By Nkiruka Nnorom African nations, including Nigeria, have been charged to identify the loopholes and implementation challenges with their regulatory frameworks that can orchestrate Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) and resolve those challenges. Olabisi Akinkugbe, Viscount Bennett Professor of Law at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, made the call while delivering a keynote address […]

Delta State Executive Council (EXCO) meeting presided over by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, approved a budget size of N469.4 billion for the 2022 fiscal year.  The Commissioner for Economic Planning, Dr. Barry Pere-Gbe who disclosed this in a post Exco press briefing at Government House, Asaba, said the approval was in line with the […]

Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, led by the South South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, Thursday  cautioned  Politicians from the North, seeking to run for the Presidency in 2023 to wait till 2031 to ensure national harmony and peace.

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; economist and Founder, Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, Atedo Peterside; former Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria, Ibukun Awosika, as well as Founder, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (now GTCo) and FATE Foundation, Fola Adeola, have been confirmed for this year’s Women in Management, Business and Public Service, WIMBIZ, annual conference.

The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has announced the arrival of 3,577,860 doses of Pfizer vaccine for the public health and benefit of the Nigerian people through COVAX.

A former Presidential Candidate and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Mr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has hailed Tuesday’s decision by the Senate to approve the electronic transmission of results for the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC and the direct mode of primaries for political parties, saying it would help consolidate Nigeria’s democracy.

By Luminous Jannamike The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has said only the political parties should retain the right to settle the question of whether the candidates they field for elections should emerge through direct or indirect primaries. The General Secretary of CAN, Barrister Joseph Daramola, said this in a statement issued on Thursday in […]

Ahead of 2023 elections, Prof. Attahiru Jega, Former Chairman, Independent National Election Commission (INEC), Thursday said that the electronic transmission of results will reduce the rate of election fraud in Nigeria.

…says if 2016 rate of N197 to a dollar was sustainable 2022 budget would have been $83bn not $39bn Senator George Sekibo on Thursday said Nigeria’s inability to come up with a sustainable exchange rate is one of the major problems confronting the country. The Senator representing Rivers East Senatorial District using exchange rates between […]

A Nigerian agribusiness startup, BIC Farms Concepts, and 11 others drawn from across the world have won $230,000 in seed funding from Green Skills Innovation Challenge organised by Ashoka and HSBC Holding Plc. In a press statement released recently on the website of Ashoka, “Ashoka and HSBC scoured the globe to find a new type […]

By Fortune Eromosele A year after #EndSARS protesters were allegedly maltreated from police brutality, Civil Society Organisations, CSOs have stressed that every Nigerian has the legitimate right to protest, saying that the occurrences during the protests, were uncalled for. The CSOs disclosed this in a statement signed by ‘Yemi Adamolekun Executive Director, EiE Nigeria, Idayat […]

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has stated that the planned congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is going to hold as scheduled despite protest by…

By Emmanuel Elebeke The Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC’s) on Thursday confirmed its 97% readiness to begin full implementation of 5G deployment in the country. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, confirmed the readiness  status of the Commission for 5G technology deployment at the annual African Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTech 2021) held in […]

For people who pay close attention to up-and-coming hip-hop, it was obvious that young artiste PFrosh was going to pop. He initially surfaced in mid-2016 and started to get attention from the press in early 2017

The Federal government has expressed worry over the poor ranking of Nigerian institutions among the weakest in the world by the World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, describing it as a wake-up call