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AfDB Plans Budget Support for Zambia After $6.3bn Debt Restructuring African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has pledged about $150 million budget support for Zambia after successful completion of the country’s debt restructuring programme, the regional lender said in a statement on Thursday. In the statement, AfdB said its President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has completed a […]

Circular Economy: Lagos to Enhance Investment Opportunities The Lagos State Government says it will ensure that the state remains innovative, thereby, creating investment opportunities. Mr Omobolaji Gaji, the Permanent Secretary,Office Of Environmental Services, Lagos State Ministry of the Environment, said this during a news conference on the Lagos Circular Economy Hotspot 2023 (LCEH2023) on Thursday […]

Ibadan Disco Unveils iRecharge to Ease Electricity Payment The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) in partnership with iRecharge Tech-Innovations has unveiled a payment platform, called i-Recharge to ease payment of electricity bills by customers. The i-Recharge is a payment platform which incorporates every meter with a permanent bank account number that allows customers to pay […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has closed its case in the ongoing Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. INEC, which is the first respondent, closed its case on Thursday without presenting any witnesses before the three-man panel led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay. At the resumed hearing, counsel to INEC, E. A. Oshayomi told the […]

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced legislation that would require the Supreme Court to adopt an ethics code, with Democrats following through on their pledge for legislative action after a series of reports about Justice Clarence Thomas’ relationship with a Republican real estate magnate. Called the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal and Transparency Act, the […]

Nigeria’s Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) have notified their customers that they will not receive offshore funds processed through unregistered payment services providers. The banks disclosed this via emails sent to their customers on Thursday. Investigations revealed that the directive came on the back of a newly released list of the 62 approved International Transfer Money […]

The Election Petition Tribunal in Sokoto state, on Wednesday adjourned sitting till August 26, for adoption of addresses as Gov. Ahmad Aliyu and All Progressive Congress (APC), led two witnesses to close defence. Tribunal Chairman, Justice Haruna Mshelia, adjourned the case after the Respondents, Gov. Ahmad Aliyu, his Deputy, Idris Gobir, and APC closed their […]

The Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, has decried the cost of fuelling patrol vehicles in the nation’s capital. This is because he complained that there are fewer vehicles and drivers to patrol the nation’s seat of power. Speaking during the visit of the AIG in charge of zone 7, Adebowale Williams, to […]

A state prosecutor on Thursday asked a London court to order the confiscation of more than 100 million pounds ($129 million) from Nigerian politician and ex-Delta State governor, James Ibori, Reuters report. Ibori had earlier been convicted for fraud in the United Kingdom and the ex-governor spent years in prison in Britain. Ibori was extradited […]

A Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, Face Of Waziri-Nigeria, FOWN, said strong indications have emerged of frantic effort to frustrate at least two of the Justices at Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, PEPT, to resign, in order to make mess of the judicial panel. The group’s Director General, comrade Bukky Adeniyi, stated this in a statement issued in […]

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has disclosed its readiness to commence the automation of the passport application process to eliminate the difficulties Nigerians experience while applying for passports. This was made known by the Acting Comptroller General of NIS, Caroline Adepoju, who appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme today. According to […]

The Anambra State Government says it has handed over 19-year-old Mmesoma Ejikeme, who forged her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result, to a psychotherapist for a three-month guidance and counselling The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, disclosed this at a press briefing in her office in Awka, on Thursday. Chuma-Udeh said Mmesoma would undergo […]