Bola Tinubu, the president of Nigeria, shouldn’t serve as both the minister of petroleum and the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), according to former governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. Speaking at The Bank Directors Summit on Thursday at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja’s Congress Hall, Sanusi made the utterance. After taking office, President…
The plan for Procter & Gamble (P&G), an American global consumer products company, to leave the nation has been met with grief by the Presidency. The corporation bemoaned how tough it is getting to conduct business in Nigeria as a result of problems with the macroeconomic climate and the Dollar Naira exchange rates. Hundreds of…
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate 2023, pleads with President Tinubu-led administration to survey the national budget and make health, education, and poverty reduction top priority. Peter Obi made this request in a statement posted on his official X account. He bemoaned the fake money set aside for presidential visits and stated that…
The first trial in Africa of two combination vaccines to prevent HIV has been halted after researchers concluded it was not working. The vaccines (part of the PrEPVacc study) were being tested on 1,500 people aged between 18 and 40 in Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa. The African-led trial, which began in December 2020, was…
In the order to acquire justice, the Ogun State Government has announced a N50 million reward for individuals who will provide information leading to the apprehension of those responsible for the murder of Taiwo Oyekanmi, the former Director of Finance and Administration in Governor Dapo Abiodun’s office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. The murder took olace on…
Nigeria is currently engaged in negotiations with India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for the procurement of Tejas fighter jets. The chairman of the military hardware manufacturer also mentioned Argentina, Egypt and the Philippines as countries they were discussing with to purchase these aircraft. The Chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics, C. B. Ananthakrishnan, disclosed this on Thursday, according…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has said it rescued and received 21,181 victims of human trafficking in 20 years. The Director General of NAPTIP, Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi, said this when she appeared before the Senate Committee on Social Duties for the defence of the 2024 budget. She said the agency…
The International Air Transport Association has warned the Central Bank of Nigeria that some foreign airlines may be forced to quit the Nigerian markets if nothing is done about the $790m ticket revenue currently trapped in the country. Switzerland, on Thursday also said Lagos and Abuja airports had been ranked the most expensive gateways in…
The University of Ilorin has granted a 25 per cent school fees deduction to children of its staff members. The discount was approved by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Wahab Egbewole, SAN, following a meeting with university-based union leaders on Thursday. The Registrar, Mr. Mansur Alfanla, shared the update in an interview with UNILORIN Bulletin. The tweet…
Spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Olumuyiwa Adejobi has warned drivers in Nigeria that fixing additional headlamps on vehicles and tricycles is an offence. The warning was issued in a tweet via his official X handle on Thursday, Adejobi emphasized that such cases could be treated as either a traffic or criminal offence depending…
