Former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Peter Okebukola, has stated that the Nigerian Education sector needs to be reformatted to achieve the needed change. Okebukola, who is also the Chairman of Council, Crawford University and Chairman, Board of Trustees, Caleb University, stated this while speaking as the guest lecturer for the Second Convocation […]
Festus Keyamo, a Senior Advocate in this interview with PETER FOWOYO, speaks on the committee set up by the National Judicial Council (NJC), to monitor looters trial, the fight against corruption, integrity of the legal profession and salient other issues. Speculation is rife that the inclusion of lawyers in the committee set up by the […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Capital Market Committee (CMC) has sustained effort at building a formidable market. However, the commission’s effort continues to encounter resistance thereby limiting accomplishments. The commission, through the CMC, has however laid out many good initiatives, such as review of the market laws, e-dividend registration, stoppage of cheque, e-dividend payment, […]
……Commends EFCC for a good job The Industrial Global Union has called on the Federal Government to urgently reconstitute the board of National Pension Commission (PenCom) to safeguard pension assets in the country. Comrade Issa Aremu, General Secretary NUTGTWN and Vice President, Industrial Global Union made this remarks at the Industrialization Day Policy dialogue, organized […]
A formidable group in Anambra State has vehemently warned electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), political parties, police and other major agencies to eschew any planned arrangement targeted towards manipulating the November 18 governorship election. The group, Independent Media Support Organisation (IMSO), released the warning during a press conference in Awka, the state […]
The Presidential Media Team has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is changing the narrative of criminal prosecution in the country. In an excerpt from its forthcoming book, the team stated that the nation’s leading anti-graft agency was setting a new standard for law enforcement with its unprecedented achievements in the last […]
An operative from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdullahi Lawal, on Friday painted a graphic details of how a Federal High Court Judge, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia tried to cover her tracks with 11 mobile phones while she was being investigated. It was at the resumed trial of Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia alongside a Senior Advocate of […]
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has disclosed that the total statutory releases by the Federal Government as FGN-UBE Matching Grant from 2005 to October 31, 2017 stood at three hundred and eighty billion, fifty-two million, five hundred and thirteen thousand, four hundred and ninety-one naira, seventy six kobo (N380, 052,513,491.76). This is even as […]
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of Flat 7B Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos where the sums of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000 were discovered stashed in iron cabinets and “Ghana-must-go” bags in April. Justice Saliu Saidu ordered the forfeiture of the building to the Federal Government on Thursday following an ex […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered 36,000 eligible voters during the second quarter of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Abia State, an official has said. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr. Joseph Iloh, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Friday. […]
The Independent National Election Commission (INEC) has expressed its determination to deploy 400,000 ad-hoc staff from other states to Anambra state for the conduct of the governorship election in the area on November 18. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr. Nkwachukwu Orji, disclosed this during the Election Management System Implementer Workshop for INEC […]
As part of its strategies to settle the over one 1.4 trillion fine imposed on the telecommunication giant, MTN by the Nigerian government in 2015, the company is contemplating raising more funds from the capital market through an initial public offer (IPO), just as it re-affirmed plans to make more investments in Iran. The Chief […]
The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has inaugurated the Edo Boundary Committee with a charge to address intra and inter-local government boundary disputes in the state. Obaseki said that the state would no longer allow boundary disputes to degenerate to conflicts that affect economic activities in the state. He explained that despite his […]
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Rev Dr. Uja Tor Uja, has described the Adamawa State Governor, Senator Muhammadu Umaru Jibrila Bindow as blind to religious bigotry. Uja said this on Tuesday while presenting an award to the governor at a dinner and award night ceremony in Abuja. He gave a […]
The Senate has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his expedient assent to the North East Development Commission (NEDC) Bill recently passed by the National Assembly. The commendation followed a motion moved by the Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, on Wednesday during plenary on the assent of the NEDC Bill. The Senate described the commission as a […]
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it will boost digital learning by linking the entire Niger Delta region with fiber optics that will facilitate internet penetration and spread. The Chairman of the NDDC Governing Board, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, said this when members of the Governing Council and Management of the Cross River State […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared All Progressive (APC) candidate, Alhaji Abdullahi Kalambaina, as winner of Saturday’s Kware/Wamakko Federal Constituency’s bye-election in Sokoto State. Kalambaina polled 31,288 votes to defeat his closest rival, Alhaji Aminu Bello-Kware of the People Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 7,205. The Returning Officer, Prof. Abdulatif Usman, said […]
No fewer than 125,198 eligible voters have registered for the first and second quarters in the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) in Enugu State. The state Independent National Electoral Commissioner Mr Emeka Ononamadu said this in a interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Saturday. He said 56,562 eligible persons registered in […]
Kenya’s electoral commission has announced an estimated 34.5 percent voter turnout after the country’s presidential election rerun which was marred by opposition boycott, protests and deadly clashes. According to Agency report,the Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said on Thursday that 35, 564 polling stations opened for the election out of the 40, 883 in the […]
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), has challenged the Federal Government to ensure a thorough and holistic investigation into the facts surrounding the sudden re-emergence of former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina, accused of complicity in a multi-billion pension naira scam and give due punishment for […]