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ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye GLOBAL anti-corruption coalition, Transparency International, has rated Nigeria the second most corrupt country in West Africa, after Guinea. In the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index released by TI on Tuesday, Nigeria dropped five places, scoring 24 out of 100 points in the 2021 index. This is …

Chief Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources/Twitter The decision of the Federal Government to extend the implementation period for fuel subsidy removal is to forestall supply disruptions and guide market readiness preparatory to migration to the deregulated pricing regime. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre …

President Muhammadu Buhari (left) Ahead of Nigeria’s deployment of 5G network, President Muhammadu Buhari has charged security agencies in the country to leverage the technology to combat crime and other security challenges facing the country. Buhari gave the charge at the State House on Tuesday during the launch of Nigeria’s …

NBA President, Olumide Apata The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) said it has identified seven lawyers, including a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) that influenced judges to issue conflicting court orders, especially on political matters. The seven lawyers, according to the President of the NBA, Mr Olumide Apata, were found culpable …

The Lagos State Rapid Response Squad has arrested prominent members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in the state, Kunle Poly and Sego. The police arm, led by its Commander, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, arrested the NURTW leaders on Monday. The police said Kunle Poly and Sego are principal …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its nationwide protest over petrol subsidy removal. The protests had been scheduled to hold on January 27 and February 2. Ayuba Wabba, NLC president, announced this to journalists on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the union made the decision at its national executive …

President Muhammadu Buhari’s personal assistant on new media, Bashir Ahmad, has denied reports that the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has resigned from office. The presidential aide dismissed the reports in a tweet on Monday. Some social media users had claimed that Ahmad resigned after “throwing the country’s economy” into …

Between 2014 to 2018, the number of online shoppers on the African continent was said to have increased annually, at an average growth rate of 18%, higher than the global average of 12%. From the preceding, there appears to be a growing consensus among stakeholders and market observers that e-commerce …

  Minister of State for  Environment, Sharon Ikeazor The Federal Government on Wednesday said it was working to establish three modular refineries in each of the oil producing states, particularly in the Niger Delta region. Going by the plan, the government would have to establish about 18 refineries in the …

Nnamdi Kanu An Abia State High Court presided over by Hon. Justice Benson Anya in Umuahia, the state capital on Wednesday awarded N1bn damage in favour of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu against the Federal Government. Kanu, through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor had …