THE International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-idb.org), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group and Asia Alliance Bank have inked an agreement to bolster trade financing for Uzbekistan’s private sector, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Under…
IN a landmark decision, the Senegalese Constitutional Council has declared the postponement of the February 25 presidential election, initially decreed by President Macky Sall, as “illegal”. During a crucial meeting on Thursday, the council revoked the president’s decree, which had…
MEMBERS of the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who are activists/volunteers, farmers and land users, from adjoining forest reserves and farmers of the state, who are members of APC and its extended faithful, have been urged…
IN a landmark ruling, a Federal High Court in Abuja has directed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF) to resume the investigation and prosecution of those responsible for the 1986 murder of Dele Giwa, the…
IN apparent furtherance of President Bola Tinubu’s pledge to tackle factors responsible for escalating prices of things in the country, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Friday morning sealed popular Abuja discount supermarket Sahad Stores. GWG.ng reports…
THE Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) (www.ICD-ps.org), a Jeddah-based supranational, has printed a USD 500 million Sukuk maturing in February 2029. The Sukuk issuance, which was oversubscribed with an orderbook over USD 2.2 billion, subscribed…
NIGERIA NATION, THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE (Part 1) THE PAST FROM LORD LUGARD TO BALEWA Nigeria as a nation became one in a visible entity in the year 1914 when Lord Fredrick Lugard amalgamated the Southern and Northern protectorates…
THE Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Rivers Marine Command, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Bashir Mohammed Lawal has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on its rising effectiveness in tackling the menace of economic and financial crimes and…
A former Governor of Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, on Thursday, urged President Bola Tinubu to implement some of the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference Report on community policing and restructuring. Shekarau, also a former Minister of Education, made…
INTRODUCTION The last instalment of this series started off with the spectacular failure of former President Muhammadu Buhari, and moved on to lament about the disappearance of our societal values; continued with how Nigeria has borrowed her future, pays for…
