Text Of Democracy Day National Broadcast By His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, On June 12, 2023
Author: Funke
Experts and stakeholders in international law have called for the urgent prioritisation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, as the foundation for social, economic and infrastructure development planning in Nigeria if the country is to effectively combat plastic pollution and advance all round sustainable green growth. The recommendation was made at a public lecture to commemorate this year’s World Environment Day. The World Environment Day is an annual event led by the United Nations Environment Programme and held annually on 5 June worldwide to promote global awareness on environmental issues. Themed “Solutions to Plastic Pollution” this year’s ceremony…
Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from office with immediate effect.
Muritala Yakubu
For their strict compliance to rules and regulations governing road usage, the Dangote Cement Plc, Transport division, has quadrupled the enrollment of female truck drivers into the Dangote Articulated Truck Driving School, just as the National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, gave Dangote Cement Plc a thumbs-up over the establishment of the school. The Dangote Articulated Truck Driving School, Obajana, Kogi State is considered unique, being the first of its kind in the history of Nigeria’s transport sector as the foremost cement company inculcates the culture of safe driving among its drivers and other third-party drivers. To this extent, the…
Tingo Group
Zenith Bank Commences Promo
By Charles Kalu In a society deeply entrenched in corruption; the National Assembly should be seen as a beacon of hope. The National Assembly driven by the mission to eradicate corruption are taking the responsibility of fighting this pervasive evil by passing into law, “The Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition)”; “The Terrorism Prevention Act and The Proceeds of Crime Act”. Public support for this cause grew steadily as Nigerians recognised the urgent need for change. They began questioning the accountability and effectiveness of the current anti-corruption institutions, including the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC; the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit,…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that US$2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion public funds of oil revenues and budgeted as fuel subsidy payments are missing and unaccounted for between 2016 and 2019, as documented by the Auditor-General of the Federation.” The group urged him to “name and shame anyone suspected to be responsible for the alleged widespread and systemic corruption in the use of oil revenues and the management of public funds budgeted as fuel subsidy, and to ensure…