Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has declared that the state government is yet to account for the whereabouts of 10 per cent of its population following the 12-year old insurgency in the North-East. As at 2016, available statistics indicated that...
“Budget fraud, procurement fraud, embezzlement of funds among other illegal actions, lead to failure in the delivery of services including education, water and health. People living in poor neighbourhoods have suffered so much that they consider poor service delivery...
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), has vowed to expose candidates caught in fraudulent acts during the board’s examination. Oloyede, who was speaking in Bwari on Friday, said that more than 10 candidates had written...
The Oil and Gas Free Trade Zones Authority (OGFZA) has attracted $16.6 billion Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) into the economy within a 20-year period covering 2001 and 2020. Managing Director, OGFZA, Mr. Okon Umana, disclosed this on Sunday while speaking...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Lagos “to compel the Federal Government to disclose details of proposed payments of N729 billion to 24.3 million poor Nigerians. It also demanded the mechanisms and...
Total merchandise trade increased by 23.28 per cent in Quarter Two (Q2, 2021) to N12.02 trillion from N9.75 trillion recorded in Q1, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The NBS said this on Sunday in Abuja in its...
Fifty-seven thousand personnel will be engaged at the 650,000 barrels-per-day world’s largest single refinery project, Dangote Refinery, located in Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos State. President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Ltd., Alhaji Aliko Dangote, made the disclosure while revealing plans to increase...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, says the judiciary will no longer condone indiscipline or allow any Judge to tarnish its image. The CJN gave the warning on Monday, in Abuja, at a marathon meeting with seven invited...
The Borno Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has sacked two Sharia Court Judges. A statement on Tuesday in Maiduguri signed by an official, Mr. S.K. Jidda, for Secretary of the Commission, said the decision was taken after the meeting of the...
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has stopped the operations of two iron and steel manufacturing companies in Ikorodu over alleged environmental laws violation. The General Manager of LASEPA, Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, gave the order on Monday when he...