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A complete reorientation on the exercise of regulatory authority is needed in order for businesses and investors to thrive in Nigeria. This was the conclusion of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) after receiving a report of an Ad-Hoc Committee of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PEBEC, on Agro-Export and the presentation of a National Action Plan 7.0 today at …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – Sharon O. Ikeazor, Honourable Minister of State in the Federal Ministry of Environment, yesterday told Nigerians said that even though the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has less than a year and six months to wind up, it is still very committed to  the clean-up of Ogoni land. Ikeazor who made this disclosure …

… EDSTMA says it has trained Over 1,200 Drivers Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government will introduce bye-laws and other measures to check recklessness among drivers. The governor disclosed this after inspecting facilities of the Edo State Traffic Control and Management Agency (EDSTMA), including the Drivers Training Academy and Manpower Development Centre. He said, “Traffic …

*Adds: It’s the responsibility of the Bar to uphold prestige of the judiciary *VP attends Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria Annual Dinner Members of the Bar are custodians, not owners of the Nigeria’s Justice system, whose responsibility it is to uphold the prestige of the judiciary, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo told a gathering of the Body of Senior Advocates …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku A court of Appeal in Catania, Italy, has quashed various sentences and fines imposed on Nigerians by an Italian court over mafia-related charges as contained in the BIS Law of Italy. The Appeal Court has ordered their immediate release.  The Nigerians, Kingrney Ewiarion, Michael Osokay, Sunday Aghaulor, Famous William, Fedeli Okowe and Juliet Benjamin were arrested …

It is common in the social media these days for people to do a countdown to the end of the President Muhammadu Buhari government. They seem in so much hurry to see its back, that they cannot hide their excitement. Their main grouse is that the retired general made lots of promises especially of a secured, peaceful, prosperous and happy Nigeria, …

With the curtain down on 2021, Nigerian women operating in the tech industry have closed mouth-watering deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars, started new ventures and promoted the cause of gender equality. With just 22 per cent of the total number of engineering and technology university graduates each year in Nigeria, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), …

*APC no longer a political party, but election platform, ex-PGF DG laments Governors and top leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, are split over the presidential aspiration of the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. File: National Leader, All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu The division is affecting zoning of National Working Committee, NWC, and National …

A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted bail to a Nigerian-Canadian businessman, Edrian Ididia Osagie, held by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N84 million fraud. Ruling on his bail application in suit number FHC/L/CS/1742/2021, Justice Daniel Osiagor held that the surety is to either provide a house which value is not less than N85 million …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has released a guide for bank customers and others on how and where they can lodge complaints against financial institutions regulated by it. The financial institutions include commercial banks, microfinance banks, primary mortgage institutions, and discount houses. The CBN noted that it had earlier issued a circular directing all banks to expand their existing ATM …