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Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of candidates for the upcoming governorship election following the close of nominations by political parties. The nation’s electoral umpire further stated that on March 25, 2022, it published the personal particulars and list of candidates (Form EC9) …

Olugbenga Agboola An investigative report has accused Olugbenga Agboola, CEO and co-founder of one of Nigeria’s largest tech unicorns, Flutterwave of “insider trading, fraud, and perjury” occurring over a four year period. Agboola has been accused of using Flutterwave to engage in impersonation, insider trading and inappropriate behaviours in the …

Bolaji Awosanoye, ICPC Chairman  The Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, Prof Bolaji Owasanoye, has said that Nigeria is losing billions of dollars to poorly structed contract agreements. He said this in Abuja during a conversation with the Chairman of the inter-agency committee on stopping illicit …

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO Billionaire businessman, Elon Musk, has been sued by former Twitter shareholders over claims that they missed out on the jump in its stock price because he delayed in revealing that he had acquired a 9.2% stake in the microblogging platform. According to Reuters, the shareholders filed …

FILE: Tinubu travels with President Buhari to attend EU–AU meeting in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire in 2017. National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Bola Tinubu, has said Nigeria needs a courageous leader to bring the needed changes that would turn around the economy. Tinubu was speaking at the …

Babatunde Adebayo, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), attached to the Shogunle divison in Lagos, has been arrested for smoking Indian hemp in public. Adebayo was caught in a photo that went viral on Sunday, puffing on a wrap of cannabis while he was in a gathering. The photo was …

Sowore A Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday, lifted the movement restriction on human rights activist and convener of Revolution Now, Omoyele Sowore. Sowore was, in 2019, restricted to Abuja by a federal high court following charges of treasonable felony, cyberstalking President Muhammadu Buhari, among other offences. The Appeal …

Hon.Chairman INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, unveiling the printed PVCs that are now ready for collection. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said only 1,390,519 Nigerians are eligible to vote in the 2023 general elections. INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Wednesday in Abuja at a media conference. …

Private sector activity growth slows in March, but remains solid. Business conditions in Nigeria’s private sector continued to improve solidly at the end of the quarter, but the rate of growth slowed from February. Softer uplifts in output, new orders, stocks of purchases and employment were drivers of the latest …

Stanbic IBTC Asset Management, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, charted a new course for real estate investment in Nigeria. The financial institution was appointed to manage a real estate investment trust scheme, UPDC REIT, as confirmed by the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) in May 2021. The UPDC …