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The Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio says the 10th National Assembly will not review the social media regulation bill since there are laws already guiding the use of the media. Akpabio was represented by the Senate Committee Chairman on ICT, Sen. Shuiab Salisu, at the Parliamentarian Symposium of Africa Internet Governance Forum (AIGF), hosted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) …

Dangote Refinery is set to begin refining petrol by November 30, 2023, and diesel and jet fuel operations by October 2023, the group’s executive director Devakumar Edwin says.  In an interview with S&P Global Commodity Insights on Monday, Edwin added that the refinery would receive its first crude cargo in two weeks’ time and would begin producing up to 370,000 …

Candidate of the Labour Party, Presidential Election Petition Court, r. Peter Obi, has filed 51 grounds of appeal before the Supreme Court to invalidate the election of President Bola Tinubu. Obi, in his appeal, maintained that the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, erred in law and thereby reached a wrong conclusion when it dismissed the petition he lodged to challenge …

“Nigeria has never been more ready for business than it is now,” he said. President Bola Tinubu has said Nigeria is no longer settling for crumbs and leftovers on the investment agenda of the world’s most prolific energy conglomerates. Mr Tinubu stated this when he played host to a delegation consisting of the global leadership of an Oil & Gas transnational …

Determined to nullify the election of President Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, lodged 35 grounds of appeal before the Supreme Court. Atiku, through his team of lawyers led by Chief Chris Uche, SAN, is praying the Apex court to set aside the judgement the Court of Appeal delivered on …

*Says stable Naira to economic growth, foreign investment The United States yesterday called for the digitisation of government services in Nigeria stressing this is critical to curbing corruption in the country U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo, made this call at a press briefing in Lagos to round up a three-day visit to Nigeria. Adeyemo also said that …

• Nigeria to seek partnership for AI development, service provision, others• Tijani assures of positive returns for tech sector, economy President Bola Tinubu will today address world leaders in his debut at the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), held under the Presidency of Dennis Francis of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, at the UN headquarters in New York, …

• Corruption stalls CBN, W’Bank deal• Stakeholders call for metering subsidy amidst high price• Worries over calibration failure, faster reading as meters undergo upgrades Amidst a harsh economic reality and the gross failure of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) to deliver basic services, it appears that the masses may have to shoulder the responsibility of providing electricity meters worth …

The leadership of the Senate might downplay celebration of the chamber’s 100 days in office, given concerns over state of the economy, insecurity, and urgent need to prepare the 2024 budget. This emerged as pressure mounts on the Presidency to submit the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) to the National Assembly to speed up processing …

Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Femi Falana and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, have waded into the dispute between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the Senator representing the FCT, Ireti Kingibe. The senior lawyers noted that the FCT minister in terms of execution of duties was not answerable to Kingibe or the National Assembly. The FCT lawmaker had warned …