Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has said the private sector forms an integral half of the crucial foundation that holds the Nigerian government. He noted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is committed to creating an environment that fosters entrepreneurship and innovation. This, according to him, explains why the president’s vision for Nigeria is grounded in eight priority areas, including poverty eradication, economic growth, job creation, and equitable access to capital. The Vice President spoke on Thursday, 30 November, 2023, while commissioning some projects, including the Ijele 93.1 FM Radio Station, Phase Two of the SEOF Touch-a-Life Housing Project and the…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The 10th prosecution witness, PW10, in the trial of Nigerian singer, Azeez Fashola, (a.k.a Naira Marley), Dein Whyte, an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, 30 November, 2023, told Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how Visa, a card payment platform, flagged one of the credit card details found on a device belonging to the singer, due to fraudulent transactions. Naira Marley is standing trial on 11-count charges bordering on conspiracy and credit card fraud brought against him by the EFCC. Led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Bilikisu…
Former Presidential Aide and in-house political analyst with Channel TV, Laolu Akande, has warned that Nigeria’s energy poverty problem posed a greater threat to national life while advising the Federal Government to jointly tackle the menace alongside the climate change crisis. Akande made this call while featuring on Channels TV News at 10, to discuss the two-week United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), ongoing in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai. He mentioned that while a major percentage of Africans lack access to modern energy sources, scores of millions of Nigerians, Akande said, struggle with energy problems with inadequate and depreciating…
Ogun State Government on Friday, 1 December, 2023, said it will continue to make land available to genuine investors who are ready to do business in the state. The state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, stated this at the distribution of Certificates of Occupancy to 5,000 beneficiaries at the Oba’s Complex, Oke-Mosan Abeokuta. Governor Abiodun represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, said in keeping with the plans of the present administration to make the state the investors hub not only in Nigeria, but the West African sub-region, the process of acquiring land in the state…
Zenith Bank Plc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute to promote efforts and activities that support the formation, training, and updating of human capital in finance and investment for the overall development of the Nigerian financial services sector. The MoU, was signed by the Group Managing Director/CEO of Zenith Bank Plc, Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu; the President/CEO of the CFA Institute, Margaret Franklin; and the President of CFA Society Nigeria, Ibukun Oyedeji on Tuesday, 28 November, 2023. Speaking at the MoU signing ceremony, the Group Managing Director/CEO of Zenith Bank Plc, Dr. Ebenezer…
The Ogun State Government has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Oluwanisola Cattle Market, Kara Isheri, Ifo Local Government Area of the state, to come up with amicable resolution to issues of poor environmental condition of the market and revenue remittance to government’s coffers. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Bolu Owotomo gave the directive at a meeting held with the leaders of the market, led by Seriki Hausa Community, Alhaji Mohammed Badamosi in his office at Oke-Mosan, saying if necessary steps were not taken within the speculated period, drastic steps would be taken by the state government. Owotomo said the…
THE First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON has stated that the fight against HIV/AIDS can only be won with the active involvement of leaders of various communities. She was speaking in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe at the commemoration of the Year 2023 World AIDS Day with the theme “Let Communities Lead”. The gathering which was organized by the First Lady of Zimbabwe, Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa ahead of the 22nd edition of the International Conference on AIDS and STI in Africa (ICASA), had participants from the United Nations and other sister agencies speak about the need to scale up advocacy…
…says SDP trying desperately to cover ‘heist committed in Kogi East’, corrupt INEC documents The Kogi State All Progressives Congress Governorship Campaign Council has called on the Police, Department of State Services and other security agencies to immediately arrest what it described as the slide to anarchy in the state by arresting the Governorship Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Muritala Yakubu Ajaka, and his supporters who allegedly masterminded the attack on the residence of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state in the early hours of Friday, 1 December, 2023. The APC Campaign Council said the attack was perpetrated…
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Thursday, 30 November, 2023 arraigned 12 officers before a disciplinary panel for various offenses bothering on corrupt practices and absenteeism in line with the extant rules as guided by the Lagos State Civil Service Rules and Regulations. The Acting General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Bakare Oki Olalekan disclosed that the disciplinary panel which was statutorily constituted with three Permanent Secretaries in attendance adjudicated cases of corrupt practices levied against the 12 officers and forwarded their recommendations to the State Civil Service Commission for ratification in line with the Public Service…
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, 30 November, 2023, said discussions are in top gear with the exploration of oil in Tongeji Island and Olokola in Ipokia and Ogun Waterside local government areas of the state respectively. The Governor noted that the state would soon be given the frontier status and join the league of oil-producing states in the country. Prince Abiodun stated this, during the presentation of the year 2024 Appropriation Bill christiened “Budget of Sustained Growth and Development” at the Ogun State House of Assembly. The Governor said: “Discussions are ongoing regarding the exploration of…