The Rivers State government has demanded for a refund of the sum of N300 million from the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for the relocation of it’s 2025 annual general conference earlier slated to hold in Port Harcourt to Enugu. The state government, in a statement issued yesterday by the senior special assistant on Media to…
The Awyetu Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), located at Bwari General Hospital, Abuja has received a total of 345 Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) cases from 2020 to 2024 Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, Mandate Secretary, Health Services and Environment Secretariat, Federal Capital Territory Administration stated this in Abuja on Tuesday. Fasawe made the disclosure when Dr…
The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) has called on African governments to deepen collaboration with the private sector to strengthen the continent’s oil and gas value chain. PETAN Chairman, Mr. Wole Ogunsanya, made the call at the 4th Conference and Exhibition on Local Content in the African Oil and Gas Industry (CECLA), organised by…
The Federal Government says it has trained no fewer than 200,000 Nigerians on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies in order to build a digitally skilled workforce for the country. Chief Uche Nnaji, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at the 10th Annual Symposium and Awards of the…
Concerns are growing among Nigerian bank customers following the introduction of a 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on certain electronic banking services, with many warning that the increasing cost of banking could discourage usage. Customers who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja called on the Central Bank of Nigeria…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reiterated its commitment to providing credible, high-quality, and accessible data to support evidence-based policymaking aimed at driving sustainable national development and transformational change. The Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of the NBS, Adeyemi Adeniran, made this known on Monday in Abuja during an event to…
By AMINA SAMUEL KADUNA A Civil Society Organisation (CSO) has initiated a fresh nationwide campaign aimed at tracing and recovering looted public assets both within Nigeria and abroad, in light of growing concerns regarding the country’s dwindling public revenue and rampant corruption. The Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Public Integrity (CeFTiPI) convened a sensitisation symposium…
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned the restriction order issued on the 2023 Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi in Edo, describing it as unacceptable. ADC’s National Spokesperson, Mallam Bolaji Abdulahi, stated during a news conference in Abuja on Sunday. Abdullahi said that the pronouncements credited to Gov. Monday Okpebholo that Obi or opposition…
The Interior Minister, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, have urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a suit challenging the implementation of the proposed expatriates taxation regime. Tunji-Ojo and Fagbemi made the call in separate preliminary objections filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo. Earlier when…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate in 2023, Adewole Adebayo, has described former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai’s defection to the party as a welcome development, saying it is time for good politics. Adebayo, while reacting to el-Rufai’s defection from All Progressives Congress (APC) on his X handle, described the former governor as…
