The Acting United States Consul General, JoEllen Gorg, lauds the Innovation Week of Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, which is geared towards the technological revolution in the state, with youths who are trained in ground-breaking skills for entrepreneurship. The commendation came at the grand ceremony of this year's Anambra...

The Board of Directors of Greenwich Merchant Bank Limited has announced the appointment of Mr. Benson Ogundeji as its substantive Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, following the receipt of the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Chairman of the Board, Mr. Kayode Falowo, stated, "The Board is pleased...