SERAP Rejects Buhari’s Conditions for Lifting Twitter Ban

By Adedapo Adesanya The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written to the World Bank to suspend issuing loans to Nigeria’s 36 states over allegations of mismanaging public funds which may include loans obtained from the institution. In the letter dated November 25, 2023, the group specifically wants the bank’s President, Mr Ajay Banga, “to promptly, transparently and effectively conduct an investigation into the spending of loans and other facilities by the country’s 36 state governors and to suspend any loans and funding if there is relevant admissible evidence of mismanagement or diversion of public funds by any of

By Adedapo Adesanya The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has said that Nigeria must use technologies to tackle illicit financial flows which pose a serious threat to the country which is facing rising cases of money laundering and terrorism He called on member states of the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) to deploy modern technologies to combat illicit financial flows in the sub-region during his speech at the 2023 summit for Compliance Officers themed Intersection of Technology and anti-money laundering; combating of financing of terrorism and proliferation on

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Programme Coordinator for Media and Policy at the Social and Economic Justice Advocacy (SEJA), Mr Jerome-Mario Utomi, has challenged the Lagos State government to lead the movement against environmental injustice. Mr Utomi, while speaking on Tuesday as a panellist at the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, also advised the government to stop being the coach and captain during environmental conversations. At the panel discussion themed “The role of multi-stakeholder engagement in achieving environmental justice, he noted engagement and collaboration have been overused by those in the position of

By Aduragbemi Omiyale A new book authored by three media professionals, Asiwaju: The Leadership Secrets, has critically examined the leadership skills of the former Governor of Lagos State, Mr Bola Tinubu. Mr Tinubu, fondly referred to as Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu or Asiwaju by his political disciples, is the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Saturday, February 25, 2023, presidential election in Nigeria. The astute politician has been described as a political strategist with the talent to discover exceptional people with good governance skills. It was gathered that Asiwaju: The Leadership Secrets intends to be educational

The Edo State government has promoted over 2,600 teachers across the state, elevating 171 others to the level of directors (Level 17 officers). This, according to a statement issued by the state government, was part of moves to sustain a highly-motivated teaching workforce. Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, while presenting Letters of Promotion to the beneficiaries, commended the teachers for their service to the state. “In the past, teachers in the state were relegated to the background, but the Godwin Obaseki-led state government has shown the world that the issues of welfare, training and learning are important. “When

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A former Minister under the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs Aisha Jummai Alhassan, fondly called Mama Taraba, has died. Her death was confirmed on Friday. She was said to have died at a hospital in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, a North African country. Mama Taraba was formerly the Minister of Women Affairs before she resigned from the government and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to pursue her governorship ambition in Taraba State ahead of the 2019 elections. She was a staunch loyalist of the former Vice President of Nigeria, Mr Atiku Abubakar.

By Dipo Olowookere The Nigerian Senate has announced postponing commencement of the debate of the 2018 budget to next week. Senate President, Mr Bukola Saraki, made this announcement yesterday during plenary at the upper chamber of the National Assembly. While addressing his colleagues, Mr Saraki explained that Tuesday, November 28 and Wednesday, November 29, 2017 would be used for the main budget debate, while Thursdays will be solely dedicated to the debate on revenue and expenditure of enterprises and agencies. Speaking further, the Senate President noted that the budget debate was shifted to next week to enable the upper parliament

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The leadership of UDP Youth Forum has heartily felicitated with residents of Taraba State on the occasion of this year’s Christmas and Boxing Day festivities. In a Christmas goodwill message signed by its Director of Communication, Mallam Abubakar Isah, the group noted that the people of the state have suffered untold hardships and deprivations caused by the inept, clueless and vissionless government of the day which it said has nothing to offer them other than lies, poverty, pains and sorrow despite the huge and abundant human and natural resources the state is endowed with. The statement therefore

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The unaudited financial statements of Honeywell Flour Mills Plc released to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday showed an impressive performance. The financial results released by the flour miller today is for the third quarter ended December 31, 2017. A breakdown of the statements showed that the firm posted profit after tax of N2.8 billion compared with N1.3 billion achieved in the same period of 2016. Business Post reports that the company’s revenue grew to 54.7 billion from N38 billion, while the gross profit increased to N12.6 billion from N11 billion achieved in the corresponding period

By Adedapo Adesanya The Lagos State Government has said that plans have reached an advanced stage, with only approval from the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for the construction of the Badagry Seaport. This was made known by the governor of the state, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the All Markets Conference 2022 (AMC’22), organised by the Ndigboamaka Progressive (Markets) Association. Speaking in relation to the theme Development and Sustainability of the nation’s economy, Mr Sanwo-Olu said that the new seaport would be sited in the Badagry area of the state to reduce congestion at the Apapa Seaport. The governor noted that

By Adedapo Adesanya Crude oil prices recovered slightly after jittery signals followed the expectation that the United States would announce a Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) release along with some other nations. The Brent crude rose 17 cents or 0.21 per cent to settle at $81.41 per barrel, while the United States West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude improved by 19 cents or 0.24 per cent to $79.20 per barrel. Prices sank about 4 per cent to a six-week low after the market got word about a US request to countries and China’s decision to release some crude, before recovering some ground