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By Richard Akinnola When the Dangote refinery controversy blew up, naturally as someone wired to support anyone l perceive to be oppressed, this time, Dangote, l lined up in support of the richest man in Africa. I perceived he was being unduly treated by the Downstream and Midstream regulators, the …

The Head, Equities and Alternative Assets Solutions of FBN Quest, Laura Fisayo-Kolawole, has said that the best investment safety in the wake of global economic realities is holding US dollar cash. Fisayo-Kolawole said this on Wednesday in response to stock volatility last week after the projected US recession. Last week, …

This was disclosed by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, on Tuesday, saying one million citizens were reached in the last few weeks, while the target is to transfer cash to one million vulnerable Nigerians each month. The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government …

The state government budgeted another sum of N219 million to maintain office furniture with code “22020402” per details on its budget performance documents. Areview of the budget performance documents has shown that the Bauchi State government budgeted the sum of N2.779 billion for office furniture and fittings under the code …

Alhaji Fatai Ayoola, Chairman of Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State, says #EndBadGovernance protest ought to begin from council areas in view of their increased federal allocations. Ayoola said that local government allocations increased by 100 per cent under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, adding that the protesters ought to …

Former chairman of the Ikeja Branch, Lagos State of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA and activist, Adesina Ogunlana is dead. The NBA in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Lawal on Wednesday said Ogunlana died on Tuesday. Ogunlana who was Chairman of the NBA Ikeja Branch from 2016 to …

Four teenagers and a would-be bride were said to have been killed by security agents during the #EndBadGovernance protest in Kano and Zaria. One Isma’il Muhammad, 18, was also gunned down yesterday by a soldier in Samaru, Zaria, in Kaduna State, Daily Trust has reported. The protest, which started on …

  Dangote has continued to attract huge forex into the country through his pan-African operations as the half-year result for Dangote Cement indicates an increase in revenue from Pan-African operations by 139.9 per cent, growing to N807.1 billion as against N336.4 billion, reported in the corresponding period of 2023. The …

Former Niger Delta freedom fighter, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has warned organisers of the planned nationwide protest against hardship scheduled for August 1 not to come to the Niger Delta. Dokubo-Asari said the agenda of those behind the protest do not capture the problems of the people of the Niger Delta. While …

The Inspector General Of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun and the organisers of the #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria planned protests have disagreed over the nature of the demonstration scheduled to kick off on August 1 nationwide. The two parties in a virtual meeting on Tuesday, discussed both the roles of the protesters and the …