archiveJanuary 2025

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a consignment of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, concealed in a duvet and packaged for export to the United Kingdom through the cargo shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed...

The price of tomatoes has crashed in Lagos and some other parts of the country to what farmers attributed to the glut being experienced at the moment due to the harvest season. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a tomato glut is a situation where there is an...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu, over the alleged ”arbitrary, unconstitutional, unlawful, unfair, and unreasonable 50 per cent telecom tariff hike by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Also joined in the suit as defendants are the NCC, which recently approved the...

The President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Chief Davidson Chizuoke S. Alaribe, has commended the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) for its continuous compliance to the highest standards of integrity and transparency which is critical to the success of its operations in safeguarding depositors’ funds and...

BudgIT, a prominent civic tech organisation promoting transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s public finance, has noted recent publications across various media outlets that misrepresented our findings on Sokoto State's budget and fiscal transparency. While we appreciate the media’s role in fostering dialogue, these reports inaccurately represent our analysis, compelling us...

As a gesture of immortalizing a slain officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE1 Aminu Sahabi Salisu, the Commission has named the administrative block of its Academy in Karu, Abuja after him. Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede disclosed this...

One of Africa’s leading financial institutions, Zenith Bank has reaffirmed its dedication to employee welfare by announcing the promotion of over 4,000 staff members and implementing salary increases ranging from 20% to 30% across various employee grades. This bold initiative, under the leadership of Managing Director/CEO Dame Adaora Umeoji, its...

Hamas on Saturday freed four female Israeli soldiers held hostage, while Israel released 200 Palestine prisoners in an ongoing ceasefire deal. The exchanges of hostages and prisoners between Hamas and Israel mark the second phase of ceasefire agreement reached in Doha, Qatar. The four female Israeli soldiers; Liri Albag, Karina Ariev,...

The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (ARD-FCT) has suspended its three-day warning strike which started on Wednesday after the intervention of the Minister of the FCT, Nyesome Wike. The President of the Association, Dr. George Ebong, made the revelation in a statement he issued to newsmen...

A group, the Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria, has faulted the Nigeria Governors Forum’s VAT sharing formula for states in the proposed Tax Reform Bill. The group in a communiqué issued on the proposed bill at the end of its citizen’s engagement on Friday in Abuja, said...