admin

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has begun reconciliatory moves to resolve the political crisis in the state after his recent agreement with Minister Nyesom Wike in Abuja. Despite opposition from stakeholders like Edwin Clark and Chief Rufus Ada-Geroge, Governor Fubara is said to have directed officials to start implementing the peace deal brokered by President […]

The Zamfara State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded an apology from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over what it described as “fake story” which the anti- graft agency posted on its Instagram handle and later deleted it. The EFCC had on Saturday reportedly posted the report associating Zamfara State […]

By Femi Falana, SAN Corruption clearly represents one of the most serious political, economic and societal problems. Corruption harms communities and impacts the global economy. It victimizes society’s most vulnerable and marginalized individuals because it affects their ability to meet their basic needs, and reduces their chances of overcoming poverty and exclusion. Corruption also discourages […]

Ahead of the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Kano State governorship election, a popular Islamic cleric and a leading Tijjaniyya doctrine, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi has urged the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kayode Ariwoola, to ensure that the governorship election petition of the state is treated by the apex court with caution, justice […]

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “Because judges are part of government, acting on our behalf, we are entitled to require them to abandon their priesthood and to present their activities for assessment by laymen.” David Pannick, KC, Judges, p. 17 (1987) The Guardian’s obituary on Bernard Levin, the celebrated Times columnist who died in 2004 after […]

NEC Constitutes Committees on Crude Oil Theft, Economic Affairs The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday constituted committees on Economic Affairs and Crude Oil Theft and Management. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, the spokesperson of the Vice-President, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The committee was constituted following deliberations on critical economic matters […]

Restreaming PH Refinery will Spur LPG Supply, Halt Importation – Minister The Federal Government says re-streaming the Port Harcourt Refinery will increase supply of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), popularly known as cooking gas, and automatically halt importation. The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, said this on Thursday during an inspection of facilities […]

Average Price of 5kg Cooking Gas Stood at N4,828.18 in November- NBS The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N4,562.51 in October 2023 to N4,828.18 in November 2023. This is contained in the bureau’s “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for November 2023 released on Thursday in […]Read More

FCCPC Generates N56bn in 2023, Remits N22.4bn to Federation Account The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC),} 0says it raked N56 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2023 and remitted N22.4 billion to the Federal Government. Mr Babatunde Irukera, the Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC, said this at a strategic media engagement organised […]

Nigeria’s Unemployment Rate Increased to 4.2% in Q2 2023- NBS The National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) says the unemployment rate in Nigeria increased to 4.2 per cent in Q2 2023 from the 4.1 per cent recorded in Q1 2023. The NBS said this in its Nigeria Labour Force Survey for Q2 2023, released in Abuja on […]Read More

Nigerian Breweries Shareholders Approve 80% Distell Stake Acquisition The shareholders of Nigerian Breweries Plc have approved the acquisition of 80 per cent stake in Distell Wines and Spirits Nigeria Ltd. (Distell Nigeria) and the import business of Heineken Beverages (Holdings) Ltd. This is contained in a statement signed by Mrs Sade Morgan, the company’s Corporate […]

Equity Market All-Share Index Up by 1.21% The All-Share Index, one of the performance indices of the equity market of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd, on Thursday rose by 891.31 points or 1.21 per cent, to hit 74, 289.02 as against 73,397.71 recorded on Wednesday. Also, the market capitalisation gained N487.74 billion or 1.21 per cent […]Read More