THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn a suit it filed against the Kogi State Government seeking the forfeiture of the N20billion bailout funds allegedly granted to the Kogi State Government. The EFCC explained that it is expedient…
THE House of Representatives has asked that the oil bench mark for the 2022 Budget proposal should be set at $60 per barrel. This will be different from the $57 brought by the executive. The House also called for zero…
NIGERIA has allocated the sum of N100 billion for the forthcoming general elections in 2023, emerging reports have indicated. The national budget for the economic year was also reportedly increased by N2.47 trillion to to N16.45 trillion. The detailed expenditure…
THE General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has described as worrisome Nigeria’s current economic woes. Adeboye said he was alarmed when he learned that debt servicing alone gulps a high percentage of the…
GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the November 6 election in Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has promised to create 130,000 jobs annually for youths in the state if voted into power. He also promised to…
WIKE AND THE VAT LAW – “You grow the kola, we eat it” FOR more than half a century, since July 29 1967 to be exact, the North has gotten whatever it wants from Nigeria through brigandage, force of arms…
Omooba Olumuyiwa Sosanya, renowned accountant and technocrat is founding president, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), one of the umbrella bodies regulating professional accountants in the country. In this interview with IBRAHIM APEKHADE YUSUF, Omooba Sosanya who doubles as a…
Press Conference THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands the immediate resignation and prosecution of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, going by allegations by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that he superintended over massive looting…
THE Gombe State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an oil and gas company, Rift Oil and Petroleum Company, for the exploration of petroleum products in the state. Governor Inuwa Yahaya, who chaired the signing ceremony on…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to amend the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021. He made the request in a letter read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, during plenary on Tuesday on the floor of the upper chamber…
