By Kayode Tokede The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to host the 2021 edition of Budget Seminar virtually on Thursday. The theme of the event is “Financing Nigeria’s Budget and Infrastructure Deficits through the Capital Market.” Expected as…
A Kaduna State High Court, on Monday, adjourned the “secret trial” of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, until March 31. Justice Gideon Kurada adjournment the matter after over six hours…
Thousands of passengers plying Badagry-Lagos road were on Monday stranded at various bus stops as commercial bus and cab drivers continued their strike in the area. Our Correspondent reports that the commercial vehicle drivers had on March 4 withdrew their…
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), on the occasion of his 64th birthday. Sanwo-Olu in a statement on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, described Osinbajo as a…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office today March 8, 2021 arraigned one Odejobi Temitope Michael before Justice E. N. Alukwu of the State High Court sitting in Enugu on one count charge bordering on stealing to…
By Tobi Adetunji The Lagos State Commsioner of Police CP Hakeem Odumosu yesterday paraded one hundred and thirteen violators of COVID-19 protocols. The alleged violators who were arrested on Sunday at Garbana Club, Ajao Estate and DNA Club, Victoria Island,…
The Court of Appeal in Benin has set aside the judgement of the lower court that nullified the candidacy of pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s running mate,Mr Ganiyu Audu in the Sept. 19 Edo governorship poll. Mr Oshoakpemhe Kadiri, a chieftain of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday said that Lagos indigenes alerted it about the alleged N127 million fraud at the Lagos State Scholarship Board. Our Correspondent reports that Mr Usman Adamu, an investigator with the anti-graft agency,…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved two grants of $1.3 million for research aimed to increase African women’s access to a range of digital financial services, including loans and micro-insurance. According to a statement from the AfDB on Monday,…
By Joshua Elekwachi, Abuja The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has said the Federal Government through the implementation of Finance Acts 2019 and 2020, is providing tax relief and other support to Micro, Small and…
