The focus of any new government is to ensure project execution for the electorate to benefit true dividends of democracy and good governance as a springboard for rapid economic transformation in a country. Though, President Muhammadu Buhari who took over…
By Saka Laaro, Ilorin Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 convicted and sentenced a 29-year-old Chinese National, Gang Deng, to five years imprisonment over offences bordering on illegal mining and…
By Idris Bakare Jaiz Bank, Nigeria’s premier Islamic bank has offered to finance equipment-upgrade projects of media organisations in the country. The new Managing Director (MD), Mr. Sirajo Salisu, told journalists in Abuja, that the bank was prepared to also…
By Idris Bakare The unorthodox foreign exchange policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has adversely impacted on the naira stability across all markets, and created huge premium between official and parallel market rates, the President of the Association…
By Olaleye Aanuoluwapo It has been said by the Bank Of America that The official rate has depreciated by less than 10 per cent since December 2021 even as the parallel rate is down by nearly a third within the…
By Ridwan Adekunle The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of three civil servants and a businessman for defrauding one Alhaji Bala Rabiu of N900,000 for fake Immigration jobs purportedly secured for six…
A Magistrate court sitting in Ilorin has granted bail to two siblings; Dare Akogun and Abdulrasheed Akogun remanded on Friday for allegedly defaming and inciting the public against the government of Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. The Magistrate, Muhammed Ibraheem granted the…
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested three suspected trans-border human traffickers in Osun. Mr Effeh Ekrika, NAPTIP Zonal Commander, on Wednesday in Osogbo said that the suspects were members of a syndicate that specialised…
Denis Mathew In a bid to curb the myriad of building collapse in the country, the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has gazetted laws that will guide the practices of Structural Engineers in the country and…
By Ibiyemi Mathew President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Nigeria Startup Bill into law. The Nigeria Startup Bill is a joint initiative by Nigeria’s tech startup ecosystem and the Presidency to harness the potential of the digital economy through co-created…
