The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has directed the establishment of a Public Complaints Desk at all the Zonal Directorates of the Commission and the Corporate Headquarters. The Desk, designed to be…
The naira is one of the worst-performing currencies in Sub-Saharan Africa for 2024. According to the latest edition of Africa’s Pulse, a report by the World Bank, as of August 2024, the naira had depreciated by 43% year-to-date, placing it…
THE Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions (NASU) has vehemently condemned the inauguration of the Federal Government’s renegotiation committee, which was established to address…
A Kano Upper Shari’a Court, on Wednesday, issued summons for two prosecution witnesses, Bashir Sale and Salisu Sani, to testify in the ongoing trial of Shafi’u Abubakar, 38, the alleged mosque arsonist. Abubakar, who lives in Gezawa Local Government Kano,…
Kenya‘s Senate commenced discussions on Wednesday regarding the impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, following the politician’s unsuccessful attempt to halt the proceedings through the courts. In a significant development last week, the National Assembly, the lower chamber of parliament,…
PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelensky to present his new strategy for ending the war in Ukraine to the Ukrainian parliament, his office announced in Kiev ahead of the extraordinary session on Wednesday. The president recently toured Western capitals, including Washington, London, Paris,…
THE House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to submit to the National Assembly the 2025 Appropriation Bill without further delay. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the call was sequel to the adoption of a…
THE 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Wednesday declared that Nigerians can no longer afford sustainable food with the nature of their income. Obi lamented that households are suffering due to hunger despite the rich arable lands…
EXECUTIVE Director of Oil Spill Victims Vanguard (OSPIVV), Harrison Jalla, has accused the Shell Trading and Shipping Company Limited (STATSCO) and its partners of diverting $1 billion insurance indemnity pollution claim intended for victims and communities in the Niger Delta…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu is likely telling himself that Nigerians whose lives have been upended by his Britton woods economy policies need to be patient and make more sacrifices for the economy to recover. In a recent speech, as usual, the…
