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The Federal Government will on Monday inaugurate the board of the Securities and Exchange Commission to be chaired by Olufemi Lijadu. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the board’s constitution is coming four years after President Muhammadu Buhari sacked the former SEC board headed by Peter Obi. A senior …

Felix Owolabi, an ex-international, on Friday described the decision of world football governing body FIFA to take over the affairs of CAF as an embarrassment to the continent. Owolabi told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos State that it was a development that should not be coming at this …

It is one good, heartwarming news that Nigeria’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations (UN), Professor Tijjani Muhammad-Bande was recently elected unopposed to preside over the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) effective from September. He is the second Nigerian to occupy the exalted position after Gen. Joseph …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented that nepotism in Nigeria is obstructing the fight against corruption.In what seemed like reporting the country’s leadership to the world, the elder statesman, before a gathering of investors at the ongoing yearly meeting of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Moscow, accused the administration …

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reviewed its governorship nomination fee from N5 million to N20 million, an increase of 300 per cent. This is exclusive of an extra N1 million for Expression of Interest form, bringing the total amount to N21 million. Briefing journalists on the outcome of the 86th …

The 36 state governors, under the aegis of Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, said they would make their position on state police known soon, and raised a committee to discuss the issue and come up with a position. The governors on Wednesday night, held its first meeting after the election of …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has said it will soon ban the use of Paraquat and Atrazine products by farmers. The agency said it would mount evidence that the products hurt applicators and the environment. Dr Husman Bukar, the Director, Veterinary Medicine and Allied Products …

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mele Kyari to head the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). This is the second appointment the president will be making since his inauguration in May. Kyari, who is the current group General manager, crude marketing division, will assume office as NNPC GMD on July 7. …

The just-disbanded team was an unmitigated failure: true, there were a number of proven technocrats with impressive past records, but Buhari’s lack-lustre aura, his insouciant approach, sectionalism and poor leadership ensured that there was no sterling performance to speak of and the cabinet was dissolved with no major achievement or …

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria told President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday that the country’s economy remained “fragile”, much as it appreciated his commitment to perform better in his second term in office. “It is clear that our economy is still fragile,” the President of MAN, Mansur Ahmed, said when the …