Bad news for smokers; Commission enforces Tobacco Control Law
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says it will not hesitate to confiscate cigarettes sold in sticks at the expiration of the moratorium given in the Tobacco Control…
Lies against MFM/Olukoya: Court Grants N500m Damages Against Maureen Badejo
An Ogun State High Court of Justice, holden in Abeokuta, Nigeria, has slammed N500 million (about $1 million) damages against a U.K.-based blogger, Maureen Badejo for libelous publications through her…
Kagara: Sheikh Gumi says there’s positive response from those holding the students, asks FG to grant bandits ‘Blanket Amnesty’
Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, has called on the Federal Government to give bandits willing to make peace ‘blanket amnesty’ if the current security situation must be tackled. The…
NAFDAC Approves AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine For Use In Nigeria
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the use of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria. The Director-General of the agency, Dr. Mojisola Adeyeye made…
How Shell stole 2m barrels of crude oil; angry DPR demands refund
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has demonstrated an act of patriotism by compelling Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, to refund 2,081,678 barrels of crude oil said to have been…
PRESIDENT BUHARI CONDEMNS SCHOOL ABDUCTION IN NIGER STATE, DISPATCHES SECURITY OFFICALS TO THE STATE
President Muhammadu Buhari has received reports of the brazen attack on Government Science College, Kagara, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, following which a yet to be ascertained number…
KONGA OFFERS BEST OPTION FOR COVID-19 VACCINE DISTRIBUTION
By: Dr. B. B Usman – Business Analyst The business side of the Pandemic? Covid-19 is transforming itself from the ‘Bad, the Ugly and the Good’ – into the Business-of…
Okonjo Iweala to begin term as WTO DG March 1
Congratulatory messages have begun to pour in for Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala who has been appointed as the next WTO Director-General. According to the WTO, Okonjo-Iweala makes history as the…
WTO to affirm Okonjo Iweala position as DG later today
The General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) will be meeting at 3pm today to affirm Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the new Director General of the organisation. When…
Cryptocurrency: On this, I stand with CBN
Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has come under a maelstrom of deprecation for prohibiting cryptocurrency-related transactions in the country. The directive to prohibit all cryptocurrency transactions is not new. It’s…