Category: National/Politics

NASCO Group Refutes Allegation of Financing Terrorism

The management of NASCO group has refuted claims that the firm and its founder, late Ahmed Nasreddin has been involved in terrorism financing in Nigeria and across the world. NASCO group denied the allegation in a statement on Tuesday titled ‘NASCO Rejects Irresponsible & Fake Journalism.’ The Management noted the defamatory and slanderous contents of…

Africa Re, IFC Put Smile on African Farmers Faces

Africa-Re’s partnership with IFC (A member of the World Bank group) in March 2019 is strategic and symbolic. The Partnership aims at providing technical support to insurance companies for their agricultural line by using index-based agricultural insurance. This no doubt will trigger innovative and more efficient solutions for small farmers, help them mitigate effects of…

President Buhari Presents 2022 Budget To National Assembly On Thursday

President Muhammadu Buhari would on Thursday present the 2022 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly. The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, gave the hint on Tuesday after reading and referring President Muhammadu Buhari’s submission of the revised 2022-2024 Medium Term Fiscal Framework to the Committee on Finance for legislative input. President Buhari…

Senate Confirms EFCC Board Nominees

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of five nominees as members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Board. The confirmation followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes. The Senate received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari on September 21, 2021, to confirm the appointments of the…

Fiscal Federalism: Lagos Demands One Percent in Revenue Allocation Formula

Lagos State Government on Monday demanded for one percent share in the revenue allocation formula, maintaining that the special status of the State and its prosperity directly or indirectly has multiplying effects on the South-West region and the entire country. The Government also proposed that the revenue sharing formula should be 34 percent for Federal…

Student’s Death: Ogun Pulls Down Distressed School Building

The Ogun State Government has pulled down a block of classrooms at Nazareth High School, Imeko in Imeko Afon Local Government Area of the state. The building which recently became distressed and partially collapsed on a group of students killing one and injuring two others in the process was demolished over the weekend on the…

OPEC Hinges Attainment of Global 6.9mbpd Refining Capacity Addition on Dangote Refinery

Dangote’s 650,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) oil refinery project has been identified as one of the oil distillation companies that would boost global refining capacity by 6.9 million barrels per day between 2021 and 2026. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which made this disclosure in its 2021 World Oil Outlook released recently, said Africa’s…

Senate To Buhari: Declare Bandits ‘Terrorists’, Wage Total War Against Them

The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, declare bandits as terrorists and wage total war against them. This was just as the upper chamber urged the President to give orders to the military to eliminate them by bombing their hideouts. The Senate also asked President Buhari to immediately…

Senate Wants Oil Companies To Relocate To Host Communities

The Senate has mandated its committees on Petroleum Resources Upstream, Downstream Petroleum Sector and Gas to liaise with the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Presidential Implementation Committee on the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), to facilitate the relocation of oil and gas companies in Nigeria to their various operational bases in host communities to ensure…