Court orders Buhari’s minister to account for N729 billion The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in a landmark judgment, has ordered Ms Sadia Umar-Farouk, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development to account for payments of N729bn to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months. The court also ordered
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SERAP gives CBN 7 days to ‘account for missing N100bn dirty notes, other public funds’ Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), “to account for and explain the whereabouts of the over N100 billion ‘dirty and bad notes’ and ‘other large sum
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Seplat Energy Named Daily Independent’s Indigenous Oil & Gas Company of the Year Seplat Energy PLC, a leading Nigerian independent energy company listed on both the Nigerian Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, has clinched the Daily Independent Newspaper’s Indigenous Oil & Gas Company of the Year Award. The company was recognised for recording remarkable
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NCC Extends Submission of Application for Hackathon The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has extended the deadline for submission of applications and entries into the 2023 Talent Hunt through Hackathon to Saturday, September 30, 2023. To this end, the deadline for application/entries into the contest, which opened on September 1, 2023, and initially
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CJN Pronounces NCC Worthy Telecom Regulator The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has pronounced the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), a worthy telecom regulator in Nigeria for its dedicated efforts in promoting awareness and knowledge of Information Communications Technologies (ICT), among the judiciary in particular, and the Nigerian public. The CJN
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MINILS Confers Fellowship on Danbatta for Empowering National Workforce The Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS) has decorated the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, with the award of Fellowship of the Nigeria Institute of Labour (NIL) under the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment. At the
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EVC/CEO RECEIVES BRIEFINGS FROM MANAGEMENT, PLEDGES TO LEARN FROM AND CORRECT PAST MISTAKES The new Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Halilu, has charged the management team to commit fully to the new direction being charted for the agency. Halilu stated this Monday, as he
Nigeria’s Telecom Contribution to GDP Hits 16% – Danbatta · Says broadband penetration to hit 50% by year-end The telecommunications sector’s contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased significantly to 16 per cent in the second quarter of 2023, according to the data reported by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) based on
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Spaces for Change Hosts 2nd Edition of Extractive Dialogue By Eyo Nsima Spaces for Change (S4C), a non-profit organization working to infuse human rights into social and economic governance processes in Nigeria, has concluded plans to host the 2nd edition of its National Extractives Dialogue. In a statement obtained by The
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NIGERIA: President Bola Tinubu duly elected President of Nigeria — Tribunal By Our Correspondent The Presidential election tribunal has upheld the election of Bola Tinubu as the duly elected President of Nigeria. .Details coming later
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