The lawmaker representing Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal Constituency constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Donald Ojogo has called on President Bola Tinubu to address the age-long alienation of the South West in appointments into the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Ojogo said the exclusion of the South …

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has sanctioned defaulting companies N12.09billion monetary fines, LEADERSHIP learnt. This is aside the N12.440 billion principal contributions recouped, making a total payment of N24.5billion by employers who failed to remit the pension contributions of their workers as and when due. The penalty payment was for …

  The governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State Sen Samuel Anyanwu, has assured his political party stakeholders that they will never regret having him as their party gubernatorial candidate in the forthcoming November 11    governorship election in the state. Anyanwu disclosed this while thanking  PDP leaders …

A stakeholder in Nigeria’s energy sector and former presidential candidate, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has said Nigeria will exceed the projection of Price Water Cooper on emerging as the 9th largest economy in the world by 2050 with the right policy mix. Olawepo-Hashim stated this yesterday at a press briefing, while …

Following the controversy generated by a candidate of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME),  Ejikeme Mmesoma, who had reportedly forged and inflated her result, the family of the student yesterday stood behind their daughter, claiming that  there was a conspiracy to deny her, her hard-earned academic success. JAMB had in a …

Dr. Alex Otti- Abia State Governor The Abia State governor, Dr. Alex Otti, on Monday launched a new digital tax system that would help the state eliminate fraud and intermediaries in revenue generation. The new system, which integrates free medical insurance scheme for all commercial vehicle drivers and riders of …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has slammed a three-year ban against Mmesoma Ejikeme, the examination candidate who allegedly falsely inflated her exam scores. It insisted that the result being paraded by the student is fake and that its system cannot be compromised. The board made this known in …

  The removal of the fuel subsidy in Nigeria caused a sharp strengthening of price pressures in June. In turn, rates of expansion in output and new orders softened but remained marked nonetheless. Business confidence dipped to a near-record low. Intensifying inflationary pressures encouraged companies to expand inventories to try and get ahead of further price increases. Meanwhile, …

The inability of a plaintiff’s counsel, Prof. Abiodun Amuda-Kannike, SAN, to serve the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with processes stalled hearing in a suit seeking disqualification of Mr Timipre Sylva of the APC from contesting in the Nov. 11 Bayelsa governorship poll. The matter, which was scheduled for hearing, …

A compliance officer at Access Bank Plc., Mr Elijah Adegboye, on Monday, testified in the trial of social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha), charged with laundering six billion Naira. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Mompha was not present during Monday’s proceedings. Adegboye was led in evidence by …