●Rejects agency to regulate transport industry, profession ●Oshiomhole says FRSC no longer effective A bill seeking the establishment of a federal agency for the conduct of local government elections in Nigeria was introduced in the Senate on Thursday. Entitled…
OVER the years, subnational governments have had various investment interests in good old real estate, telecoms, oil exploration assets and lately agricultural production The more savvy the leadership the better the structure and eventual outcomes down the line. Particularly,…
Exclusive Networks, a globally trusted cybersecurity specialist for digital infrastructure, today announced it has become the first Distributor Partner to achieve Diamond-Level certification in Infoblox’s Skilled to Secure Partner Program for EMEA as it gears up for growth with a new Infoblox Professional…
THE Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved a loan of $260.4 million to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help finance the Project to Support the Development of Value Chains as part of its…
THE immediate-past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has demanded the withdrawal of Justice Rilwan Aikawa from the suit he filed to challenge the report of the state House of Assembly that convicted him of N423bn theft. His demand nonetheless,…
FORMER President Trump closed the Republican convention with a lengthy speech that began with a call for unity and a sober retelling of the attempt on his life, but pivoted to grudges and attacks on Democrats.
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington next week, the White House said on Friday. “We have every expectation that the two leaders will have the chance to see each other…
SHABANA Mahmood, a British-Pakistani Kashmiri-origin Birmingham MP, has been sworn in as the United Kingdom’s new Lord Chancellor at a ceremony at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Tuesday. According to the Lancashire Telegraph, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood…
THE Police on Thursday restricted the Non-Teaching Staff Unions in the Universities from carrying out a planned streets protest in Abuja over their members’ withheld salaries and other sundry issues The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the unions…
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) announced on Thursday the approval of a $1bn loan to Transnet, South Africa’s state-owned rail and ports company. This loan is fully guaranteed by the South African government and will finance the initial phase of…
