Author: Olabanji Ayoola

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has established a committee to resolve the ongoing disputes between the Osun State Government and Segilola Resources Operating Limited (SROL) regarding gold exploration and mining in the state. He noted that the establishment of the committee demonstrates the Federal Government’s commitment to fostering a conducive environment […]

Ogonis in the Diaspora, under the aegis of Greater Ogonis in Diaspora Organisation has strongly condemned the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, in his handling of the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State and called for his immediate resignation. President of GODO, Chief Ambrose Kii, also threatened to drag the IG to the International […]

Rivers State Police Command has commenced a full-scale investigation into the post-election violence that rocked some local government areas of the state leading to the loss of lives and burning of three local government secretariats on Monday. The newly deployed Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Mohammed, disclosed this during an on-the-spot assessment of the three affected […]

A clash between legal teams of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress at the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Benin, on Wednesday, stalled the inspection of electoral materials used during the September 21 governorship poll in the state. The PDP legal team insisted that the inspection should commence with the Biometric […]

Agency Report The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture has expressed concern over the increase in petrol pump prices in Lagos and Abuja. The National President, NACCIMA, Mr Dele Oye, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Oye said that the prices, which had reached N998 and N1,030 […]

Petrol nears N1,300/litre in states as NNPC hikes pump price again, APC, opposition clash The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Organised Private Sector have called for the immediate reversal of the hike in the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. Retail stations of NNPC raised […]

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Aminu Maida, has said that the NCC, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Securities and Exchange Commission, is working to strengthen the regulatory framework governing the financial technology sector in the country. Speaking at the ongoing Nigeria Fintech Week in Lagos on […]

The Senate, on Wednesday, expressed alignment with the Supreme Court judgment of July 11, 2024, which granted financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Areas across the country. It faulted moves by some governors to enact laws to mandate the local government councils in their states to remit allocations into a joint account. The Anambra […]