New study shows how to transform the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement into an enabler of sustainable trade in biodiversity as a key driver of an environmentally friendly recovery from the coronavirus pandemic AFRICA is one of the most…
THE Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has sought greater collaboration with financial institutions in the country as a way of tackling fraudulent election financing, foreign exchange malpractices and money laundering. Speaking on Thursday, August…
THE Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has charged members of the Board of the NNPC Greenfield Refinery Limited (NGRL), to explore all available options to bring an end to the current challenge…
FEDERAL Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) maintained N4.973 trillion unsubstantiated balances in their accounting records in 2019, it was learnt yesterday. The Auditor General of the Federation (AuGF), Adolphus Aghughu, announced this when he submitted the 2019 Audit Report to…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja Zonal Command, today Wednesday, August 18, 2021 arraigned Princess Carol Ngozi alongside her company, Carolina Luxury Homes, before Justice Hamza Muázu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja on…
ASSOCIATION of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, has stepped up its agitation for the restoration of gratuity to public service employees, saying the stoppage of payment of gratuity to public service employees is very unfortunate. President of ASCSN, Dr…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the Implementation Framework for the newly signed Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), 2021 The President also named Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, to head the Steering Committee that will drive the implementation…
• Zambia was Africa’s first pandemic-era sovereign default • Hichilema promises not to let people down ZAMBIAN President Edgar Lungu conceded defeat on Monday, after a landslide election win by opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, who will face the challenge of…
NIGERIA’S Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has reacted to a lawsuit filed by 36 state Attorney-generals over the government’s failure to remit funds into the federal account. They also prayed the court to declare that…
•Oil Industry law ‘a recipe for disaster’ GOVERNORS have picked holes in the Petroleum Industry Act signed by President Muhammad Buhari on Monday. They described the law as a recipe for disaster. The governors identified six unfavourable areas in an…
